For me, criminal is THE definition of a rock ballad. It is primarily ballad but with rock elements (rumbling guitars throughout the song). Some of the suggestions being made are more "mid-tempo pop-rock". Keep in mind, ayu had mentioned that momentum was not a ballad at one point, so anythinf that follows that type of template may not be considered a ballad by her standards. Anyway, I think we are reading too much into this. She mentioned memorial address and that's good enough. Lol.
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