I know loveandhate. I actually find it a bit exploitative, because she seems to know that her main market is women who ate a bit older than her and tailors her music to what she thinks they want to hear. I mean, all this whinging on about exes that she wrote when she was 21 and 25; it all seemed to be too targeted at women sort of moving towards their 30s or 40s who were a bit wistful about their lost youth. Especially now she's in a stable relationship with a child, but she's still doing whiny songs about her exes. It seems like she's writing songs which are calculated to aim at particular emotions for sales rather than being genuine.
It's proper 'mum' music anyway, it's really not cool.
I always imagine her ex boyfriend's wife answering the phone and shouting up the stairs 'Yeah, love, it's Adele again. You know, that girl you went out with for 6 months in 2008? She wants to know if you still think about her.'
'Hi, Adele, he's a bit busy at the moment giving the kids a bath. But he says no, he doesn't think of you, but thanks for calling and he's glad you're well'.
'Oh, okay Adele. No, I don't imagine if you call again next week he'll want to discuss what a beautiful thing it was you lost and what beautiful children you might have had. No, no, we're still not getting divorced'.
'No, no, Adele, I don't think it's a good idea if you come over. Because we'll call the police. And we don't want to have to get another expensive restraining order now do we'.
'Okay, bye, good luck with the new album'.