ballad

From its unmarked front door to its low-lit lounge, the Seattle vinyl bar is a subtle, pensive ballad of a place.

From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2026

Though Karol G came up as a reggaeton artist in her native Colombia, “Still” is an English-language pop-soul ballad; Aespa’s clubby “Switchblade,” meanwhile, features a guest verse by R&B singer Ty Dolla Sign.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

Instead it’s a tender ballad in which the schoolmistressy secretary Hester Leggatt sings an imagined love letter to be planted on a corpse to add verisimilitude to the dead man’s manufactured life story.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

The atmosphere softened for an a cappella version of 'Grace', the well-known Irish ballad linked to the 1916 Easter Rising, before the national anthem rang out.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

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

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

It’s one of the great power ballads of the last 25 years, with a chorus as cathartic as any in modern pop; Cyrus, the showbiz lifer, surely understood the payoff she was building toward.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

The star, known for power ballads like My Heart Will Go On and Because You Loved Me, has said she will not let her diagnosis control her life.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

Some of the ballads feel like instrumental renditions of soul classics.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026

Before Ms. Parton, most female country singers cultivated staid, reserved images and achieved success with heartbreak ballads.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

We make our way through the underside of the tables, with ballads and drinking songs sung above us, screams and whispers in the air, and the soft footfalls of dancers echoing around us like rain.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black