As a counterbalance to the electrified, fast-paced and ever-changing musical landscape of today, scaled-back songs centered around a single instrument and a vocal have surged to the forefront of the modern pop scene. To put it plainly, in recent years, nothing has hit harder than a soft song, stripped of everything but the bare essentials – genuinely delivered with one’s heart on the line.

In this MIDI pack for EZkeys, we explore this hugely popular style and hone in solely on ballads. Expect a dynamic collection of basic but ever-so-effective chord progressions, expressive hooks as well as nostalgic, dreamy and heart-wrenchingly melancholic melodies – all brimming with vulnerable nostalgic feels.

If you got something to say, don’t drown out your voice with dwindling echoes, big choirs or layers of production, say it in a slow song backed up by nothing but a piano.