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Sinead Butler
Nov 19, 2021
The day has finally come... Adele’s highly anticipated album30 has been released and fans have been feeling all the feels.
The record marks the 33-year-old’s fourth studio album and her big music comeback after a six-year break since her last album 25 was dropped back in 2015, so it’s safe to say fans are more than ready for some brand-new songs to listen to on repeat.
Her album, which includes 12 tracks and three bonus songs, comes off the back of her divorce from her ex-husband Simon Konecki in 2019, so we all expected some heartbreaking tearjerkers broaching this subject and we were correct. Be prepared to have your tissues at the ready upon listening, people.
When asked what 30 is about during an Instagram Live, Adele’s hilariously candid response soon went viral as she replied: “Divorce, babe, divorce.”
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In a statement posted on her social media to announce new music, Adele wrote: “I’ve painstakingly rebuilt my house and my heart since then and this album narrates it. Home is where the heart is x.”
Here is how fans are reacting to Adele’s new album, and there’s perhaps one word and best describes their feelings... emotional.
Mindlessly Finding out scrolling #Adele30 is out https://t.co/xPAIvJ020R— Jai Cabajar #NeverAgain (@Jai Cabajar #NeverAgain) 1637252797
“I’ll be taking flowers to the cemetery of my heart” ADELE IT HAS BEEN FIVE SECONDS. #Adele30 https://t.co/Tzhd8gtgtU— abby 🛸 (@abby 🛸) 1637298195
Adele said you won’t EVER get a Woman Like Me #Adele30 https://t.co/81N0oNazEh— 🍎🪐Bushi³⁰💿🪐🍎 (@🍎🪐Bushi³⁰💿🪐🍎) 1637300181
“All because I wanted to be loved” #adele #Adele30 https://t.co/BVYWO4BILY— 💋 (@💋) 1637301078
I’m single but Adele has me ready to hire a divorce lawyer— Rose Dommu (@Rose Dommu) 1637299760
The way Adele tried out a different sound on Oh My God and its a HIT….. she a different type of talented #Adele30 https://t.co/9k3eRJ4nmr— 𝓙 (@𝓙) 1637299718
To Be Loved by Adele hit different #Adele30 https://t.co/ohM3m64OFr— MrAntiSocial27 (@MrAntiSocial27) 1637302158
Everybody is tough until they start listening to Adele https://t.co/hfDwrEyMiH— coz✴✴ (@coz✴✴) 1637302698
my little love cant I get it to be loved oh my god #Adele30 #Adele https://t.co/d9C6HvJhkp— lo³⁰ OH MY GOD 🍎 (@lo³⁰ OH MY GOD 🍎) 1637294607
not adele’s new album making me wanna get a divorce when im not even married #adele30 https://t.co/YDMALzTPcq— ✩ (@✩) 1637300945
adele has me sobbing in my bed at 1am listening to this masterpiece #Adele https://t.co/bUgKQ345Bb— mikenna (@mikenna) 1637302047
Hold On is the one ADELE #Adele https://t.co/VeOzL9w3o4— Hassan (@Hassan) 1637301022
Adele's new album is making me feel things I didn't even realize I had #Adele https://t.co/YpFcuuR5FF— summoning lalisa manoban (@summoning lalisa manoban) 1637304213
#ADELE IS OUT ADELE IS HERE QUEEN OF PIANO BALLADS IS BACK https://t.co/qkmybRyrPr— ✨thaimaishoes✨ (@✨thaimaishoes✨) 1637313219
Adele really poured her entire heart out with this album! #Adele https://t.co/aRmnik7zzf— KGOTSO 👑 (@KGOTSO 👑) 1637308510
Though there is one song in particular that fans are finding especially heartbreaking. In the track My Little Love, there are voice notes between Adele and her son Angelo who she co-parents with her ex-husband.
“Oi, I feel like you don’t love me,” Angelo tells his mum, and she asks: “Why do you feel like that?”
In response, the nine-year-old questions: “Do you like-like me?”
“You know mommy doesn’t like anyone else like I like you, right?” Adele reassures him.
In another conversation, Adele tells him: “Mummy’s been having a lot of big feelings recently. I feel a bit confused.”
Angelo asks his mum why to which Adele replies: “I feel like I don’t really know what I’m doing.”
“Oh, at all?” Angelo asks again concerned, which his mum mimics.
Later on, she says to her son: “I love your dad ’cause he gave you to me. You’re half me and you’re half Daddy.”
“I thought it might be a nice touch, seeing as everyone’s been at my door for the last 10 years, as a fan, to be like, “Would you like to come in?” Adele told Oprah about her inclusion of the voice notes during her One Night Only special.
this literally how it feels listening to my little love #Adele #Adele30 https://t.co/d7eHRYmZfU— ً (@ً) 1637253105
Me after listening to the ending voice memo in my little love #Adele30 #adele https://t.co/QXzn6EwPac— Nick Hanson (@Nick Hanson) 1637299557
Wheen Adele starting talking about feeling lonely… #MyLittleLove #Adele30 https://t.co/sYZFqUB6L6— Kalen Allen (@Kalen Allen) 1637298975
NOT HER CRYING ON THIS TRACK?!,! Adele let me give you a hug and a kiss right now. #Adele30 https://t.co/p0SweAEjky— abby 🛸 (@abby 🛸) 1637298640
Adele said ima give the girls different beats and instrumentals this album, I know that’s right #Adele30 https://t.co/alb4bDuhPh— Black Lives Still Matter (@Black Lives Still Matter) 1637299713
the entire album is a masterpiece but the three song stretch of Oh My God, Can I Get It, and I Drink Wine??? god ti… https://t.co/0zR8x9yhUr— elton jawn💫 (@elton jawn💫) 1637301832
Adele crying in my little love… i’m done #Adele30 https://t.co/qXMhm9HQLl— ajiri (@ajiri) 1637298743
Angelo: Oí, i feel like you don’t love me Adele: Why do you feel like that? Angelo: Do you like-like me? Adele: Y… https://t.co/dWn2YPT6x6— Louisss (@Louisss) 1637304397
When Adele said "i feel lonely, and I never feel lonely... I love being on my own. I always preferred being on my o… https://t.co/I2w14VNaE1— røza; mavi ve yeşil (@røza; mavi ve yeşil) 1637309890
Verdicts on30 have also been coming in, with many music critics giving positive reviews.
Rolling Stone’s Rob Sheffield gave the album five stars and described 30 as the “best Adele album yet,” while it received a four-star rating from Annabel Nugent at The Independent who described it as lyrically “candid.”
“Adele has always been forthright – every bad feeling you’ve felt, she has confessed to feeling too – but there is a new immediacy here,” she wrote.
People on Twitter also appear to agree that this latest record is some of Adele’s finest work.
Hate making premature takes but on the first listen this is Adele’s best album. It is just so clear. This woman is… https://t.co/vx2s2OrMCJ— Jason Okundaye (@Jason Okundaye) 1637283116
The versatility in musical style is incredible, this is really her best album. And the vocals. WOW. You can hear ho… https://t.co/xI9HbafbsK— Karaoke King (@Karaoke King) 1637284152
The fact Adele almost didn’t release 30. What the fuck… I think this is the best album I’ve ever heard in my life…s… https://t.co/xDigh56JsY— Jake (@Jake) 1637287565
Nah this Adele’s best album yet. So much growth and new attempts. So fluid. Controlled. Measured. And still with th… https://t.co/dsgkz6rfoR— Dazinda Clark-Cole (@Dazinda Clark-Cole) 1637301673
30 really is adele's best album, her magnum opus, somehow both her most intimate and her most grand, personal yet c… https://t.co/UdpYrucV9S— character actress georgie rae (@character actress georgie rae) 1637284727
Just finished the album...THIS IS HER BEST ALBUM. I FELT SO MUCH ESPECIALLY WITHIN THE LAST 4 SONGS. AGAIN THIS IS… https://t.co/YL6anr6wCQ— Aizen Zae🖤😈 (@Aizen Zae🖤😈) 1637302227
Adele’s best album. Wow. Yuuup. https://t.co/NTl4RzLqut— Braylen (@Braylen) 1637307451
So 30 is absolutely stunning, heartbreaking, beautiful, slightly hopeful and probably the best album Adele has ever… https://t.co/wDv3xKPdzx— Harry Towse (@Harry Towse) 1637312771
Despite the new album being received positively, the Easy On Singer revealed to Zane Lowe on Apple Music that she almost didn’t release it.
“There were moments, when I was writing these songs, and even when I was mixing them and stuff like that, where I was like, ‘Maybe I don’t need to put this album out.’ Like, maybe I should write another,” she said.
Well, we’re certainly glad she did and have a feeling it’s going to be on repeat for many.
Adele’s new album 30 is out now.
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