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Yungblud joined Tyler for the tribute’s grand finale, harmonizing and trading lines to finish out the emotional power ballad.

Then there’s Sade’s “Young Lion,” a tolling piano ballad in which the famous soul singer asks her son to forgive her for not recognizing his gender identity earlier than she did.

“Keep A Picture” is a modern Appalachian mountain ballad in terms of the exquisite, tangible pathos.

Near the end of the album, Carpenter dials down the comedy for “Don’t Worry I’ll Make You Worry,” a sad and shimmery ballad about the thin line between love and war.

That same year, she wore a similar ball gown in a TikTok featuring a piano rendition of her ballad Champagne Problems.