ballad

With her distinctive husky voice, tousled mane of blonde hair and black eyeliner, Tyler was instantly recognisable as the queen of the 1980s power ballad.

From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026

But we wrote a ballad out of the sincerity of how we were feeling, you know?

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

Then comes the sound, clams tossed in hot pans, cleavers pounding roast pork, a Cantonese rock ballad barely rising above the crowd.

From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2026

And the midtempo ballad “The Knife” describes a collapsing relationship as a mortal threat, akin to a dagger jabbed into one’s side or a case of kerosene waiting to be ignited.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

After they had eaten, John sang a ballad while he dried his clothes.

From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli

Cold Goodbyes, in particular, is set to the sound of an unsettling synth drone – a world away from the gently-plucked ballads of her earlier work.

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026

In the mid-to-late 2010s, as K-pop was going global, new music sat alongside decades-old ballads on SD cards circulating in North Korea.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

No “It’s a Miracle” or “Copacabana”? I’m trying ballads too — my ballads end big.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2026

Popular throughout New England in the late 1960s for their vocal-harmony ballads and club performances, the Tavares brothers—first performing as Chubby and the Turnpikes and then as just the Turnpikes—struggled to gain national exposure.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 25, 2026

Alex listened to one song, then another, a third, and a fourth—treacly ballads, the kind Bri liked.

From "The Dead and the Gone" by Susan Beth Pfeffer