It's rare that an artist bursts on the music scene (when I'm paying attention) whose lyrics are so killer that I listen to the songs on repeat, all-day, everyday, for days at a time, just so I can really register the words.
Adele did it though. Over and over and over again. If you don't know Adele, here's all you need to know:
She's so many of my favorite things: British, soulful, a rockin' voice, and a poet. I can just tell that she's one of my kind of people.
She just released her new album, 21, a couple of weeks ago, and she's number one on the Billboard Charts in like, 17 countries or something. Crazy awesome.
But one of the songs on her album, just reached out of my computer screen, grabbed my little wounded heart, ripped it out, threw it around like a hot potato, stuck it with a voodoo pin, and gave it back. Thanks, Adele.
Seriously, the song, Someone Like You, speaks heartbreak in more raw, poetic words than even I could ... and I'm pretty good at making heartbreak sound good.
Take a listen:
If you didn't revisit your greatest heartache, then you must have really moved on. Good for you. I hate you a little bit. But I just had to share this song because I love finding artists who create music that resonates with me on more than a "catchy, that was a fun song" kind of way. And Adele definitely does that.
Buy her album! Support good music!
you are welcome.
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