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Sinead Butler
Oct 15, 2021
Get your boxes of tissues on standby... Adele is back with her new song Easy On Me and, true to her style, it’s a very emotional one.
The piano ballad is apparently directly addressing her ex-husband Simon Konecki and her nine-year-old son Angelo, while explaining why she left her marriage.
Shot in black-and-white at the beginning, the music video, which was filmed in Quebec, Canada last month, features Adele taking a last look around an empty house before picking up her suitcase, putting on sunglasses and leaving.
She then has a conversation on the phone before getting into her car and driving off, passing a “sold” sign outside what was her family home.
Go easy on me, baby, Adele sings as the piano comes in while she drives past a newly married couple.
I was still a child, didn’t get the chance to feel the world around me, I had no time to choose what I chose to do.
Later, she appears to address the reasons for the break-up: You can’t deny how hard I tried, I changed who I was to put you both first but now I give up.
As she sings the chorus again, the black and white video begins to change to colour and a vibrant red colour scheme emerges – seemingly representing the life transition she’s making.
She adds: I had good intentions, and I had these hopes, but I know it now, it probably doesn’t even show.
Although the song pulls on the heartstrings, the video ends on a less serious note, with a behind-the-scenes clip showing Adele having a laugh while being blown by a wind machine. The music video has already garnered over 15 million views since it was released at midnight on October 15.
Fans of the singer have taken to social media to share their feelings about the first new Adele song in six years – and have joked that the singer didn’t go easy on them with her comeback track.
adele’s song being called easy on me is ironic because she did in fact NOT go easy on me https://t.co/WUaB5zwCnG— joe (@joe) 1634278329
personally i am very offended that adele chose to release this song when i am not experiencing heartbreak. might du… https://t.co/QeroDISQGP— Rachel Thompson - ROUGH out now (@Rachel Thompson - ROUGH out now) 1634287546
Ive missed Adele sm. Bring on the album !!!! https://t.co/T3ibA194NM— 𝕟𝕒𝕕. (@𝕟𝕒𝕕.) 1634281748
Adele babe was that tune supposed to be easy on me because??? https://t.co/YF70657IpB— Amina (@Amina) 1634282825
Adele really gon make a grown ass man cry on a Friday morning I- https://t.co/4OdsfmdmYN— meprihud (@meprihud) 1634277500
Adele it's too early for me to be sobbing like this. #EasyOnMe https://t.co/5rMWKvAFYg— Lily (@Lily) 1634282396
Me after listening to @Adele new single #EasyOnMe https://t.co/yP7wSGpgNy— Carl Hensley (@Carl Hensley) 1634278908
But I can't bring myself to swim when I'm drowning in the silence #EasyOnMe #Adele30 #Adele https://t.co/c3PPoGnpLa— D a n i e l ³⁰ (@D a n i e l ³⁰) 1634267417
#EasyOnMe Adele's got me missing people i havent even met yet😭😭 https://t.co/byOSvtOaG4— Muneeb (@Muneeb) 1634274340
Me pretending to be going through a divorce & listening to @Adele 😭😂 #EasyOnMe https://t.co/YoGMiB0LE4— Rosemary (@Rosemary) 1634273395
I'm sorry to say that another man is down, but that man is me right now after listening to Adele's #EasyOnMe https://t.co/Mg2SyNK1Ng— Azawi💯 (@Azawi💯) 1634273757
Adele : go easyyyy on me baby, I was still a child….. Me: https://t.co/IUjw6VtyvU— champagnepapi’s namesake (@champagnepapi’s namesake) 1634276432
While fans emotionally recover from Easy On Me, many also shared some more funny light-hearted memes in reaction to the impact that Adele’s new song had had on them.
The internet this morning #Adele #EasyOnMe https://t.co/N52VhsUhls— Pluto (@Pluto) 1634280219
Adele is finally back 😭 #Adele #EasyOnMe https://t.co/W4KcHmkQ2I— nicky (@nicky) 1634252919
Adele releasing #EasyOnMe : https://t.co/z44sa8JVtC— Dancin’ In D!cks | Patrizia Stan (@Dancin’ In D!cks | Patrizia Stan) 1634273592
At least Adele can finally use her mobile data now #EasyOnMe https://t.co/CTuSUsDx07— Olivier Peeters (@Olivier Peeters) 1634280659
Of course, fellow celebrities were out in full force to share their support for Adele’s new song.
Lil Nas X said the song was “so good” and added in his tweet: “It’s so crazy to think the last time Adele released new music I was sitting on stan Twitter. I feel like i’m 15 again.”
Meanwhile, many were sharing the track on their Instagram stories.
Drake shared a picture of Adele to his story and wrote: “One of my best friends in the world just dropped a single.”
Niall Horan shared how he was listening to the single on Spotify, and included a heart emoji, and rapper Busta Rhymes reshared along with several flame emojis in approval.
Clueless star Alicia Silverstone was ready to feel every emotion and jokingly shared her preparations for listening to Easy On Me, which included a tipple.
Go easy on me @Adele… you always make me cry… 😭💔 #Adele #EasyOnMe https://t.co/9EUP1GRDNY— Alicia Silverstone (@Alicia Silverstone) 1634257672
Normani also shared some love for the Someone Like You singer.
ADELE oh ADELE i love uuuuuuuuuu— Normani (@Normani) 1634258833
And stand-up comedian Marc Maron couldn’t deny his love for Adele either.
I think I love Adele. Don’t tell anyone.— marc maron (@marc maron) 1634253443
Adele teamed up with director Xavier Dolan, who previously shot her last comeback music video Hello, and the new music video was even filmed at the same house as the 2015 video was.
Therefore, people couldn’t help but compare the two and also noted how the visuals for Easy On Me pay homage to the Rolling in the Deep music video where Adele sits on a chair and belts out the song.
Adele’s growth she finally left the house Hello Easy On Me https://t.co/VD1G0lKa1p— KALYJAY (@KALYJAY) 1634254683
Adele paid homage to ‘Rolling In The Deep’ and ‘Hello’ in the #EasyOnMe music video. https://t.co/DwXonmHyZD— Pop Base (@Pop Base) 1634256070
The parallel between the Hello music video and Easy On Me by Adele and how she’s now moving out of the house is a w… https://t.co/wlleThH0Ja— Nora Dominick (@Nora Dominick) 1634253545
Adele built a house in rolling in the deep, she moved in that house in hello and left the house in easy on me. A st… https://t.co/lr2CmalpH0— Adrian Ma. Sarabia (@Adrian Ma. Sarabia) 1634277957
Adele announced on social media on October 14 that her new album will be released next month,
“I was certainly nowhere near where I’d hope to be when I first started it nearly three years ago. Quite the opposite actually,” she explains in her post.
“I’ve learned a lot of blistering home truths about myself along the way. I’ve shed many layers but also wrapped myself in new ones. And so, I’m finally ready to put this album out.”
Her fourth studio album 30 will be released on November 19.
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