Or, you know, as we call her around these here parts, Adele.
YAY ADELE!
Ahem. Now that I’ve gotten that out of my system – sort of – let’s get on to the Vogue interview that Adele recently did, where she talked about drinking, smoking, future plans, and her unlikely friendship with John (gag) Mayer.
Adele’s vices:
Over the few days that I spend around Adele, I see her sneak a [cigarette] here and there. No one is perfect. But alcohol? For a once hard-drinking South London pub girl who has admitted that she has written some of her best songs after a few belts, I would have thought this might present something of a challenge. Not so much, it turns out. Adele hasn’t had a drink since last June. She gave it up cold turkey right around her birthday (May 5) last year. “Don’t like drinking anymore,” she says in an accent that falls somewhere between Eliza Doolittle and David Beckham. “I think I got it out of my system. D’yaknowhaImean?”
How John Mayer was one of her celebrity “helpers” during her surgery:
Her nerves were further calmed when other singers who have had throat surgery (some of them patients of Zeitels’s) reached out. “John Mayer had it done at the same time as I did,” says Adele, “and he really helped me be chilled out about it. Roger Daltrey’s had loads of stuff done; Steven Tyler reached out; Elton John. Lots of artists have had problems with their voices, but you don’t know about it. And they are still singing incredibly well in their 50s and 60s.”
How surgery changed her life in ten short weeks:
“I think I just needed to be silenced. And when you are silent, everyone else around you is silent. So the noise in my life just stopped. It was like I was floating in the sea for three weeks. It was brilliant. It was my body telling me to fix me. I had so much time to kind of go over things and get over things, which is amazing. I think if I hadn’t had my voice trouble, I would never have broached those subjects with myself. Now I just feel really at peace. And really proud of myself. I’ve never fully appreciated the things that I’ve achieved until now. In fact, my entire life has changed in the last ten weeks. I’ve never been so happy, and I love it.”
Adele just wants to sing:
“I definitely think that less is more,” she says. “I don’t think I could pull it off, doing an elaborate show. There are a couple of songs that are worthy of a few explosions and dancing teams and stuff like that. But I would feel really uncomfortable displaying my music like that. I just want to sing it. I don’t want to perform with my body.”
On the douchebag ex that inspired many of her songs and how he remained his anonymity:
The man whom 21 is largely about is ten years older than Adele and has somehow managed to remain anonymous—an admirable feat in this era of phone-hacking tabloid journalism. More recently, Adele has been singing a slightly different tune about Mr. Wrong. “You know, he was amazing. He was great. But it was never going to work. And for ages I was like, As if he deserves any f–king kudos for inspiring my record. But now, after some time, it only seems right that the person who so far has had the biggest impact on me—has now changed my life for f–king ever with this album—deserves a little credit. I can do things that I never dreamed I’d be able to do. If I hadn’t met him, I think I’d still be that little girl I was when I was eighteen. And the best thing is, I now know what I want for myself and from someone else. I didn’t know what I wanted before.”
Adele on what her exes might say about her:
“I love a bit of drama. That’s a bad thing. I can flip really quickly. I am not bipolar, but I go from ‘Oh, my God, I love you’ to ‘Get the f-ck out of my house!’ really quickly. And I never sit there and talk about it. I give them the silent treatment. They’re like, ‘Tell me what I’ve done so I can say sorry!’ What else? It used to be that I loved a drink a bit too much. But I don’t drink no more. The good things: I am attentive. I will do anything for my man. I am a good cook. I’m funny. Always want to have sex.” She cracks up. “Well, most girls don’t!”
On someday getting married:
“Come on! I’m wifey material! I’m great. No one’s got to be brave. It’s not like, ‘You fuck me over and I’m going to write a record and make you the most hated man in the world.’ I am never writing a breakup record again, by the way. I’m done with being a bitter witch.”
Isn’t she just great, guys? I know we fawn over Adele an awful lot over here, but after reading this entire interview (you did read it all, didn’t you? Didn’t you?), how can you blame us?
I wish Adele was my BFFL (that’s best friend for LIFE by the way). We’d sit around smoking sneaky cigarettes together while she taught me english slang and sayings. She’d sing me to sleep at night. It would be so. swell. And then when we annoy each other, we can BOTH give each other silent treatment (it’s my go to reaction as well).
A girl can dream. Oddly, about a female musician.
You know, I don’t understand why the EB is so crazy about Adele but hates Taylor Swift so much. Especially when the main reason TS is mocked is because all her songs are about being broken hearted or in love, which is the same topic of all Adele’s songs. Adele having an amazing voice and Taylor having a mediocre one is no excuse for the great disparity in appreciation.
I think calling Swifty mediocre is generous
Also Swifty is about 11 so I have to wonder if she was heartbroken by the love, or one of the loves of her life…or dumped at the prom…
Actually, puddin, that is the perfect excuse. Swift is worse than mediocre, she’s beige. And she’s being marketed as America’s sweetheart, why? Adele’s got the pipes and the personality. I believe her pain. Swift’s pain is about as acute as a hangnail. Swift doesn’t make me believe.
I agree. I also think that Taylor Swift is keen to write many, many more songs about random dudes who’ve f-cked her over, but Adele herself has claimed that she’s done with all that. She did it once, and there’s no reason to revisit it.
Aside from having a beautiful voice,I think she is one sexy women,Plus she does’nt look like she is staving herself.She has the perfect size figure.
Adele is fat…her photos have been photo shopped to make her appear slimmer. She looks nothing like she does on magazine covers when at the Grammy’s. I find her abrasive and rude. When I first heard her, I thought she was great but after a while her voice is grating. No wonder she has had voice problems as she is forcing her voice out.
That is just the London accent, in any of its forms, South, North, Cockney, Jamaican, fake-Cockney… doesn’t matter. I do not know one person outside London who finds it nice (me included).
I’m from North London (same as Adele) and for obvious reasons I love her accent, ITS NOT COCKNEY as she’s not from East End of London, East End speak with shorter vowels, like a punch ball effect whereas North London and South London speak with longer vowels. But does it matter? behind her accent is a decent lovely person, who didn’t want to take all the plaudits, who loves and always thinks for her mum, doesn’t let the fame go to her head, has the odd ciggi – WHO CARES, I’ve read lots of American comments that DO LOVE her accent, it’s a taste, opinion thing and I respect that. But if you had a woman or man with REAL TALENT i.e. great voice, writes their own songs WHEREBY EVERY SONG IS A GREAT SONG talking in a Bronx accent but behind it you sense a decent human being with maybe a couple of foibles but with bags of personality then for me they’ll always be a winner. Adele will never turn her back on her roots as she was quoted saying “I’m a London girl through ‘n’ through, it’s where I feel comfortable” commenting on the recording of ’21’ she didn’t like Malibu, preferred the recording in London, there’s no way she’ll be doing the LA, Hollywood thing she would HATE IT. Her talent, humility and love (down to her great mum) will always shine above the mediocre, celebrity chasing trash that’s out there and for me a complete turn off. Adele we’re so proud of you, you’re adorable, the SIX grammys, your adorable speech, the performance, your nervous giggle at the end of it, that was funny, then that standing ovation, how you sucked it all in with your majestic humility and a your Mona Lisa smile.
I know her accent is not Cockney mate, chill. I can’t really talk though as I have a nice Manc accent myself.
Bit baffling how a Brit can comment on a London accent, you came across a bit naive & judgemental, I thought you were American, hence my war & peace rant!!! Sorry but it seems to me that Londoners are a hell of a lot more tolerant and accepting of other cultures, when I was at school for over five years, I went out with this gorgeous Manchester girl (looked a little like the 80’s super model Linda Evangelista) She joined our school based in North London when she was 15, she had a real thick Stockport accent and you know what, our school just got on with it, nobody really battered an eyelid to it. At the beginning there were lots of smiles to some of her phases like ‘Hello Chuck’ but nothing ever nasty, so what would have happened if a 15 year old Adele joined a school based in Stockport, what would of that been have like for her?
I don’t care about her accent, what size she is, if she seems rude or obnoxious. I love her music. And I love that she’s not Hollywood. I love that she gets up there and just sings it. No flashy lights, no lip syncing, no slutty outfits in which she shows off her va-jay-jay. It’s just her and the music. You know, how it USED to be done when the musicians USED to have talent. So what she smacked her gum sitting at the awards. She was probably nervous as hell. Can you blame her? She was only up for 6 awards. No big deal right? Cause I know EVERYONE is up for 6 of those awards every year. So what if you don’t care for her attitude. At least she’s genuine and isn’t a Hollywood cut out. Adele is beautiful and talented. And you can pick her apart all you want, but she’s one the rare ones that touches the young and old, men and women. She’s just stunning.