no adele thread yet?

lol

So I just heard this for the first time, and the formula seems to be Pat Benatar verse + American Idol chorus, repeat

The consensus / ubiquity of Adele also reminds me of Macy Gray's popularity circa 2000, before anyone used the term "monoculture" to describe things that were bland enough for everybody to enjoy

i forgot another element, her voice, which you kind of have to admit is great? alongside that i'd add something about her JUDGMENT as a singer - she goes big when she needs to, she keeps it simple when she needs to

FIVE STARS in the new rolling stone

i thought it was well established that when it comes to the big acts rolling stone are whores

Adele is ... the Goddess in the Doorway.

They play a dance mix of "Hello" on the pop station here, I don't get it

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/85/Adele_-_Hello_%28Official_Single_Cover%29.png

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/417B43SPBCL.jpg

Tried to help a schoolteacher friend buy tickets this morning, but no dice.

you had to work late?

pic.twitter.com/hjhNsOTA75

— Adele (@Adele) October 18, 2020

this will surely be showered with grammys

It's an SNL episode - https://variety.com/2020/music/news/adele-saturday-night-live-h-e-r-1234808863/

so it's not actually an album? gutted & heartbroken, truly we are living in the worst timeline, etc.

ohhh never mind, i thought she and h.e.r. were gonna release a duet. it will probably get grammys-a-plenty regardless

Anybody heard her new single “Easy on Me” yet?

it’s quite forgettable

So much littering in the video...

on first listen i'd say i like it

really been dreading her “comeback”, i still have nightmares of hearing “hello” everywhere for 2 years. she is awful

the one time I got an MRI I made the mistake of asking for the radio to be on, and it was when Adele was big. I'll never forget being trapped motionless in a tube listening to "Never mind I'll fiiiiind, someone like youuuuuuuuuu BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM foooooor youuuuuuuuuuu BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM"

'Hello' is sick, to me this the official and only version
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spfFwPzM7sg

xp literally LOL

Apparently worked with Inflo on the new album, only thing that has me intrigued

'hello' is all-time

this is better than any of her previous huge hits

looking forward to the inflo tracks at least

I listened to 21 a ton. Then Hello and 25 came out and they were garbage, and I stopped listening to 21.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8Z8J7-sZks

not even that can really salvage "hello" unfortunately

only this can
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrLr1mF7ZdU

I made the mistake of listening to "Easy On Me" after a morning blasting soft Jessie Ware.

It's fine. You know what's a jam? "Rumour Has It." Forgot about that one. I pretend Ryan Tedder credit doesn't exist.

I think "Send My Love (To Your New Lover)" absolutely destroys everything else she's ever done. New song seems "adult contemporary" in a really bland way, but the chorus has a nice melody

Not life changing but it’s pleasant

i really dislike some of the songs ppl are singling out as their one adele song they like

“Rumor Has It” is a jam! (I’m not gonna look up who Ryan Tedder is)

ryan tedder is partly responsible for lil nas x's "thats what i want" (not saying he's best known for that, but it is something he has done lately)

basically there is a line, and the dude from the fray is on the "yes okay i can dig this piano ballad" side and ryan tedder is on the "there is no justice that you have eyeballs but stevie wonder is still blind" side, and on top of it all, the fray guy is the one confined to his own band's songs. (not like i'm itching to hear what the guy from the fray would write for beyonce, im just saying)

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New song is pleasantly mediocre; it may grow on me (most of 21 did).

I think the news song is great

What is the chorus of Send Your Love reminding me of? Cocteau Twins?

sorry, Send My Love (To Your New Lover), which someone mentioned

Tove Styrke - Say My Name?

xps that Nola mix is awesome!

enjoying the new song

I'm not a huge Adele fan, but I think her voice sounds terrific on this new single (good song, too).

You're all real poptimists again, well done, you can stop doing this now

to be clear i don't think the new one is good, just a more tolerable sort of blandness than she's managed in the past

everything about this has been entirely predictable - how it sounds, what it's about, the reaction to it. I think it's really sad that arguably the biggest popstar in the world just now, and the team behind her, are so afraid to take any risks whatsoever. I'm not saying it would make sense for her to go hyperpop or spearhead a nu-metal revival, but even Ed Sheeran will go do features with artists you wouldn't necessarily expect.

Basically what I'm saying is, when are we getting Adele's big disco album?

When Silk Sonic beat her for Album of the Year.

I wish she would do a collab similar to what Anohni did back in the day with Hercules & Love Affair. She has a voice that would sound great if properly used on a disco / house anthem. I generally dislike piano ballads with histrionic singers so I’m not really into her. Hope she tries something different but I don’t have my hopes up.

Funny that just some months ago I was writing that Inflo is underrated in the mainstream and should work with a higher profile musician like Adele.