ballad
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I’m like, “Well, I get that sometimes, but this song is a happy song, this is a rock song. I’ll do a power ballad later on.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026
It’s exactly the kind of expanding, heart-filling rock ‘n’ roll ballad that Springsteen has practically trademarked at this point.
From Salon • May 28, 2026
Then 17, she performed the Anne Murray ballad “You Needed Me”—both singing and in sign language—during the talent competition, according to a 1985 write-up in The State newspaper.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026
Australia's ballad "Eclipse" evokes a love affair between planets.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
A new ballad begins, and the words drift up to me.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
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