Artist Playlists
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Blessed with one of pop's most astounding voices, Adele shot from unknown UK singer/songwriter to international star in the late '00s. Known for both her vintage style and her intense performances, she can let loose with the show-stopping power of an old-school soul diva on brassy anthems, but she can also bring heart-wrenching tenderness and intimacy to any ballad—thanks to her passion for classic jazz singers. Whether she's pining for a lost love or celebrating the power of devotion, Adele will take you on a spellbinding, deeply emotional journey. - Adele takes centre stage in her videos, just as she does in her recordings. When she's not simply singing live in front of a stark, lonely backdrop (“Send My Love (To Your New Lover)”), she can be found haunting abandoned houses with her impassioned spirit (“Rolling in the Deep”, “Hello”) or taking her heartbreak back to grass roots by wandering around London in a daze (“Someone Like You”).
- We'll admit it: “Chasing Pavements” chokes us up, “Make You Feel My Love” gives us goosebumps and “Someone Like You” makes us full-on weep. Adele could wrench a tear from a drill sergeant, and this collection of show-stopping numbers confirms her status as the most powerful balladeer of her generation.
- Adele's arrival on the international pop stage provided a spark and a high-water mark for big-voiced singers and songwriters with a penchant for soul. Fellow Brits like Ellie Goulding, Jess Glynne and Jessie Ware borrowed from retro-geared R&B for their own passionate interpretations of dance pop, while across the pond, Ruth B. and Mary Lambert evoked Adele's tenderness with their mellow, piano-led ballads.
- Lean back and relax with some of their mellowest cuts.
- Adele has one of those voices that only comes along once in a blue moon. Expressing both confidence and vulnerability, her songs are highly personal, yet the whole world relates to their sentiments. From Etta James to Lauryn Hill, this playlist of her influences includes some of the greatest vocalists of all time—company that Adele has already proven herself worthy of keeping.
- Grab the mic and sing along with some of their biggest hits.
- On the eve of releasing her first album in six years, Adele sat down with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe for the definitive 30 interview. The beloved megastar and Zane go way back, and Adele feels comfortable opening up about the anxiety, depression and guilt that followed her 2019 divorce, dating for the first time “as a grown-up”, the genesis of her fourth album, and much more. “This is my story and I feel like it’s me taking back my narrative,” she says of 30. “Sometimes, where it would be so bloody ridiculous, the things that they’d write, my own family and friends would be like, ‘Is it true?’ So, I felt, let me just write all my feelings down, and if I’m happy with the songs, I’ll put it out.” The album documents an extraordinarily trying period in Adele’s life—one that, she tells Zane, saw her “leave everything behind”. “My personality I took with me,” she says. “But my traits, my habits and my patterns and everything that were handed down to me, I was just like, ‘I’m all right. I don’t want it anymore.’ So thank you, therapy. That’s where you untangle all the knots until you have a clean piece of string and you get to figure out where you put your own points.” Dive into the interview now—and get to know one of music’s most compelling artists like never before.