ballad
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The show ended with Dance With Me, a ballad in which Mars yearns for one last slow dance to save a struggling relationship.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
On the stunning ballad Good Reason, she struggles with the idea of a relationship fizzling out, with no major disagreements, just the gut feeling it's not working.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
Later in the collection, the Amy Winehouse cover “You Know I’m No Good” is an interesting choice, but it adds nothing to the original, while the penultimate “Back in Your Life” is a fine ballad.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
“It’s a ballad for the real lad, an acceptable point where men can show a bit of emotion.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
Hadn't he heard ballad sellers fling that name about the streets?
From "The Whipping Boy" by Sid Fleischman
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
The distinctive jazz vocalist teams with the Metropole Orkest and arranger Darcy James Argue on an album of expressively rendered ballads.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
The first of their three late-career triumphs, “A Bigger Bang” brings attitude, funk, dirty rockers and dreamy ballads.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
The early ballads about his saga were “grotesque and brutal,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
Ben turns on the radio finally and finds a rock station with ballads we can sing along to.
From "Paper Towns" by John Green
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