Uplifting Western songs that encourage you after a breakup. Popular anthems and recommended classics.

Don’t Look Back in AngerOasis

Oasis – Don’t Look Back In Anger (Official Video)

It’s a classic that everyone knows.

There are many ways to interpret it, but you can also see it as a heartbreak song.

Rock ’n’ rollers should listen to this track, spit out “What’s done is done,” and make a fresh start.

OrangeSMAP

Lefty Hand Cream - Full Cover of SMAP 'Orange'

This song has become a standard for choir performances.

The final word in the lyrics, “arigatou” (thank you), was originally “sayonara” (goodbye).

There’s a story that, at the suggestion of the SMAP members, it was changed to “arigatou” to end on a brighter, more positive note.

together; along with; bothWANIMA

WANIMA – Together (OFFICIAL VIDEO)

It’s a song with a bright tone, and KENTA’s powerful vocals are truly encouraging.

WANIMA’s lyrics are moving, as if they stay close to you in tough times.

I feel it’s a track that instills an optimistic and daring spirit—the sense that if you follow where your heart leads, things will turn out well.

tear(s)Ketsumeishi

Tears / Ketsumeishi (Cover)

When you’re sad, cry your heart out, cry until your tears run dry, and become stronger for every tear you shed—so that in the end, you can smile.

That’s the kind of song this is.

Ketsumeishi’s gentle vocals are wonderful, and because it’s a song that lets you cry as much as you need, I think it also gives you the strength to face forward.

The meaning of goodbyeNogizaka46

Nogizaka46 'The Meaning of Goodbye'

The chorus lyrics pierce straight into the heart just as they are.

This song was created in response to the graduation of early member Nanami Hashimoto.

It teaches us that every encounter and every parting has true meaning, and it gives us the courage and hope to move forward.

I'm glad I met you.Kyoko Koizumi

Kyoko Koizumi – I'm Glad I Met You (Official Video)

It’s a classic, but it’s Kyoko Koizumi’s “Anata ni Aete Yokatta” (I’m Glad I Met You).

It’s a masterpiece that needs no explanation, but live footage of Kyon Kyon is probably rare, isn’t it? Looking back on everything up to now, it wasn’t about who was right or wrong—that didn’t matter… The truth is simply that both of us feel we’re glad we met you.

I can almost hear Kyon Kyon saying, “Isn’t that enough?”

Miss youGen Hoshino

Miss You (cover) / Gen Hoshino

The chord progression is stylish, and it’s a very pleasant ballad to listen to.

Endings and farewells with people are sad, but as Mr.

Hoshino says, they can also be the beginning of something.

So it carries a message to look forward positively and do your best.

The lyrics Mr.

Hoshino writes aren’t straightforward, so they make you think deeply in some way.