Adele Laurie Blue Adkins, who only uses the name Adele on stage, is thirty-three years old. So she worked on the novelty for three years, at a time of upheaval in her own life. But if she showed more satisfaction in the lyrics and music on the last album, it’s different on the novelty. The record is bitter, sad, personal and open. It reflects the emotions and states that have accompanied Adele in recent years: disappointment, sadness, depression, but also a sense of strength and consolation.
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In recent interviews, she talked about divorce and the things that came with it, as well as how she lost weight and how some female fans who perceived it as a betrayal. She had to deal with mental problems and pressure to record good songs. At the same time, she wanted to focus mainly on her family, her son Angel and her husband Simon Konecký.
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But it turned out differently. She broke up with the man and threw herself into composing and recording songs, proven psychotherapy. She signed up with the single Easy On Me, in which she asks for indulgence and understanding. In terms of content, it was a good introduction to a new story in her career, but musically the song didn’t bring anything new, just a classic ballad with a slightly pompous mood, exactly in the singer’s style. The album also offers more interesting pieces.
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For example, the intimate My Little Love, the most touching moment of the collection. In the song, Adele talks to her son Angel, explains her feelings to him and opens up to his fears and anxieties. In the final, as if film Love Is a Game, he turns to his soul through his ideas of love.
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Great is the introductory, mildly jazz Strangers by Nature, in which the keyboard background is interwoven with a melodramatic string phrase. Oh My God is another reflection on relationships, but her pop lightness suits the album.
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Adele is a singer with a peculiar expression, determination and pain in her voice, confident in all positions. The new songs are masterfully composed and produced, while not subject to new pop trends, they stay a little further from the main line. But they are not discoverable, not at all in the context of Adele’s previous work.
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It is also a question of what value they would have without the context in which they were born. The story, which the singer experiences and shares, plays a significant role in her work. After all, the atmosphere of her albums corresponds to the mood she was in at the time of the realization.
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| Adele: 30 |
| Columbia, 58:15 |
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