{"id":1507,"date":"2015-10-28T10:30:25","date_gmt":"2015-10-28T14:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lyreka.com\/blog\/?p=1507"},"modified":"2023-12-20T10:45:58","modified_gmt":"2023-12-20T15:45:58","slug":"adeles-hello-is-all-about-pain-redemption-and-guilt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lyreka.com\/blog\/adeles-hello-is-all-about-pain-redemption-and-guilt","title":{"rendered":"Adele&#8217;s \u201cHello\u201d is All About Pain, Redemption, and Guilt"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>We&#8217;ve been waiting and waiting, holding our breaths and hoping to hear from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lyreka.com\/artist\/adele\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Adele<\/a> again. Now that we did, she knocked us off our feet \u2013 as we expected. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lyreka.com\/song\/adele-hello-lyrics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Hello<\/a>\u201d was released on October 23 and is, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/articles\/columns\/chart-beat\/6745127\/adele-hello-uk-fastest-selling-single-2015\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Billboard<\/a>, on its way to becoming U.K.&#8217;s fastest-selling single of 2015.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Check out the video (if you have already, do it again)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Adele - Hello (Official Music Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YQHsXMglC9A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>In Case You Didn&#8217;t Know&#8230;<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHello\u201d is the first single from Adele&#8217;s upcoming album titled <em>25<\/em> that we all eagerly await. She wrote the song in collaboration with Greg Kurstin, who is also listed as the song&#8217;s producer. This song is important for her on so many levels, one of them being that she finally managed to overcome her writer&#8217;s block.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What is She Telling Us?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The track is a powerful ballad, strongly influenced by the soul and is a perfect fit for Adele. She never sounded so alive and full of energy, mesmerizing you with her incredible voice. \u201cHello\u201d is all about pain, redemption, and guilt. It is about going back to correct your mistakes and to try to overcome something that has held you back for a long time:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Hello, it&#8217;s me<\/em><\/strong><br>\n<strong><em> I was wondering if after all these years you&#8217;d like to meet<\/em><\/strong><br>\n<strong><em> To go over everything<\/em><\/strong><br>\n<strong><em> They say that time&#8217;s supposed to heal ya, but I ain&#8217;t done much healing<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.lyreka.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/5fe42078-adele-hello-1200x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3615\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.lyreka.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/5fe42078-adele-hello-1200x600.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.lyreka.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/5fe42078-adele-hello-780x390.jpg 780w, https:\/\/cdn.lyreka.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/5fe42078-adele-hello-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.lyreka.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/5fe42078-adele-hello-1536x768.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.lyreka.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/5fe42078-adele-hello.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption>Adele &#8211; Hello via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YQHsXMglC9A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-label=\"YouTube (opens in a new tab)\">YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHello\u201d is a gut-punching song, mostly because it gives you the feeling of hopelessness, it describes that emotion you feel when you realize that you&#8217;ve hurt someone and haven&#8217;t been able to move on. But that the person whose heart you&#8217;ve broken doesn&#8217;t care anymore. They moved on, but you are stuck, not being able to forgive yourself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Hello from the outside<\/em><\/strong><br>\n<strong><em> At least I can say that I&#8217;ve tried<\/em><\/strong><br>\n<strong><em> To tell you I&#8217;m sorry for breaking your heart<\/em><\/strong><br>\n<strong><em> But it don&#8217;t matter, it clearly doesn&#8217;t tear you apart<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve been waiting and waiting, holding our breaths and hoping to hear from Adele again. Now that we did, she knocked us off our feet \u2013 as we expected. \u201cHello\u201d was released on October 23 and is, according to the Billboard, on its way to becoming U.K.&#8217;s fastest-selling single of&#8230; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lyreka.com\/blog\/adeles-hello-is-all-about-pain-redemption-and-guilt\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":3615,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[294,293],"class_list":["post-1507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-song-analysis","tag-adele","tag-hello"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lyreka.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lyreka.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lyreka.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lyreka.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lyreka.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1507"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lyreka.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1507\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lyreka.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lyreka.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lyreka.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lyreka.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}