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Adele

106 replies

Aquarius1234 · 02/09/2024 16:53

Adele announcing she will not be making new music for a very very long time.

OK Ta Ta then!!!!!!

This is from someone that used to like her!

1st time fine, 2nd time yawn wow long time, 3rd time get over yourself!

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Prawncow · 02/09/2024 18:07

Maybe we could have a special ‘Bitter rants about massively successful people who will never know or care that you exist’ board.

Aquarius1234 · 02/09/2024 18:07

I feel like Adele is on a permanent break with work holidays thrown in.
So it's always off then a quick Hello for 2 weeks.
She actually thought people would be as upset as after the 2nd wide world success album wow.

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Aquarius1234 · 02/09/2024 18:09

Kellph83 · 02/09/2024 18:03

She didn’t “announce” it to the press, she told the people at her last Munich concert she’d be having a break after the vegas residency has ended. They are people that obviously care as they were there!
i don’t see why this needed a thread if I’m honest. Just another case of a woman bashing another woman for a choice they’ve made. Get a grip

I would have hated that if I was there in person. Would put a downer on the night.
Like they were the cattle in the crowd and Adele was throwing them crumbs.

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Grendell · 02/09/2024 18:09

I don't think there is anything wrong with managing the expectations of one's fanbase.

UnnecessaryOwl · 02/09/2024 18:10

Having a bad day OP? What a strange thing to get so irate about 😳

Aquarius1234 · 02/09/2024 18:11

Most artists couldn't do as little as she does and be as private and do the types of touring she does. I think 🤔

Anyway that's not the point. She's arrogant and rude

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Aquarius1234 · 02/09/2024 18:13

UnnecessaryOwl · 02/09/2024 18:10

Having a bad day OP? What a strange thing to get so irate about 😳

Most people I know dislike the attitude of the like of Adele, Coldplay etc.

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SpanielPaws · 02/09/2024 18:15

I think she's one of the most over rated singers of her generation tbh. Same as Beyonce. Write one or two words and claim a writing credit. Just fuck off and stroke your ego in the mirror already.

NerrSnerr · 02/09/2024 18:16

Aquarius1234 · 02/09/2024 18:11

Most artists couldn't do as little as she does and be as private and do the types of touring she does. I think 🤔

Anyway that's not the point. She's arrogant and rude

Edited

I don't think she comes across as arrogant and rude personally.

You're not coming across brilliantly yourself OP.

Izzymoon · 02/09/2024 18:16

Aquarius1234 · 02/09/2024 17:17

It's the fact she's announcing it as though everyone will care as much or at all like they did after the first two Albums.

The whole for a very very long time. Yeh fuck off then.

I mean she’s just finished a tour. Clearly plenty of people would care

Riapia · 02/09/2024 18:17

It’s probably because of the Oasis ticket scramble and the prices being asked.
Clever girl.
😉😁😁.

TorroFerney · 02/09/2024 18:18

Aquarius1234 · 02/09/2024 16:53

Adele announcing she will not be making new music for a very very long time.

OK Ta Ta then!!!!!!

This is from someone that used to like her!

1st time fine, 2nd time yawn wow long time, 3rd time get over yourself!

Was she not just saying that she was giving up her Las Vegas gig ie the every night thing.

Aquarius1234 · 02/09/2024 18:19

SpanielPaws · 02/09/2024 18:15

I think she's one of the most over rated singers of her generation tbh. Same as Beyonce. Write one or two words and claim a writing credit. Just fuck off and stroke your ego in the mirror already.

Yes doesn't tend to write solo. Credit to Paul Epworth writer for the classic stuff.
I'll admit I liked the 1st Album and some of 2nd.
I can't listen to any stuff now. Think the word is over played.
2011 yikes long time ago now.!!!!

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BarbaraHoward · 02/09/2024 18:20

Wtf OP, why on earth do you care so much?

I think she's been performing a lot with the residencies even if she hasn't been in the public eye as much, I saw a quote from her a few weeks ago that implied she's feeling a bit burnt out and that she wasn't even singing around the house any more. A break sounds sensible. She never has to work again, why wouldn't she take time out.

I quite like that she and Taylor Swift have such polar opposite attitudes to how they run their careers, and yet they're both phenomenally successful. Good luck to them.

Frith2013 · 02/09/2024 18:20

Neither will I.

Whatafustercluck · 02/09/2024 18:34

BarbaraHoward · 02/09/2024 17:24

From the article on the BBC it didn't read like she'd put out a statement or anything, more likely that a journalist asked her and she answered. I don't understand what she's done that's worthy of criticism.

She's a successful female. She doesn't actually have to do anything to attract criticism. Same with Taylor Swift. Her music may not be to your taste, but people are all too keen to tear successful women down in a way you don't tend to see with men.

Made her millions, co-parents her son somewhere warm and sunny, generally inoffensive and uncontroversial. Great voice. Good luck to her.

safetyfreak · 02/09/2024 18:35

Good, I despise her songs.

boredaf · 02/09/2024 18:35

For someone who doesn’t care, the evidence that you do in fact care is slightly overwhelming. Get over yourself 😅

Aquarius1234 · 02/09/2024 18:36

Apparently people have an issue with the residencies. ??

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mydogisthebest · 02/09/2024 18:36

I hate her whiny voice and miserable songs. I would be happy if I never heard one of her songs on the radio again

TypingoftheDead · 02/09/2024 18:37

Aquarius1234 · 02/09/2024 17:17

It's the fact she's announcing it as though everyone will care as much or at all like they did after the first two Albums.

The whole for a very very long time. Yeh fuck off then.

Obviously many people will care - if nobody liked her music or anything, she wouldn’t be in the position she is now.

BarbaraHoward · 02/09/2024 18:38

Aquarius1234 · 02/09/2024 18:36

Apparently people have an issue with the residencies. ??

Presumably not the people who bought tickets and made Adele millions.

mummyhat · 02/09/2024 18:55

You seem extraordinarily invested and resentful, given that you aren’t a fan op.

I’ve met Adele. She was quite the opposite of rude or arrogant. It doesn’t surprise me in the least she will be ducking out to become an ‘npc’ for a while, enjoy her earnings and family life and let a younger generation have their moment in the spotlight.
All power to her.

HousedInMySoul · 02/09/2024 19:04

I don't like her music but she seems ok/down to earth as a person. Didn't she also manage to not get cancelled for saying she was a real woman or something? I can't quite remember

RunningOutOfImaginitiveUsernames · 02/09/2024 19:07

If I had made millions you best believe I'd spend as much time as I could with my family and enjoying my life! She doesn't need to make music constantly and can afford to take the time off.

You said you only liked the first album and a few songs from the second, so who cares? Her fans can listen to the songs they already enjoy and I'm sure they'll welcome her return if/when she does.

I'm genuinely a it taken aback by how much anger you seem to have over someone else's life, telling her to fuck off and all sorts when it doesn't affect you one bit.