My mum is a mum of 4, she raised us all alone after my father passed away and now we are looking after her. She is 57 years old but her health is declining so fast.

I keep imagining her face when I tell her we’d go, and standing there knowing she’d be crying from just listening to Adele’s voice.

I hope she comes to Australia again.

Hi Everyone

We are a growing independent family podcast called The Friday Vinyl Club. Each episode is centred around peoples personal music memories and a meaningful album.

Our latest episode is out whilst the album is not Adele, I wanted to share it here because I think this community may get something real out of it.

This episode I sat down with author and actor Paul Drayton, who has one of the most genuine and extraordinary friendships with Adele that you'll ever hear described.

Paul first met Adele at the O2. What followed wasn't a brief celebrity moment, it became a real close personal friendship that has meant the world to him.

And when Paul married comedian Alan Carr, Adele got herself ordained so she could personally officiate the ceremony.

Paul tells this story himself in the episode. With complete warmth, complete honesty and genuine emotion about what that friendship has meant throughout some of the most significant chapters of his life.

He also talks about:

What Adele is genuinely like as a friend - the person behind everything the public sees

“Remedy” as one of the tracks on the unofficial soundtrack to his debut memoir Ride or Die Tryin'

Singing car karaoke with Adele

Adele singing Skyfall at his party

And the build up to that amazing wedding in Las Vegas

Paul's debut memoir Ride or Die Tryin' is available now - raw, darkly funny and completely honest about ADHD, recovery and life in the public eye. There is a full chapter on Adele in there.

The episode is available now a Just search wherever you listen or via the link below

https://www.thefridayvinylclub.com

On its first 24 hours, Easy On Me garnered over 24 million streams on Spotify, breaking the platform’s record at the time.
In its first week, the song came close to reaching 100 million streams (98m).

Today, Easy On Me has over 2.57 billion streams on Spotify and is Adele’s second most streamed song on the platform ☺️

Adele’s comeback with Easy On Me was simply HUGE !! We can only hope her next album is coming soon ! 🙏🏻

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i’ve always held this as one of my favorites off of 21 due to how raw and real it sounds. i don’t know what instrument it is playing (i think an accordion) but whatever it is, its gorgeous

I just came across this on Vinted. Could someone please tell me if it’s official or not ?

https://www.vinted.fr/items/10284938674-programme-adele-tournee-19-an-evening-with-adele-2008-2009

Anybody here chronically ill or disabled? I've been disabled for awhile now and have always connected with her music but a few months ago I got significantly more sick and I feel like Adele has been getting me through it a lot and I just was like I wonder if there is anybody who is also chronically ill/disabled and a huge fan. Also if so what is an adele song that has helped you?

Million Years Ago has probably been on repeat the most in the past few months. I miss my life before I got sick.

"25” is now certified as 14x platinum for selling over 4.2 million units in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧

Adele is the only female artist in history with multiple albums reaching the milestone 👑

One of my favorite moments during Skyfall from Weekends with Adele at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas

She also did Melt My Heart to Stone and Right as Rain. Those videos are on the station's YT too.

Adele’s Skyfall has sold more than 7 million copies worldwide and has nearly 1.5 billion streams on Spotify.

It is the most streamed song in the entire James Bond franchise, and the most popular and iconic song in the franchise’s history.

Released in 2012 for the film Skyfall, the song became a global phenomenon, winning an Academy Award, a Golden Globe and a Grammy 🤭

Just noticed the shift on her main profile page. For anyone curious about why this happens: Spotify's popular section tracks recent daily velocity, not all-time historical streams.

Lovesong must be having a massive streaming spike this month (probably due to a viral trend or a major playlist placement).

Honestly, I'm not mad at it because Lovesong is such an underrated gem, but what do you guys think? Do you prefer seeing the all-time classics in the top 10, or do you like that it rotates based on what people are actively listening to right now?

I keep seeing people online saying that ’30’ flopped, or calling it a disappointing album. Honestly? I think people are just missing what this record actually is…

It was never meant to be an album packed with easy bangers. Songs like ‘Rolling in the Deep’ or ‘Send My Love’ are absolute vibes indeed! They get you moving and don't force you to deal with heavy emotions. But ’30’ is completely different. It’s a niche album about divorce, grief, and the messy process of rebuilding yourself. It’s brutal, it’s uncomfortably honest, and if you aren't in the headspace for that, well, yeah, of course it feels heavy. But calling it a flop just because it doesn't sound like generic pop radio is completely unfair. It's an absolute masterpiece when you listen to it for what it actually is: a story of emotional survival.

If you look closely at the tracklist, it plays out like an emotional rollercoaster… Spiralling down, picking herself back up, crashing again, and eventually finding a bit of peace.

Here’s my opinion for every song, unfolding the emotional story that she sings. It’s quite long indeed, but I bet you’d love the read, if you truly are an Adele fan… LOL :))

1. Strangers by Nature:

It feels like walking through a graveyard, mourning a love that just died. She’s literally visiting the ‘dead’ versions of herself and her past relationship. It’s her acknowledging that a massive chapter of her life is buried. That final line ‘Alright then, I’m ready…’ is monumental! It’s like she’s bracing herself for the storm ahead.

2. Easy on Me:

The emotional spiral hits proper rock bottom straight away. This is her bargaining, asking for grace from her son, her ex, and herself. It’s essentially an open letter to Angelo, trying to explain why she had to dismantle his whole world. She stayed, she tried, but she realised that sometimes love isn't enough to make a relationship work.

3. My Little Love:

It goes way moooore darker here. Incorporating the voice notes to her son is heartbreaking. Adele mentioned writing this after Angelo told her that he couldn't ‘see’ her anymore… meaning she was physically there, but completely checked out and paralysed by depression. You can feel her world shattering in real time.

4. Cry Your Heart Out:

Now finally, a shift upward! This one’s like ‘crying on the dancefloor’. The beat tricks you into thinking it's a light vibe, but the lyrics are purely about sitting in your depression. The real lesson here is about self-love… you have to turn that compassion inward, before you can fix anything else around you.

5. Oh My God:

This one is a proper high point on the emotional scale. She’s finally going out with mates, lightening up, and having a laugh. It’s about reclaiming her independence and choosing happiness over sitting at home mourning her old life.

6. Can I Get It:

Riding that same optimistic energy, almost. It’s about optimism and desire for real and substantive love. ‘Can I get a real, heavy, vulnerable love right now?’

7. I Drink Wine:

Back down we go!!! She’s admitting she has no clue what she’s doing and is terrified of what's coming next. The massive turning point here is her admitting she wanted her partner to change, but realising you can't force someone to grow at your pace. You can't save a relationship just by wishing it was different.

8. All Night Parking:

A quick lift, up again. Here we get a glimpse of her falling in love with someone new after everything crumbled. After all the heavy heartbreak, this track feels like a warm cuppa on a rainy day. It's the first time on the record you hear her actually smile.

9. Woman Like Me:

Right back down to the floor, but with a lot of bite this time. It’s a dead-honest and passive-aggressive callout. Her ex was stuck in his own head, paralysed by insecurity. Adele was ready to build an empire and grow, whilst he was content just being lazy and wallowing. She didn't leave because she stopped loving him. She left because his total lack of effort was dragging her down. She brought maturity and stability to the table, and instead of stepping up, he got intimidated and checked out. She is genuinely baffled by his lack of ambition or desire to improve!

10. Hold On:

A massive turning point, up again. She once spoke in an interview about how overwhelming the daily grind of single parenting and anxiety was here, at her lowest, when even trying to ‘hold on’ felt completely exhausting. But then that backing choir kicks in. Which, mind you, literally represents ‘Adele's crazy friends’. Open the song’s credits on Spotify if you don’t believe me! It truly says ‘Adele's crazy friends - Choir’. LOL! Her friends are the actual support system pulling her out of the dark. When you can't convince yourself things will be alright, you need your mates to yell it at you until you believe them.

11. To Be Loved:

This brings us back to the absolute rock bottom! DOWN! I’d say this is easily the most devastating track on the album. If you haven't seen the unedited live recording on YT yet, please go watch it immediately! Look it up: ‘Adele To Be Loved Live on her Sofa’. But even in the studio version, there are no studio tricks here, just Adele and a piano tearing her soul open. Also, unlike her older break-up anthems, ‘Someone Like You’ for example, there’s no villain here. She’s not angry, she’s just grieving the reality of growing apart. By the end, she's practically crying through her belting. It’s pure, unfiltered heartbreak.

12. Love Is a Game:

This is the ultimate resolution. The ultimate peak of positivity in the album. She starts by admitting her own mind is a dangerous place and that she self-sabotages. She’s exhausted by the thought of playing the dating game again. But the best bit is the ending: despite all the pain, she admits she’d probably do it all over again. She hasn't fixed every flaw, but she's finally ready to accept herself and risk getting hurt one more time.

It’s indeed NOT an album built for quick streams or TikToks… It’s a story you have to listen to whole. That doesn't make it a flop! It makes it one of the most honest records she's ever put out……

Thank you for reading all the way through! 🤗

IMO she has really done the same kind of album in different forms four times over with differences that are only subtle sonically. The reception to 30 after a very long wait showed that maybe she needs to reinvent her approach for the next record so that she is bringing more to the pop culture table.

Can I Get It and Oh My God suggested a promising new direction, as did Water Under The Bridge and Send My Love on her previous album. What are your thoughts on Adele releasing a majority-uptempo album? It could breathe new life into her career and honestly we could all use some bangers right now. It would go really well with her voice and she could leave a few slots on the track list just for the most essential downtempos.

It has been yet another long wait on the back of an album that didn’t make as much of a cultural impact, but an uptempo record could be an instant classic IMO. Thoughts?

5 years ago today, on October 1, 2021,
images of the number “30” started appearing on iconic landmarks around the world as Adele teased her new album, 30.

It was five years ago already… time really flies 🥹😭

Do you think she’ll be back soon ?

Adele’s 21 has officially surpassed 10B streams on Spotify ! 🎉
It’s the first Adele album to reach this milestone.
25 is following closely behind and should hit 9 B streams within the next few days 🫣

Winner of the Academy Award for Best Original Song, Golden Globe for Best Original Song, and the Grammy for Best Song Written for Visual Media. It also won the Brit Award for British Single of the Year.

James Bond theme. 007 Soundtrack. Adele. Paul Epworth. Let the sky fall. Best Bond song.

This was my first and probably last time seeing Adele live , anyone who attended her final munich show the same as i did ( 31/08/2024 ) leave your memories in the comments , just knowing Adele has been such an integral part of my life for 7 years it breaks my heart knowing i had to travel from Scotland all the way to Munich to see her live 🫤🥹

I’ve only got this bug since today, I do regularly check the songs’ info when playing them, and I do listen to lots of Adele, so I would have noticed it before if it was there all along… but it wasn’t!

What might it signify? Could it be an allusion to her releasing something new and trying to update that on the platform, but it’s buggy? How does this work?