She's famous, rich, lives in a big house in England, has won a Colosseum load of awards and basically everyone loves her. Not bad reasons to want to take a leaf from her book, right? I think we'd all love that kind of money and prestige, and although not everyone would want to put up with the crap that comes from being famous, I'm not too proud to admit I think it would be awesome :) And come on...she's British.
Really, though, there are a couple more important reasons I think Adele's got it right.
She's so hard core yet down to earth. What woman doesn't adore her for what she's saying about body image and beauty? She doesn't have the runway model stick-thin body, but she knows herself and owns it and I know plenty of people who think she's downright sexy. Not to mention her boyfriend is totally hot. He has a beard. Also he's British.
The main reason is a creative one. Obviously every artist has different strengths, and we get our creative inspiration and ideas and artistic beliefs from different sources. While Adele's lyrics are definitely beautiful, I know plenty of other singers who's words are more poetic or philosophical (*cough* Billy Joel). Adele's strength is her vulnerability, and no, that is not an oxymoron. She is incredibly open and honest and unafraid to let people see and relate to her at the deepest levels. I know there are tons of jokes going around about how whoever broke Adele's heart made her filthy rich (How bad was your breakup on a scale of 1 to Adele?), that kind of thing, but she wouldn't be record breaking, Grammy winning, played on the radio every other song Adele if what she's doing wasn't working. And really what she's doing is very simple. She's creating something with enough talent that people understand it and enough heart that they relate. That right there is exactly what I hope to achieve in writing.
So yeah, I'm another Adele fan-girl, but I think she deserves it. I'll leave you with my favorite Adele song. Not one of the big ones, but still my favorite:
Sarah Allen
P.S. Happy Presidents day :) Hope you're having a good one!
11 comments:
She definitely deserves all her fans! Her voice is phenomenal. Love this post!
I love her voice. It's simply beautiful. Nice Post! And happy President's day to you too. :)
Great post. Adelle is awesome!
I totally agree with you! Adele is classy, talented and original. She doesn't subscribe to dressing like a slut or dieting like an anorexic fool.
Pure, pure soul, that one!
I love Adele! Her confidence is one of the most amazing things about her (and her voice...and the whole being British thing). If you are going to look to anyone for inspiration, then Adele is definitely the person I would look to!
Me too, me too! I loooove her.
I love Adele too, and I can definitely see the reason behind the mass appeal. But if you love her style of music, then you really need to check out Florence + The Machine (if you don't already own the album, Ceremonials). Her/their music is darker but also unbelievably brilliant. I get goosebumps just thinking about it; it is that brilliant.
I recently added Adele as a reference in my MS. She has me under her spell.
I love Adele too. :)
I was introduced to Adele 2 years ago when a friend of mine caught her in a pub and sent me the video. She's an amazing woman with such a strong, raw voice. She is young, so she still has a lot of living, and singing about living to do.
One this people in the US need to remember is that in the UK the body size issue is different than it is here. Here in the US we have designers telling us we are fat if we are a size 12. That is not the case there. They do have some US influence in the bigger cities, but for the most part, beauty comes in all sizes there and they are much more accepting of it than many US residents are. A few curves is a sign of good health.
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