Adele's long-awaited album is coming out today
Although ballads we are used to can be found among the 12 songs on the album, her new album is different from the previous ones.
Six years after the last musical research of heartache, the world's most popular singer-songwriter with her new album "30" has once again exposed her emotional torment. This time after the divorce.
As in the previous three, the British singer Adele , on her new album, which will be released on Friday, pierces our hearts in high tones and touches on the theme of love woes, accompanied by the impressive and exciting piano arrangements with which she became famous.
The first single on the album, "Easy On Me", has been ruling the US and British charts for four weeks now, which confirms Adele's ability to record a hit and win over a wide audience.
Contrary to the instant hits and ubiquitous media presence we’re used to in the world of pop, Adele’s album is coming out after years of lull.
When she announced the album this fall, the media went crazy. She took the covers of magazines like Vogue and Rolling Stone, recorded an interview with Oprah Winfrey, and held a concert that was watched on television by more than 10 million viewers across America.
Since the release of the album "25" with the megahit "Hello", this 15 Grammy winner has broken up with her longtime partner Simon Konecki, with whom she has been married for two years.
On the new album, she deals with this traumatic period, revealing the consequences of the divorce on her and her son Angelo.
“While I was recording and listening to the album, I could think‘ Is this what I’m singing about in person? Am I opening up too much? '"She said in an interview with Oprah.
"But nothing is as terrible as what I've been going through behind closed doors for the last two or three years.
"I'm not afraid people will find out too much about my personal life."
'I want to live'
Although ballads we are used to can be found among the 12 songs on the album, her new album is different from the previous ones.
She combined the sounds of a pop keyboard with the sounds of Motown, reggae, afrobeat and dance. But what stands out most on the album is her polished writing talent, presented through a wide range of voices that creates a dark atmosphere.
In the song "Love in The Dark" she sings about how she "wants to live, not just survive".
"That's exactly how I felt." she said in an interview. "And it wasn't until I realized that even my closest friends didn't know I was actually unhappy that I wondered why I was hiding my grief."
Through the album, she sought to answer her nine-year-old son’s questions about his father and their divorce. In the song dedicated to the son, we can also hear recordings of their conversations.
Adele boasts the diversity of her audience, which includes those who listen to her on the radio, online or buy albums on CD.
The album “30” has already earned many positive reviews and is expected to be a great marketing success. The singer said that the album, regardless of how it passes with the audience, will be one of her favorites.
"I'm very attached to this album, I really love it," she told Vogue, adding that she often says that album "21", the second in her career, no longer belongs to her.
"That album now belongs to all listeners, and the new one is exactly mine. I want to share myself with everyone, but I think this album will always remain closest to my heart. ”
Adele names the albums by her age at the time she recorded them, "19", "21", "25" and "30".