DSinger’s body changes AdeleThe one that has been commented on for more than a year first shows one thing: the pop music industry and the tabloid media remain the same. Can the music of people born in London in 1988 also say the same? In the so-called album “30”, released shortly after her 30th birthday, people may briefly have the impression of hearing something new-or at least something new and old, as often happens in popular music.
The opening song “Strangers by Nature” sounds like a song from the “Great American Songbook”, you can also imagine it was sung by Ella Fitzgerald or Billie Holiday: with a very outdated semitone melody, with a pleasant solution The dramatic harmony of the sugar violin in the chorus, which makes this song suitable for feature film shooting (motto: Are we all a little weird?).
Children should have a better life
Here comes the question: Will the whole record be like this? The world-renowned Adele colleague, Lady Gaga, Has just produced a complete album of this style with the old singer Tony Bennett, and may be the last living representative of the Sinatra generation. A little swing revival is always possible. But Adele’s second work has shown that the style does not stop there. “Easy On Me” is a piano ballad that embellishes Ed Sheeran’s lard with Mariah Carey’s weird voice. By the way, this song has become the most played single this year.
And with the third song “My Little Love”, you suddenly hear the smooth jazz of the 90s, as if you are sitting in the lobby of a large chain hotel, with the “black” soul singing as the background. A conversation can be heard in the background. A crying mother apparently abandoned her child because of excessive demands. She complained about her pain: it was too difficult for her (“Do you also think my past was painful?” ?”), but asserts: “I want you to have everything.”
Our children should do better than us: this wish will now be sung by one of the most successful pop stars of the moment — Adele has sold more than 100 million records — which is not without irony. But of course, she only sings for those who are in a worse situation. It’s okay, and the fact that these songs revolve around basic themes such as shame, guilt, and divorce should make them suitable for many people.
With the voice of the smurfs
The way people randomly scan the shelves is musically unbearable. In fact, the idea of an album, a fact that can hardly talk about a concept, is becoming less and less. This development of the streaming media industry is once again expressed by Adele in an almost bizarre way with “30”. Or rather, the producers are doing this, including Greg Kurstin, Tobias Jesso Jr. and Max Martin. I can’t say a team, because these works were recorded in different locations over a longer period of time.
So almost all the styles, themes and personal sound elements on the market are removed from them and mixed in a jar-in addition to the ones already mentioned, there are souls from the sixties like Ronettes, only the choir singing here comes from Blue Elf voices, folk rock (“Can I understand it”), hip hop, and sample passages by jazz pianist Errol Garner (“Overnight parking”), and finally the gospel-there is a nice choir here, but Christianity is nearly expected. Adele cares more about the topic of consultation in this world between self-criticism and encouragement of self-love. He always says at the emergency exit of the calendar: The higher we climb, the smarter we won’t be.
People heard and were surprised, and what others said: This should now be the “greatest pop culture moment of the year” (according to Der Spiegel)? Perhaps in a sense, you can use it to advertise cell phones, cars or health insurance, promote alcohol or oppose it.
