torch song

noun

: a popular sentimental song of unrequited love

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Yet for longtime fans of her music, the film’s original soundtrack was the true payoff from the project, with plenty of heartfelt torch songs and eye-watering balladry across a track list that Gaga helmed with producers like Dave Cobb and Lukas Nelson, and artists like Mark Ronson and Jason Isbell. Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 5 Nov. 2024 Besides torch songs, sea shanties, Latino roots and rockabilly tunes have been heard. Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2024 She’s got a lot of torch songs in her arsenal, and there is nothing like the LA Phil at its most understated to throw just enough tinder onto her unrequitedness to create a beautiful blaze. Chris Willman, Variety, 9 Aug. 2024 By gracefully expressing Evan’s longing for Zoe and unpacking her fractured relationship with Connor, the torch song fuses these characters’ parallel quests for connection. Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 13 Feb. 2024 See all Example Sentences for torch song 

Word History

Etymology

from the phrase to carry a torch for (to be in love)

First Known Use

1926, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of torch song was in 1926

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“Torch song.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/torch%20song. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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