Adele’s single-boring and self absorbed ( and slightly cringeworthy)?

[TheReluctantPhoenix]

Firstly, I love Adele’s music and very much admire her character and was very much looking forward to her new music.

However, her new song never goes anywhere. There is nothing, musically, to make your hair stand on end or really want to listen. If I were having a conversation in the car, I would not notice it in the background.

Of course, her voice is, as ever, sublime, but many of the ornaments sound forced and some good clear long notes would have been far better. In addition, after about 90 seconds it is , effectively, ‘on repeat’.

As for the words, I can just imagine her child listening to them as a teen or young adult and cringing.

Of course, the professional reviews love it, but I suspect they would not review Adele badly regardless of what she put out.

So AIBU or do I just not appreciate what is being done here (open to any opinions)?

It's the line about her family not liking him because he doesn't want to settle down as he's always out rocking with his good old country band that makes me cringe @DebbyHarrysCheekbones.

Often stars get so big that no one around them says ... actually Rod/Sting/Roger/Diana this isn't really good enough. Think a bit of this might have been going on here with Adele. I haven't read all the threads on Mumsnet but I get a collective sense of disappointment from her fans. Her non fans are a bit hmmm about the excessive hype. I don't think you can write that off as mentally ill people being bitchy for no good reason.

Used to love her voice but heard her new one on the radio and it's a bit pub singer for me!
Disappointing!

Ed Sheeran's lyrical content seems to be very samey - we were just kids when we fell in love, etc. Themes are a bit creepy, dare I say it.

I like her voice and lots of her songs. I listened to this one last night. I thought the music was ok/nice to listen to. I didn't like the lyrics tho. I don't understand what she means about explaining to her son, when he's much older why she left. Because she basically seems to be saying "I put you first and it was a mistake. I'm putting myself first now." I think I'd find that pretty devastating to read as an adult child. The only thing I could think was that she wasn't as clear as she hoped to be about her lyrics and that I've slightly misunderstood them! It sounded like she's left her son with his dad and headed off into the sunset to pursue her singing career. Hopefully her current life isn't quite like that and her son features in it more than the song suggests.

I guess if you have squillions in the bank most people would stop trying !
Most singers of high profile do eventually run out of ideas or steam.
Then they do a reality show to top up the income when everyone is sick of them!

I quite like some of the notes, but the song itself is self-indugent and boring ("I was just a child...." How old was she when they married?) - but a bit of an ear-worm it must be said. I would never pay to own or hear it - and am quite able to sing it myself, but it is boring also to sing.

I hate everything about the video though. SOOOO much pouting and face-pulling.
(And littering.)

All the hype is ridiculous and a very sad reflection of our times.

If you want to talk about insufferably DREADFUL music being churned out by musicians who should know better at the moment, I give you the latest offerings by Sting, Rod Stewart, Roger Taylor and Diana Ross. Never has my working day been more interrupted by having to leap up to turn off the radio!

Once an artist has established themselves and is known for years they can release just about any old shit anything. DH and I were discussing the other day that the latest Rod Stewart, Elton John, Sting, Paul Simon (from a few years ago) are so mundane, if an unknown or new artist had submitted them, a record company or radio station wouldn't give them the time of day and probably wouldn't listen to more then 30 seconds of it before binning it.
All of them could retire very comfortably without peddling more crap records.

I haven't heard the new Adele one yet

It's just so bland and utterly boring

She's got a lovely voice but all this over exposure gets on people's nerves.

She's phony.

Loretta Lynn and Dolly Parton were born into poverty. Amy Winehouse wasn't, but she had inner demons and channelled the music to express her feelings.

Adele Adkins is just playing the role on a stage. She is as convincing as Mrs Overall.

It’s absolute shite. Can’t stand her.

Utter dirge. Just like all her other stuff. I can't stand her voice.

'Adele Adkins is just playing the role on a stage. She is as convincing as Mrs Overall.'

So true. The sultry gazes, the husky singing voice, then she speaks and she's like Kat from Eastenders. I mean good on her for her millions and yes her songs are ok but this all hail Adele bollocks in the media is nauseating.

@JaniieJones

'Adele Adkins is just playing the role on a stage. She is as convincing as Mrs Overall.'

So true. The sultry gazes, the husky singing voice, then she speaks and she's like Kat from Eastenders. I mean good on her for her millions and yes her songs are ok but this all hail Adele bollocks in the media is nauseating.

Totally agree. The media will put people off her. And all this posing in vogue doesn't help Shes lost loads of weight and looks great, but leave it like that, dont shove how you look in everyone's face. People just get bored with that. It all becomes a bit showy and insincere, which seemed to be rhe opposite of what adele started off like.

I love her voice but the rest of it is insufferable and usually self indulgent.

She reeks of Insincerity. Her speaking voice is like nails down a blackboard.

She’s now just repeating what she did before.

She needs to employ songwriters to come up more original stuff.

The arts in general are being starved of funds yet collectively it raises so much revenue.
Adele was lucky enough to attend the' Brit school ' to hone her songwriting / singing career. I bet this way in is much harder to do these days and many other singers will just give up on their dreams.
Not her fault, but anything creative is often seen as a lesser career.

I wish she could do a more upbeat song though!

Same, same - very boring .

@marykitty

The new single is nothing compared to Hello, I had big expectations, I was really underwhelmed, listened to it once and that was enough. It is not a bad song but did not give me any goosebumps or such...

I was very underwhelmed when hello came out too. All the hype and it was so dreary. Nothing compared to her earlier stuff rolling in the deep, chasing pavements etc....

She’s really talented and has a great voice but the new song is nothing new - same old stuff. She’s not really my cup of tea but I get why people like her.

Most of these celebs are self absorbed and think the world resolves around them

• revolves

@Chicchicchicchiclana

She doesn't seem to take much ownership of the fact that she rushed into getting married and having a child rather young does she?

Take ownership how? What do you want her to do, grovel for daring to be a woman with her own mind and making her own choices?!