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)?

I love her and her music but I agree, this song wasn't 'wow'. She's been all over the news and social media but I think they've over-hyped this.

I understand what inspired this album but her making it all about her divorce and being a brave single mum is a bit cringe. She tries far too hard to be a relatable single mum with mentol helf problems from her mansion

Oh it's dire

She probably wants to go into acting now hence the over dramatic bit at the start

I thought it was very forgetful. It sounded very nice but I won't seek it out to hear it again.

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
Add Coldplay's latest to that list!

She is mostly overrated with great PR.

I think it’s good - I like it - divorce song genre

I didn't even know she had a new song out but saw so many threads on here about it. Why? So she has good PR which has worked out well because so many here are talking about it.

I'm not in UK and heard not a thing about it but it did come up on Spotify yesterday along with other newly released songs.

It is very bleh. A song to have on in the background. Not a repeat play song by any means. There is no hype here. But I'm sure that is because she is British is why it is there, here it's just another new release.

I think some of these posts are really unfair.

The song hadn't blown me away but I have liked her other albums so i'm hopeful there'll be more to come. I'm by no means a superfan or anything like that.

She's got a new single and album out so she's flogging it, which she is contractually obliged to do. Most of the time, she doesn't particularly court the limelight which is why the media go wild for it when she does.

What exactly is she supposed to do by mumsnet standards?

@BristolBaker

I don’t know what you mean by ‘single-boring’, the thread title doesn’t really make much sense tbh

Hilarious! Have you never seen a hyphen before?

I love it, listened to it three times in a row, its one of those songs that has a lot of emotion behind it and I'm always drawn into any song that makes me connect to the lyrics and brings memories and feelings back. Beautiful.

I find the song boring, but I haven’t loved any of her most successful stuff. I loved Hometwon Glory, but that was years ago. The Skyfall one was dreadful.

All just opinion, though.

I like Adele a lot. She seems a lovely woman, she’s from my neck of the woods and she is genuinely talented. I wish her well.

Nice enough song but nothing special. Adele has a great voice but I feel she is massively overhyped.

I think it is one of the difficulties most musicians face following up on amazing releases previously. Adele can certainly sing but she's not my cup of tea music wise at all. Though I did love Skyfall and Rolling in the Deep. I find it sad that she seems to have gone all Hollywood. I don't know why but Ive always had the impression she is not a happy woman. Im very sorry her marriage ended. Just hope she is careful, there are a lot of 'sharks' out there. I hope the new romance is not on the rebound. People are vulnerable after a divorce.

I agree with you. It sounds like a filler album track from her last album. It's a bit disappointing.

But people on their high horses about daring to criticize her boring song - don't worry, she'll fly to number one anyway, she'll bag an armful of Grammy's anyway.

It's awful. She's flirting at the Elton John as pub singer end of the range. The piano is good.

She's reached Jk Rowling heights when no one will tell her it's the same old drivel and needs savage editing.

Her music is ok but very self indulgent. Not sure what her ex or son will think about their private life being aired to the masses !

I think Adele is a bit like George Michael was, addicted to heartbreak- she can't write unless she is unhappy and her songs reflect that.

All the hand movements in the video are creepy!

I can't stand any of her music, never have, which is a shame, as she does have a fantastic voice and comes across as a lovely person.

I was amazed at the hype around it. It was on News at 10! Ridicules!

I was listening the song is going to be used to explain to her son why she and her husband divorced. Most people tell their kids that mum and dad aren't getting along any more but we both love you very much!
Absolute tosh!

I remember seeing her on the Jools Holland show years ago singing Daydreamer, I thought she was amazing! Natural and edgy, she’s changed so much since she went to America. I find the new Adele not a patch on the old one, too Celebrity !!

YANBU. It's music for people who buy one album a year and have no actual taste in music.

The video is terrible. Driving a car with crumpled pages of music notes flying out and then singing in an empty abandoned house. Seriously? It's like every cliche from every 90s music video thrown into one pot.

The song is good though but spoiled by the theatrical facial expressions and extremely heavy makeup. Not sure if it was a deliberate choice as part of her new comeback persona but her older songs and video were much calmer and smoother to watch.

I have never understood the popularity of Adele. She may be a very nice woman, of course, but she has a "pub singer" voice (as demonstrated in the ghastly Skyfall) and most of her songs are dreary, warbly dirges. I happened to hear the new one on the radio today & it was instantly forgettable. But everyone seems to love her, so maybe it's me........

She'll be on housewives of Beverly Hills soon...

She's a pub singer.

Her new song is album filler that's being released as a single. Doesn't bode well.