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
― J. Sam, Friday, 15 October 2021 16:19 (two years ago) link
Not life changing but it’s pleasant
― When Young Sheldon began to rap (forksclovetofu), Friday, 15 October 2021 16:21 (two years ago) link
i really dislike some of the songs ppl are singling out as their one adele song they like
― dyl, Saturday, 16 October 2021 01:07 (two years ago) link
“Rumor Has It” is a jam! (I’m not gonna look up who Ryan Tedder is)
― juristic person (morrisp), Saturday, 16 October 2021 01:12 (two years ago) link
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)
― dyl, Saturday, 16 October 2021 03:54 (two years ago) link
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)
― meme-first attitude (J0rdan S.), Monday, July 27, 2009 6:29 PM bookmarkflaglink
― Gardyloominati (Neanderthal), Saturday, 16 October 2021 14:53 (two years ago) link
New song is pleasantly mediocre; it may grow on me (most of 21 did).
― Les hommes de bonbons (cryptosicko), Saturday, 16 October 2021 17:34 (two years ago) link
I think the news song is great
― talkin' about his flat tire (DJP), Saturday, 16 October 2021 17:37 (two years ago) link
What is the chorus of Send Your Love reminding me of? Cocteau Twins?
― adam t. (abanana), Sunday, 17 October 2021 14:35 (two years ago) link
sorry, Send My Love (To Your New Lover), which someone mentioned
Tove Styrke - Say My Name?
― boxedjoy, Sunday, 17 October 2021 15:25 (two years ago) link
xps that Nola mix is awesome!
enjoying the new song
― corrs unplugged, Monday, 18 October 2021 12:40 (two years ago) link
I'm not a huge Adele fan, but I think her voice sounds terrific on this new single (good song, too).
― juristic person (morrisp), Wednesday, 20 October 2021 16:22 (two years ago) link
You're all real poptimists again, well done, you can stop doing this now
― imago, Wednesday, 20 October 2021 17:34 (two years ago) link
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
― ufo, Wednesday, 20 October 2021 18:44 (two years ago) link
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?
― boxedjoy, Thursday, 21 October 2021 10:29 (two years ago) link
When Silk Sonic beat her for Album of the Year.
― MarkoP, Thursday, 21 October 2021 12:51 (two years ago) link
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.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 21 October 2021 13:20 (two years ago) link
Oh don't worry, Inflo is going to be absolutely everywhere very very soon
― imago, Thursday, 21 October 2021 13:20 (two years ago) link
Unclear whether boxedjoy means the big disco album would be the risk or the entirely predictable move, lol
― imago, Thursday, 21 October 2021 13:22 (two years ago) link
He has proven to have great taste as a producer and be versatile enough that I wouldn’t mind if he did started popping everywhere.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 21 October 2021 13:24 (two years ago) link
She should hook up with the Dap Kings, or cover "Stand Up In It", or both.
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 21 October 2021 15:15 (two years ago) link
haven't heard this yet, but damn is it getting written up well. any poptimists here wanna stan and convince me, who really hasn't cared much for her or her music, to dive into this?
― octobeard, Tuesday, 23 November 2021 21:33 (two years ago) link
it's the most compelling she's ever been but still not even inflo could make her interesting
― ufo, Tuesday, 23 November 2021 21:45 (two years ago) link
i am coming around on the new song, i dunno she has a kind of witchcraft with this stuff imohave not listened to the album but i don’t think i’ve ever listened to an adele album
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 23 November 2021 22:02 (two years ago) link
Imagine a time there was no Adele thread
― Mark G, Tuesday, 23 November 2021 22:08 (two years ago) link
I listened to the last track because a friend asked me to. It was okay!
― Legalize Suburban Benches (Raymond Cummings), Tuesday, 23 November 2021 22:20 (two years ago) link
i was interested in this because of the inflo involvement, but the best tracks for me are "all night parking" and "my little love" (though the latter features voice notes that are almost uncomfortably intrusive), which are greg kurstin productions. he's also responsible for "i drink wine" which is probably the worst song on the album. all in all, i probably concur with ufo that it's generally a step in a more compelling direction but i'd definitely reach for joy crookes' skin or cleo sol's mother over this (which are but two recent albums using a similar sound palette)
― monotony, Tuesday, 23 November 2021 22:51 (two years ago) link
yeah i absolutely thought 'if only it was more like mother'
― ufo, Tuesday, 23 November 2021 23:14 (two years ago) link
I've heard it couple of times when driving with my BF and although it's decent, couldn't get rid of the thought that I 'cannot wait' to get back to another recent divorce album, kacey's star-crossed
― krewki, Wednesday, 24 November 2021 21:59 (two years ago) link
Oof, talk about damning with faint praise.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 24 November 2021 22:35 (two years ago) link
Here’s a secret: she’s not 30I know this is a small detail but lol
― calstars, Wednesday, 24 November 2021 22:38 (two years ago) link
I guess she needed some time to kind of figure out what it felt like to be 30
― calstars, Wednesday, 24 November 2021 22:43 (two years ago) link
this album sounded trippy af to me, the first side anyway
― brimstead, Wednesday, 24 November 2021 23:16 (two years ago) link
Not really an Adele nerd, but aren't her titles the age she was when started on the album?
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 24 November 2021 23:43 (two years ago) link
it’s okay this is a safe space
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 24 November 2021 23:44 (two years ago) link
I can only imagine what this album sounds like. “Ooh, thirty…thirty now”
― calstars, Thursday, 25 November 2021 01:28 (two years ago) link
why is she balling about not having a concert? jfc
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Friday, 21 January 2022 19:52 (two years ago) link
bawling rather lol it's just weird
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Friday, 21 January 2022 19:53 (two years ago) link
Because she's so sad. Maybe she'll release an album about it. She could call it "Lost Vegas."
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 21 January 2022 20:03 (two years ago) link
I always wished I caught this show The timing was ridiculously perfect - like they booked these small venues before she really turned into a megastar, and things just rapidly blew up during the course of the tour. Apparently even then-mayor Rahm Emanuel pulled some strings to get into the show.
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgpJL9WzXMYFyIvA7gJ0XTtTB27hwT3HU
― birdistheword, Friday, 21 January 2022 20:24 (two years ago) link
Honestly, those are my favorite kinds of shows, where you catch the act at a place you are already well aware they will never play again.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 21 January 2022 20:29 (two years ago) link
I worked at Tower Records in Manhattan in the early 90s. Nirvana came in and did about a 45 minute set in the store right when Nevermind was released. My biggest memory of the event was that they were fucking loud.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Friday, 21 January 2022 20:31 (two years ago) link
It's especially perfect when they're doing their best material. Nevermind goes without saying, and in Adele's case, I actually think her albums have gotten worse each time out - the first is still my favorite, the second is uneven with great highlights, and both were the only ones she could draw from when she did that tour.
― birdistheword, Friday, 21 January 2022 20:50 (two years ago) link
I thought she sounded like Amy Winehouse when I first heard her.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Friday, 21 January 2022 20:52 (two years ago) link
she was a huge Amy fan - iirc Amy was why she started singing!
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 21 January 2022 22:21 (two years ago) link
i saw what i think was adele's first american show. she was fine but i think i left early.
― i cannot help if you made yourself not funny (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 22 January 2022 00:13 (two years ago) link
Aw, this warms my heart:
https://www.vulture.com/2022/01/adele-facetime-fans-las-vegas-residency-apology.html
― birdistheword, Saturday, 22 January 2022 23:44 (two years ago) link