Line #21 YMMV/Adele


1	* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation:
2	** Is "Someone Like You" a touching song about accepting the person you love is moving on (though her true inspiration is her cheating boyfriend), or is the song a textbook example of SuspiciouslySpecificDenial? The latter is popular, earning Adele memes of her being portrayed as a ClingyJealousGirl and stalker.
3	** Is the woman from "Hello" a ghost, singing to a lost lover who is still in the living world? "Hello/From the other side..." takes on a whole new meaning.
4	*** Or, inversely, is the woman being delusional about her former lover being dead?
5	** [[http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/6874764/adele-hello-normalize-stalking-college-student-university-oklahoma One interpretation from college students in Oklahoma states that "Hello" normalizes stalking exes.]]
6	* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic:
7	** "Someone Like You", and ''every'' live performance of it.
8	** "Set Fire to the Rain" is pretty good, too.
9	** "Film/{{Skyfall}}", her theme for the Film/JamesBond movie of the same name. Listen to it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeumyOzKqgI here]].
10	** And for a song that ''doesn't'' start with "S", "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQHsXMglC9A&t=1m14s Hello]]".
11	* BrokenBase: Adele lost a lot of weight over 2019/2020. This caused some disagreement.
12	** On the one hand: adopting a more conventional body image is a betrayal of the "body positive" movement that she was implicitly supporting by being a BigBeautifulWoman.
13	** On the other hand: her body, her choice; and being overweight has a number of undesirable health consequences.
14	* EpicRiff:
15	** A very ''quiet'' one from "Send My Love (To Your New Lover)."
16	** The piano on "Someone Like You."
17	** "Rolling In The Deep".
18	* EvenBetterSequel:
19	** ''19'' was given good reviews on its release, but the critical and commercial reception of ''21'' was much higher.
20	** This continued with ''25''. While it has received some harsh criticism (especially from the [[Music/{{Beyonce}} Beyhive]] due to a perceived AwardSnub at the Grammys), the album proved to be even ''more'' successful while maintaining similar acclaim and performing a clean sweep at the Grammys, winning every nom it received (including all three major categories).
21	* FandomRivalry: Her fans vs. Music/TaylorSwift fans.
22	** The Adele/Swifties feud seems to have died down just in time for the Beyhive to go after her fans in full force due to the debatable AwardSnub at the 2017 Grammys. Neither side is backing down at all.
23	* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments:
24	** [[https://youtu.be/Nck6BZga7TQ Adele Carpool Karaoke.]]
25	** Having Sir David Attenborough [[https://youtu.be/enu-qR0H_uk narrate the opening two minutes of the "Hello" video]] is insane enough.
26	* GenreTurningPoint: The massive success of her second album, ''21,'' single-handedly changed the landscape of pop music, with the absolute collapse of club music and bringing back R&B and neo-soul genre to the mainstream.
27	* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: She's just as big, if not bigger, in the U.S. as she is in her native UK.
28	* HarsherInHindsight: "Love in the Dark" is a deeply melancholy song about a failing relationship. A sad song in its own right, but all the more sad given Adele divorced from her husband but three years later.
29	* ItsTheSameNowItSucks: ''25'' got a lot of this from the harsher critics.
30	* MemeticBadass: The "cocaine ninja" in the video for "Rolling in the Deep." [[spoiler:It's actually a woman dancing in flour.]]
31	* MemeticMutation: [[http://kardashiansfuckyeah.tumblr.com/post/131987848757/kardashiansfuckyeah-hello-hello-from-the This joke.]]
32	* NarmCharm: Her songs sound incredibly whiny, but her voice is amazing enough to potentially make you believe every word she's singing.
33	* SignatureSong: "Rolling in the Deep", "Someone Like You", "Set Fire To The Rain", and, as of 2015, "Hello".
34	* SpiritualSuccessor:
35	** To Music/AmyWinehouse. Also recognized as spiritual successor to Dame Music/ShirleyBassey at the 2013 Oscars due to her success with the theme from ''Skyfall''. She herself openly loathes this notion, however, claiming that she only shares with other British singers like Amy the "gender, not the genre".
36	** For her own songs, "Hello" to "Someone Like You" and "Send My Love (To Your New Lover)" to "Rumor Has It".

Context YMMV / Adele