heartbreak songs
Sad love music
Songs about the pain of lost love, rejection, or romantic disappointment.
The genre spans from country ballads to R&B slow jams, united by themes of longing and grief: She spent the weekend listening to heartbreak songs after the breakup.
Also called breakup songs, though heartbreak songs emphasize the emotional aftermath rather than the act of ending things.
- balladNarrative poem or song
- tearsViolent pulls apart
- longingIntense, persistent desire
- goodbyeDeparting salutation
- breakupRomantic relationship's termination
melancholy · ache · yearning · torch · bittersweet · crying · regret · lonely · late night · drunk texting · piano · soulful · vinyl · heartache · cheating · loss · whiskey · Adele
- Country Musichonky tonk, Grand Ole Opry, Nashville, CMT, country pop
- song themesnursery rhymes, anthems, carols, laments, spirituals
- vocal songslieder, folk ballads, ballads, chansons, spirituals
- Emotional Musicballad, ballads, lullaby, lullabies, power ballad
- song typesballads, lullabies, anthems, duets, slow jams
- Honky-Tonksjukebox, dance floor, live band, neon signs, bar stools
heartbreak songshealing songs
Music intended to restore
pump-up songs · victory songs · comeback songs · club music · graduation songs
heart, hearts, hearted, heartful, heartless, heartfelt, hearten, dishearten, sweetheart