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The booming rock ballad Don't Look Back in Anger also took on a greater significance after it was sung, impromptu, at a vigil for those who lost their lives in the 2017 Manchester Arena attack.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

Performed during the show's ballad section, Die With a Smile prompted one of the evening's biggest singalongs, suggesting the song has earned its place alongside Mars' more established hits.

From BBC ● Jul. 19, 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

She proceeds to prove otherwise with a stunningly bad rendition of a Kelly Clarkson ballad.

From "Will Grayson, Will Grayson" by John Green and David Levithan

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

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

Three or four Ayorthaians at a time occupy the stage in turn and sing long, sad ballads or happy tunes or funny ones, joined by the whole throng in the choruses.

From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine