no adele thread yet?

this song is boring & terrible

I was walking down our alley and we passed a sorority house where what sounded like ten girls were singing along at the top of their lungs and when they hit the chorus, ouchhhhhhhh. Terrifying!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDWKuo3gXMQ

this one sounds to me a bit like that big ballad on the brandon flowers album (which in a way makes sense as reichtshaid produced the studio version)

could do with a bit of a donk on it though. there's a shellback song on the album, i'm intrigued by that at least

new song is just .. there.

The album is also just...there.

Holy Shit: http://m.billboard.com/entry/view/id/149035

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/adele-officially-breaks-nsyncs-single-843545?facebook_20151124

why did i ever like adele. this sounds like a reality show winner's album.

people love this though and seem to think she is the most talented thing ever . idk it's just ok

people are buying a personality (adele is pretty irresistible as a person) and an outlook on heartbreak, and the music is a functional device to deliver those things, it is "good enough"

she's such a great example of how far a "normal" persona gets you. "oh she'd be fun to go down the pub with" the fucking nigel farage of pop

xp!!

embodiment of yt privilege too obv, imagine a black woman singing ballads about heartbreak having even half her success in the past...two decades?

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)