Bittersweet songs you’ll want to sing at karaoke: recommended masterpieces and popular tracks
While it’s great fun to sing crowd-pleasers that get everyone hyped at karaoke, it can be just as nice to connect over a poignant, melancholic ballad.
So this time, we’ll introduce a selection of bittersweet songs you’ll want to sing at karaoke all at once!
Unlike upbeat tracks that amp up the energy, melancholic ballads tend to be slower in tempo and feature lots of long sustained notes.
That’s why they feel so good to sing!
And above all, many of these songs invite you to empathize with the lyrics and pour your emotions into them, so you’re sure to bond and get excited with the people you’re with through that shared connection to the music.
Let’s dive in.
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Poignant songs you’ll want to sing at karaoke. Recommended masterpieces and popular tracks (41–50)
Karakuri Pierrot40mP
Produced by 40mP, this is a so-called Vocaloid song.
Among Vocaloid tracks, it’s relatively easy to sing, yet it carries a heartbreaking mood that makes you want to avert your eyes.
Please be careful not to pour in so much emotion that you lose control of where to place your feelings.
Heartbreak ~Are you happy now?~Sonar Pocket
The sixth digital single by the three-man music group Sonar Pocket, released on December 12, 2012.
It’s a slow-tempo heartbreak song that expresses a man’s feelings as he can’t forget his ex-girlfriend.
It’s a track meant to be sung with deep emotion.
Why did I end up falling in love with you?TVXQ (also known as Tohoshinki; literally “Rising Gods of the East”)
Released on July 16, 2008, this was their 23rd single in Japan.
It features a beautifully melancholic electronic sound.
It reached number one on the weekly charts and won the Excellent Work Award at the 50th Japan Record Awards.
SquallMasaharu Fukuyama
It’s a famous ballad.
Since the lyrics are written from a woman’s perspective, it’s a perfect song for women to sing as well.
It reached No.
1 on the weekly Oricon chart and sold over 750,000 copies, making it a huge hit.
It’s included on the single “HEAVEN/Squall.”
memory of snowfripSide
It’s the coupling song from the second season opening of the anime “A Certain Scientific Railgun.” Of course, the opening itself is more well-known, but this track is what you might call a hidden gem.
The lyrics portray the loss of someone precious with delicate detail, and they really resonate.
I can’t help but sing it with all my emotions.
OrangeSMAP
The B-side track to SMAP’s 32nd single, “Lion Heart.” Released on August 30, 2000.
With lyrics that evoke a student couple who have broken up, the feelings of “goodbye” and “thank you” come through straightforwardly.
A coming-of-age song whose heartrending lyrics and melancholy melody bring tears to your eyes.
EYES,NOSE,LIPSSOL
Here is an introduction to BIGBANG vocalist SOL’s solo song with Japanese lyrics.
It’s a romantic song with a very mature atmosphere carried by a piano melody.
The lyrics are incredibly heartrending—truly a masterpiece.
SOL’s singing in Japanese is expressive and deeply captivating.