Can we talk about Adele’s regression?

Most overrated singer ever. Her voice always sounds faintly flat.

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I agree that her last album was very weak. I never listen to it.

I never found her voice that special. And now that she’s no longer 300lbs all her fans aren’t going to worship her...

Her next album will be called 31 even though she looks 40.

OT: Is Taylor Swift now in decline?

Her new single debuted at 50 on Billboard even though it had the support of publicity for her Netflix documentary.

She used to debut songs in the Top 10.

[quote]Her next album will be called 31 even though she looks 40.

No, her next album will be called 87 -- because it will be her weight.

She’s worth a fortune. She had a good run. She should just retire.

Her big ace card as a singer is that windtunnel effect when she really belts it out, like in Hello or whatever. Besides that she's nothing too special. Now we'll get to watch her decline into eccentric, anorexic middle aged rich white British lady. She'll become a fixture like Elton John and everyone will know she should have hung it up years ago but she'll always be there, at every party, every awards gala, every interview opportunity, every one of a half dozen Really Truly Final Last Retirement Tour.

I can't wait for her Broadway jukebox musical.

Speaking of downfalls . . .

I just checked ticket prices for Justin Bieber's concert in Atlanta. Less than $50/ticket!

Less than $50/ticket!

Still more than Bill and Hillary's lecture tour.

R12 But not as much as Donald has to pay people on Craiglist to stand behind him at his rallies.

r8 A good run? She only has three albums.

Her new album is coming in September. I don't think it will be anywhere near as successful as her last two. She's over 30 now and not as hot as she used to be. I think Rihanna and Gaga are going to be in the same boat.

Her voice will be much weaker now that she lost the weight. There's a reason most opera singers are fat, and she's far from an opera singer.

Definition of white privilege. Jazmine Sullivan should've been bigger than her.

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Disagree about Rihanna. She's hot RN and is universally adored. She's brilliant.

Yeah Gaga is done.

Her best song was Pavements and her next best song was her rendition of George Michael's Fast Love. Nothing else between or after. That's all I got. Pop songwriters Have really been wretched for at least a decade, even longer. Horrid music.

Her new song

Not a fan. Her new album will be huge. The kids see her as a diva. People actually buy her albums- not just stream. The 3rd lp was the biggest seller two years in a row & sold over 10 million in the usa. I just read about it / her on rolling stone.com. Didn’t know she lost all the pounds. I still won’t buy any of her stuff.

Adele is a decent enough singer, but compared to most of her contemporaries she's a genius. That's why she gets so much acclaim. The music scene has been so full of talentless marketing creations for years now, Adele seems to be much better than she actually is.

If Adele had been around in the 80s or 90s when the field was much more crowded as far as actual talent goes, she wouldn't have had so much acclaim and attention. There was a lot more competition back then.

I like her and I like her fun personality. She dresses like the mother of the bride while on tour, but acts like a normal 20-something to early 30 pop star off stage. She's close to my age and I like her harmless additions to the music scene.

r23 Shut up Queer

That sort of adult-oriented mainstream pop seems like such a distant memory now, basically dead. In the early 00s, people like Sting or Celine Dion still had massive pop radio hits. Adele is one of very few remaining acts in that genre, without much competition in an under-served market.

It's all 20 year-old whores now, no music for adults in pop anymoe.

I hated chasing pavements.

r26 pop girls have been acting like whores since the 80s. I don't know why you're acting like this is something new. Acting like a whore is fun and liberating. It's all harmless fun geared more towards their female rather than male audiences since most men don't listen to pop females.

r28 they're ALL pole dancers now, though. It's not at all like it used to be.

I'm curious what her voice will sound like on the next record. No doubt that surgery affected her voice - and not for the better.

I think she's going to be like Mariah and by her 40s won't be able to sing or at least not sound half as good as she did in her 20s or 30s.

It is just matching the times r29. Somehow Madonna in a wedding dress talking about being a virgin was oh so shocking, now it's not that shocking. Girls aren't going topless on stage or anything and sex appeal has changed. You might just be older so it's no longer cute. In a decade I might feel the same way, but woman have always been acting like sluts in pop music because they've been modeling Madonna.

I actually like Adele, I’m records. Her producer brings out lots of emotion and color in her voice.

Oddly, when she sings live, she doesn’t have the same attraction

I saw her live and she sounded exactly like the records. Great. And, no, it wasn't lip synching.

r31 we've had sluts in pop music for decades, but now they're ALL sluts. There's no variety. Even when Madonna was a slut in the 80s we still had Sade and Annie Lennox, among others.