TIME December 28, 2015-Janaury 4, 2016
Rarely that TIME would feature a female
singer/songwriter on the cover, so when I head to work by passing through the
kiosk at Helsinki Central Railway station, my gazes were caught by the poppy
red frame, font and photo shoots, Adele’s rouge lips and flamingo fur coat. Since
her first album, 19, outstandingly triumphed across the universe, it’s not
surprising that Adele’s silhouette popping on the front page of VOGUE, Glamour,
Q or Rolling Stone, but a British mom poses on TIME magazine, it proves that
pop’s oldest fine soul has her special ray of light.
Spending 4,95 EUR and having a cup of black
tea, have a fun read in snowy January is a bliss. Born Adele Laurie Blue Adkins
and raised in the working-class London neighborhood of Tottenham City by a
single parent, Adele has her matured voice and sense of humor. She made music
history with her new album, 25, which became the fastest selling record of all
time after moving 3,4 million units in its first week. And her single ‘Hello’,
about the call via landline to someone with the regrets, has been reaching over
900 million views by January 6th, 2016 on youtube. Viewing her
performance at UK X-Factor on TV, her voice is intimate and simple, with a
strong emotion of melancholy, sorrowfulness and nostalgia. Unlike nearly all
her musician peers, Adele has no product-endorsement deals, and she ain’t stand
the bastards getting playing around at her house. The artist could have released
her new record, 25, earlier to make it eligible for the 2016 Grammys, but
instead it arrived she felt fully ready.
Through the interview with Sam Lansky, we
read that Adele is definitely not a Luddite, but unlike many of her
contemporaries who use social media to telegraph images, she still writes her
songs with pens and paper, buys her own record, and even takes address book
with her. Adele considers herself old-fashioned, but the question is, why her
songs can be sung and listened together with our grandparents, but the sense of
violation does not exist.
Her performance is usually on a neat
setting stage, with her evening gown, the band and the yellow dimly lights. Through
her true voice, Adele sings out her genuine affection; under the public eyes,
she chooses to stay at low profile. Perhaps that’s the main reason why Adele
attracts so many various souls, and the fact that I purchase TIME and listen
‘Hello’ again and again while writing these passages. I find that the design of
the TIME cover is just perfectly suitable with my new Marimekko unikko teacup set.
At afternoon tea time, I place Mozart chocolate joining Adele, for my salute their
lovely melody and great talents.
TIME Double issue bridges 2015 and 2016,
Adele is music’s past, present and future.
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