Today I wanted to talk about the album that won album of the year, Adele’s 25. I realize that there was controversy over Beyoncé not winning album of the year for her album, Lemonade, but today I just want to go through Adele’s album because it too was a great album and Adele is one of my favorite artists of all time. I have been following Adele for a while now. The first time I ever listen to Adele, my friend played Chasing Pavements for me. I wasn’t completely won over by it. My first reaction to it was that I didn’t like it at all and I was assuming that she would just be a one-hit-wonder and everything Adele would blow over. After Chasing Pavements, I had a listen to Make You Feel My Love. There was something about her voice in this one that was less whiny and more demanding and she started to grow on me. I started to listen to 19 and soon it became one of my favorite albums. I could stop listening. From her pop-ballads to her more acoustic songs, I was completely hooked. Soon I was considering her my favorite artist. I was learning her music on the piano and guitar. I was singing her songs at talent shows at my high school. Ever song became my shower song. Her lyrics and her tone made me feel so empowered and I started to change my voice in ways where I would sound more like her. This was only the beginning though because soon 21 came out. 21 was the album where Adele was a household name. Every teenage girl was singing Someone Like You at the top of their lungs. Then Rumor Has It became a hit and everyone’s inner diva seemed to start dripping out of the pores of everyone who heard it. It was a pop song unlike any we’ve heard before. Soon it was number one and Set Fire to the Rain joined the charts. Adele’s album won her several awards. Adele is her music; humble and yet completely unapologetic. We all came to love her and then the hiatus happened. I sit in my bathtub every night with 19 and 21 on shuffle and the days and then years go by as a wait for a new song. A cute baby later, she is back and better than ever. In 25 I felt like I really got to know Adele. She poured her whole soul into the album. It’s all about past, present, and future. She talks about when she was young, her hometown, and the ones she left behind. She talks about the love that she has received and will continue to receive from her child and her partner. She was completely humble and grateful releasing the album and for her, it’s not about the fame or image, it’s all about music, life, love, and passion about all of those things. I admire her so much as an artist and a person and I can’t wait to hear what her future album’s hold.