ballad
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Love becomes more mournful on “Harbor Lights,” the first of two ballads on the LP: “One way ticket and a runaway heart / A sailor’s dream came true the night I dreamed you.”
He often incorporates elements of ballad and pop-rock into his music, delivering them with a softer, more contemporary vocal style.
From BBC
The pair previously gave the melancholic ballad its live debut, performing it together during Fender's gig at the London Stadium - home of Dean's team West Ham United.
From BBC
“I think I have only released ballads, and the ones that aren’t ballads were written that way first,” she joked.
It took a while for me to settle on the perfect ballad.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.