Adele - Someone Like You

At only the age of 24, Adele has been named one of teh most infleuntial people in the world of music by the american magazine Time, and number five on VH1's 100 Greatest Women in Music. I chose to research one of her most famous songs, Someone Like You, which owes it success to her performance at the 2011 BRIT awards.

The song is owned by the record label XL and was written and produced by Adele and Dan Wilson. They decided to keep the song as simple as possible as Adele knew exactly what she wanted to say.

Concept

The main inspiration for the song was about a boyfriend Adele had broken up with.  They had been together for 18 months, and after they had split up he had gotten engaged to someone else. Before writing the song, she felt lonely and distraught but after having written it, she felt more at peace.

The main message in the song is about although she is heartbroken, she has to be brave and sings that she wants to find someone like him, although she knows she never will.

Video

The video was shot in Paris, and mainly consists of Adele walking around the streets looking sad and alone. Different black and white shots are used, rather than brightly coloured shots, as they make the scene look more dull and miserable. Everyone praises the video of being perfect for the song, and that just Adele's vocals alone is all that is needed.

It begins with a fade in, and the camera flickers, which gives the impression that it is an old video playing.

There is no animation or text, it is just a simple video of Adele on her own, which gives the message that is just a plain and simple love story and in life there are no special effects to help us, we are just on our own.

Artist

Adele began her successful career after a friend had a put a recording of her singing on the social network site Myspace. After this she recieved a call from the label XL. Her first album, 19, which was named after her age when she released it, enetered the music charts at number one. It is estimated to have sold 6.5 million copies worldwide. Her second and most recent album, 21, has been much more successful and sold over 22 million copies worldwide.