5 STORIES
2010 · 10S
It is not really a breakup song. It is a reply to an insult — Adele has said the track came out of being told her life without him would be …
2011 · 10S
A symphonic torch song that turned the private theater of heartbreak into a stadium-sized catharsis, "Set Fire to the Rain" arrived in 2011 …
2011 · 10S
A piano, a voice, and a wound that refuses to scab over. "Someone Like You" arrived in 2011 as the closing track of Adele's 21, and within m…
2012 · 10S
A torch song dressed as a spy theme, "Skyfall" reframed the James Bond opening sequence as a meditation on collapse, loyalty, and the strang…
2015 · 10S
A piano ballad disguised as a phone call, "Hello" arrived in October 2015 and shattered streaming records before its parent album, 25, even …