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ballad

[bal-uhd] / ˈbæl əd /
NOUN
narrative song
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The young pop-soul singer just launched a U.S. headlining tour behind her hit piano ballad ‘Die on This Hill.’

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2026

For bands such as Styx, commercial success arrived in the form of a ballad.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

Even romantic ballad Coming Up Roses ends with a sense of unease.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026

“Fight or Fall” is a gorgeous midtempo ballad urging unity among men, and “Cowboy Song” looks at the lonely independence of a rodeo bronco-buster.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026

As she talked, she bobbed her head back and forth to the MTV music, even though the song was the kind of manufactured pop ballad she professed to hate.

From "Looking for Alaska" by John Green