[2025] A Collection of Dark Western Songs Middle Schoolers Should Hear
When we’re weighed down by melancholy, it’s the power of music that gently wraps around our hearts.
Sometimes we feel deep empathy by laying bare the darkness inside; other times we find encouragement amid despair—here are some classic Western songs that do just that.
Focused mainly on Gen Z artists, we’ve selected tracks that can stand beside the many kinds of emotional pain today’s middle schoolers (as of 2025) may face—heartbreak, friendship troubles, anxieties about the future, and more.
Listening while understanding the lyrics will make them resonate even more deeply.
Just be careful not to get swallowed by darkness that’s too deep—and by all means, try listening as you read the lyrics.
- 2025: Classic Western Songs Recommended for Middle School Students (English Songs)
- Moving Western songs recommended for junior high school students: world classics and popular hits
- Coming-of-age Western songs recommended for high school students: world classics and popular hits.
- Classic Western songs that elementary schoolers love. Must-listen! Popular English-language songs.
- Heart-wrenching Western songs recommended for middle schoolers: world-class masterpieces and popular hits
- Recommended Western music for junior high school students — from popular classics to the latest hits
- Western Music Yami Song Rankings [2025]
- Western pop songs that junior high school students like. World-famous classics and popular songs.
- A collection of emotionally resonant dark-themed Western songs—tracks with lyrics that deeply echo in the heart
- Popular Depressive Songs: Western Music Artist Rankings [2025]
- [2025] Easy-to-sing Western songs for junior high students at karaoke: recommended picks
- [2025] Focus on the lyrics! A roundup of coming-of-age Western songs you’ll totally relate to
- Yami songs in Western music: recommended masterpieces and popular tracks
[2025] A Compilation of Dark Western Songs Middle Schoolers Should Listen To (91–100)
No Ordinary LoveSade
As shown in the music video, the song has an atmosphere like being underwater, making it feel like a private world that shuts out the outside.
That kind of musical worldview may be what strengthens the persuasiveness of this grand love song about giving all my love to you.
Too Good At GoodbyesSam Smith
Autumn often makes us feel a little melancholic, so let’s listen to some wistful ballads.
Among recent ballads, this song by Sam Smith is especially recommended.
Just listening to it will make your heart ache.
His wonderful voice is a perfect match for long autumn nights.
Rihanna ft. Mikky EkkoStay
Against the calmly mechanical, almost robot-like piano playing, not the upbeat Rihanna-style singing you often imagine, but a dignified voice emerging from the quiet is striking.
As the title suggests, the wish for someone to stay by your side is an eternal theme.
It’s a song I recommend to middle school students as well.
RedTaylor Swift
It’s a song that sings about memories with a former lover, comparing winter to a colorless season and autumn to a vivid crimson.
Their love was that kind of burning red.
Even after losing it, the song respects the self that once burned—so in a way, it feels positive.
It’s a perfect track for autumn.
StayZedd, Alessia Cara
Autumn is a season when the scenery is beautiful, with things like fall foliage.
“Stay,” which features such stunning landscapes in its viral video, is perfect for autumn.
Of course, the music is catchy too, and it became a huge hit, especially among young people.
The way the sound actually thins out in the chorus might be the secret to its Western pop vibe.
even the nights are betterAir Supply
It’s a gentle song that really tugs at the heart on summer nights.
The lyrics feel like telling someone heartbroken from a breakup, “I’m always by your side; I’ll give you my love anytime.” It doesn’t mention summer explicitly, but for some reason, listening to it always makes me think of summer.
All Summer LongKid Rock
Lyrics of a high school boy talking about all sorts of things around a campfire—summer memories, his girlfriend, the future.
It’s the kind of song that speaks on behalf of what a boy feels about women in particular.
Perfect for looking back on this summer as it comes to an end.