A wonderful heartbreak song

[Female Heartbreak Song] A soul-stirring song dedicated to you, who loved with all your heart.

Accompanist / Piano InstructorYuri
Accompanist pianist × piano instructor × web writer. I began piano lessons at age four and, inspired by my piano teacher, decided to pursue music. I went on to specialized music programs in high school and university, where I discovered the appeal of accompanying instrumentalists and singers. Currently, alongside teaching piano, I work mainly in my home region of Aichi as an accompanist for flute, voice, choir, and more. Through lessons, my students often introduce me to trending songs, and my hobby is trying anything on the piano—Japanese and Western pop, commercial jingles, and beyond. Since 2021, I’ve also been active as a web writer, covering music and a variety of other genres.
Deputy Editor of RAG MUSICSasashina
Deputy Editor of the web media RAG MUSIC. I’m Sasashina, a mom currently raising an elementary schooler and a preschooler. In my student days, I studied broadly at Kyoto College of Science and Technology, covering sound, lighting, and video technology, and acquired skills from comprehensive stage production to the fundamentals of creative expression. After graduation, I joined a music production company, where I still work, and have consistently built my career on the production side, taking on diverse tasks centered around music. Currently, I mainly handle articles for children, drawing on what I’ve learned about parenting in my own way, as well as insights and discoveries from interacting with my kids every day. I hope I can be of help to you, even just a little!

A love that won’t return, no matter how hard you wish.

Even when you muster the courage to confess, they don’t turn around.

Or you finally become mutual, only for their feelings to drift away from you.

After heartbreak, you find yourself thinking, “I shouldn’t have confessed,” or “If only I’d been more honest,” and blaming yourself as precious moments replay in your mind.

And the more you try to forget, the stronger your feelings for them grow.

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The songs featured in this article are all achingly beautiful masterpieces we want you—who loved with all your heart—to hear.

Regret that won’t stop no matter how much you cry, and the inability to give up on the one you love.

These songs will stay close to those pure feelings.

[Women’s Breakup Songs] Heartfelt tracks dedicated to you, who loved with all your might (21–30)

I don’t want to see you; I want to see you.Yuka Ueno

Yuka Ueno “Don’t Want to See You, Want to See You” Music Video

I don’t want to see you; I want to see you — Yuuka Ueno

A ballad by Yuka Ueno that captures a heartbreak so painful it hurts just to remember, set to a piano-centered sound and a simple melody.

Six months after the breakup, the protagonist’s heart is roiled by a contradiction born from being unable to forget their former partner: “I want to see you, but I don’t want to see you.” Included on the album ‘Sukina Hito wa Anata datta,’ released in January 2019, this song is sure to resonate deeply with anyone who has gone through a breakup and still can’t sort out their feelings.

When you find yourself thinking of that person in unguarded moments, why not listen to this track and face your true feelings?

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FragranceMahiru

[MV] Mahiru — Fragrance (Aroma)

Fragrance Mahiru

A heartrending song by Mahiru that portrays the feelings of a woman who can’t help but sense the presence of her former lover in the lingering scent of a borrowed perfume.

Delicately woven words capture how memories stirred by fragrance toss her about, leaving her heart aching with feelings she still can’t let go of.

Co-created with RINZO and released in December 2023, the piece gained support as a ballad that comforts many who have experienced heartbreak.

It’s a song that stands by those who, in everyday moments, are suddenly reminded of someone precious by a passing scent, bringing empathy to such bittersweet instants.

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[Women's Heartbreak Songs] Soul-stirring songs for you who loved with all your heart (31–40)

tobacco / cigarette(s)Koresawa

Koresawa “Tobacco” [Music Video]

Tabako Koresawa

This is “Tabako” by Koresawa, a song that expresses regret over both the parts she loved about her cigarette-loving boyfriend and the intense, heavy feeling she directed at him—“I want you to love yourself more.” You can feel how every time she sees a cigarette, she’s reminded of him, her regret deepens, and the loneliness wells up.

Be sure to listen to the male-perspective answer song “Koibito Shikkaku” as well.

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After a broken heartCHIHIRO

CHIHIRO – After a Broken Heart (Official MV)

After heartbreak, CHIHIRO

Of course, when you go through a breakup you feel sad and unmotivated, but even though you know there’s no point in wondering what you did wrong or why things ended up this way, you can’t help thinking about it over and over.

This song really understands those feelings—it’s a breakup song you can truly relate to.

It makes me realize that no matter how much you cry, the tears never seem to run out.

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366 daysHY

HY 366 Days LIVE

366 Days HY

This is a song from HY’s 2008 album “HeartY,” and it could be considered one of the quintessential breakup songs.

When you part ways with a lover, there are times you just can’t let go and say something like “let’s stay friends” just to keep being together somehow, right? You end up reaching out for all sorts of reasons.

Even though you really want to say “I miss you” or “I love you,” you hide those feelings because you don’t want to lose them no matter what—such a painfully relatable feeling.

And then, one day, it becomes impossible to keep going like that.

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Even so, you can’t forget them right away.

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how heartbreaking!

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Happinessback number

Happiness / back number (cover)

Shiawase back number

This is a track from back number’s 2011 album “Super Star.” It’s heartbreakingly sad right from the start.

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Knowing that the person you truly love is in love with someone else is really painful.

Precisely because you love them so much, you want them to be happy.

If it’s for his happiness, you even want to give him a push.

You offer advice just to be by his side.

I think many of us can relate to what this song sings about.

This bittersweet ache is just unbearable.

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Rejected-Love GirlSayuri

Sanketsu Shoujo Sayuri “Furaregai Girl” MV (Short ver) – Song Provided & Produced by RADWIMPS’ Yojiro Noda

Furaregai Girl Sayuri

Sayuri’s “Furaregāru” (Breakup Girl) drew attention for being produced by RADWIMPS vocalist Yojiro Noda.

While breakup songs often carry a sad and sorrowful image, this track also portrays the emotion of anger.

The lyric “There’s no way you’d dump me” expresses sadness through anger, and that feeling resonates and is relatable even more than overly straightforward lyrics.

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