October 25, 20159 yr I wasn't overly impressed hearing the preview that she used for The X Factor advert but, putting it in context with the rest of the song makes it truly special. The song is absolutely beautiful, especially when you listen to it with the context that she's talking to her younger self. The chorus really is magnificent and one if the best of the year already. :heart: I think the song is definitely distinct from what she's done before, I definitely don't get the comments that it's like 'Someone Like You' when it really really isn't. Not all slower songs sound the same!!!1! At the end of the day, Adele is a adult contemporary artist, just she makes the songs a lot more special and heartbreaking/thought-provoking than many of the others in that genre. She's not just going to turn round and do some trance or hip-hop track. :lol: She's good at what she's doing and her stuff doesn't sound all the same, there are variations, to me anyway.
October 25, 20159 yr The video has broken the VEVO record it set itself a day earlier by amassing 30 million views on day 2. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/korn0818/9ec05191.gif
October 25, 20159 yr One the negative side - the lyrics are even more obsessive and retrospective than Someone like You - she seems seriously unable to move on to an unhealthy degree and hearing this nearly 5 years after Someone Like You it makes uncomfortable listening. And not in a good way. I admit that some indie/alternative artists make a whole career out of being lovelorn and slightly needy (The Cure for one) but from a singer this autobiographical it make he sound like she has a very unhealthy relationship with romance. Is it necessarily about that relationship though - she was abandoned by her father when she was just 4. Could be about that I suppose? Although Adele in interviews says the opening line was more like a conversation with her fans, she wanted to ring everyone and tell them what had been happening to her. I was wondering if after all these years You'd like to meet, to go over everything They say that time's supposed to heal ya But I ain't done much healing Edited October 25, 20159 yr by Doctor Death
October 25, 20159 yr What a song! Best song of the year for me. That chorus is phenomenal. The power and control in her voice! If it's not everyone's cup of tea, that's fine. If the song is boring or formulaic, I can understand that (although I disagree). But there are people who are saying they don't like her voice and that she doesn't have a great voice. How are you a member of a music forum if you can't appreciate a voice like that?!
October 25, 20159 yr What a song! Best song of the year for me. That chorus is phenomenal. The power and control in her voice! If it's not everyone's cup of tea, that's fine. If the song is boring or formulaic, I can understand that (although I disagree). But there are people who are saying they don't like her voice and that she doesn't have a great voice. How are you a member of a music forum if you can't appreciate a voice like that?! By being able to appreciate that it's good but not actually liking it?
October 25, 20159 yr This is getting better for me with each listen, it's actually really good to hear new music from her again after such a long (and perhaps necessary) break.
October 25, 20159 yr I'm liking this and more and more too. I think my earlier criticism about how it "builds" came when the snippet with that final chorus was still fresh in my mind, so I was disappointed that it wasn't as immediate as I was hoping. But it's sounding better and better after a couple days.
October 25, 20159 yr It is amazing, I can't stop listening to it. I still reaaally don't get the decision to leave in the studio mumblings under the track though.
October 25, 20159 yr I wasn't overly impressed when I first heard this and was rather underwhelmed but I can't stop thinking / listening to 'Hello'. The verses are much better than I originally thought and the chorus is even more powerful than I believed. 'Hello' really everything, it's a song that many people connect with, the lyrics are beautiful. 'Hello' is huge and deserves to be a worldwide smash, I really hope she does promotion because this era could be even bigger than 21 as their seems to be a lot more hype for 25 in comparison. GODELLE.
October 25, 20159 yr I wasn't overly impressed when I first heard this and was rather underwhelmed but I can't stop thinking / listening to 'Hello'. The verses are much better than I originally thought and the chorus is even more powerful than I believed. 'Hello' really everything, it's a song that many people connect with, the lyrics are beautiful. 'Hello' is huge and deserves to be a worldwide smash, I really hope she does promotion because this era could be even bigger than 21 as their seems to be a lot more hype for 25 in comparison. GODELLE. I don't think it'll be bigger, if 21 is her Thriller, 25 her Bad.
October 25, 20159 yr It is amazing, I can't stop listening to it. I still reaaally don't get the decision to leave in the studio mumblings under the track though. I can't hear these... where are the mumblings you refer to?
October 25, 20159 yr I can't hear these... where are the mumblings you refer to? Around 0.30-0.40 and 1.07 and a few other times. It's in the video but also in the audio that leaked so I assume it's part of the track and not just in the video?
October 25, 20159 yr This song is very remix-able and has the ability to interchange between styles. You could imagine the chorus being used on a rock song of some sort.
October 25, 20159 yr Around 0.30-0.40 and 1.07 and a few other times. It's in the video but also in the audio that leaked so I assume it's part of the track and not just in the video? The mumbling and talking in the video is not on the official audio.
October 25, 20159 yr I wasn't overly impressed when I first heard this and was rather underwhelmed but I can't stop thinking / listening to 'Hello'. The verses are much better than I originally thought and the chorus is even more powerful than I believed. 'Hello' really everything, it's a song that many people connect with, the lyrics are beautiful. 'Hello' is huge and deserves to be a worldwide smash, I really hope she does promotion because this era could be even bigger than 21 as their seems to be a lot more hype for 25 in comparison. GODELLE. Let's be realistic - 21 is not going to happen again. That was a literal phenomenon. I agree with the poster who said that this is could be similar to MJ's Bad after the Thriller album which sold around 60% of Thriller. Also, ^ yes she her beauty blew me away actually. She's certainly got more beautiful with age. Edited October 25, 20159 yr by MishaB
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