26 times Adele wasn’t arsed but was still amazing
By Ben Kelly
Adele celebrates her 26th birthday today (May 5), so here are her most brilliant don’t-give-a-f**k moments.
1. The time she couldn’t think of an album title, so just started naming them after her age
2. The time she made a conscious decision never to be skinny
3. The time she thought she was being creeped on but she was actually being scouted
[youtube height=”HEIGHT” width=”WIDTH”]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVk_B3uJT68[/youtube]
4. The time she won the BRITs Critics’ Choice Award and it was all a bit meh
[youtube height=”HEIGHT” width=”WIDTH”]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4aiRdSuyso#t=10[/youtube]
5. The time she learned about the tax system the hard way
6. The time she recorded the Rolling In The Deep video just sitting in a chair
7. Or the Someone Like You video just walking along a river in one take
8. This time she got papped with no make up on but didn’t care
9. The time she had an ex she didn’t even care to hate, so wouldn’t write a song about him
10. The time she had to turn down this lovely offer from a Japanese journalist
[youtube height=”HEIGHT” width=”WIDTH”]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hn0hfn4KpVY[/youtube]
11. All the times she refused to do big arena shows and festivals, saying she’d rather be “in Brockwell park with my friends drinking cider”
12. The time she heard the Screamo version of Rolling In The Deep and her face said it all
[youtube height=”HEIGHT” width=”WIDTH”]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TlgGsYvbI8[/youtube]
13. The time she did this USA Today interview and was simultaneously sincere and taking the piss
[youtube height=”HEIGHT” width=”WIDTH”]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPRIpLYLhGY#t=249[/youtube]
14. This fag break
15. The time she slayed the entire music industry with the most low key BRIT Awards performance ever
[youtube height=”HEIGHT” width=”WIDTH”]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qemWRToNYJY[/youtube]
16. Then the time she slayed the suits with a passive aggressive middle finger the next year
17. When she gets lyrics out of the ‘drunk diaries’ she writes when she’s had a few
18. The time she wasn’t asked to play the Royal Wedding so did the red chair on Graham Norton instead, and admitted she’d just “been on a 5 day bender”
[youtube height=”HEIGHT” width=”WIDTH”]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnPRqLVX5M8[/youtube]
19. The time 21 sold so well she didn’t even promote the last two singles, but they still went gold and platinum
20. The time she filled gaps between songs at the Royal Albert Hall by doing stand up
[youtube height=”HEIGHT” width=”WIDTH”]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0E2Xy5fmAc[/youtube]
21. The time she had a snot incident while accepting a Grammy, and Pitbull laughed with her (Oh Pitbull)
[youtube height=”HEIGHT” width=”WIDTH”]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKllARHt0go[/youtube]
22. The time she recorded a Bond theme in 10 minutes – no biggie
23. Then didn’t really make a video for it but it still went viral
[youtube height=”HEIGHT” width=”WIDTH”]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HKoqNJtMTQ[/youtube]
24. And only ever performed it live once, at the Oscars no less, where she also won a gong
[youtube height=”HEIGHT” width=”WIDTH”]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOfwHP7oW-8[/youtube]
25. She even won a Golden Globe when she was only there for a night out with her mate Ida FFS!
[youtube height=”HEIGHT” width=”WIDTH”]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcltEd3uG7w[/youtube]
26. Finally, the fact that she has 20 million Twitter followers but has only tweeted 207 times
Happy Birthday Adele, have one for us!