ballad
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More affecting is Malta's elegant and sentimental ballad Bella, sung by moustachioed troubadour Aidan.
From BBC • May 8, 2026
The singer himself told The Times in 1992 that the album’s hit ballad, in which a grizzled narrator blubbers over the one that got away, “had a real strong emotional peak on the record.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026
On the sad and evocative ballad “Loneliest Girl,” she uses small pauses for rhythmic emphasis to foreground rhymes that complicate the action with each occurrence.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026
He invited someone from the crowd to sing and Belfast schoolgirl Síomha Nic Bhrádaigh serenaded him with the Irish ballad, An Cáilín Álainn, as reported by Irish broadcaster RTÉ.
From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026
Sam leaned against the doorjamb as the screeching song ended and a slower but equally loud ballad began.
From "Time Bomb" by Joelle Charbonneau
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