ballad

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The penultimate track, “Paint by Numbers,” an acoustic ballad with a pretty melody, is a rare aesthetic change-up on the record, but its titular metaphor is ultimately deflating.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

“I was desperate for something up-tempo,” she says, given that virtually everything she’d dropped so far had been a ballad.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026

The 70th Eurovision Song Contest will take place in Vienna in May 2026, after the Austrian singer JJ won the 2025 competition with his operatic ballad, Wasted Love.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026

The ballad is from Grimes’ self-titled country album which was released last year.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 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