Adele’s “Hello” Single: Review Revue

Today (October 23) is a major one for pop music, as Adele has officially made her long-awaited comeback with “Hello” — and it sure is a grand one! After unveiling the release date for the upcoming 25 album, the singer quickly spared fans the anticipation and dropped the single and video for “Hello” back to back.

In our review, we predicted it to be a “future smash”: “So much for the Grammy winner finding some inner peace. Adele sounds every bit as tortured as she was on 21 as she ruthlessly dissects a failed relationship. The “Rolling In The Deep” hitmaker lays her heart on the line as she speaks her truth.”

So how do other music industry critics feel about Adele’s latest musical effort? Read what they had to say down below!

:: PopCrush were big fans: “The gorgeous piano-led production is chilling and appropriately dramatic, especially as the backing vocals fill out the song toward its crashing finale. But at its core, ‘Hello’ is Adele delivering what Adele has always done best: Raw emotion, thunderous vocals and an ability to cut deep, making the most common, otherwise friendly salutation send a tear or two rolling down the cheek.”

:: While SPIN reflected on Adele’s growth: “If anything, she’s only gotten better. If 21 was the painful, emotional quick response to a devastating breakup, 25 sounds like a much more jaded, wider, and wiser view on life.”

:: Consequence Of Sound called it a “massive” single: “Ultimately, the single explodes into its soaring chorus, and with that, Top 40 radio just waved the white flag and bowed down, once again, to Adele.”

:: The Guardian noted Adele didn’t fix what was never broken: “Hello could have been on 21, which tells you pretty much everything you need to know about its sound and its quality. It’s precisely the kind of lovelorn epic ballad that made Adele one of the biggest stars in the world. It even comes complete with a video that features that classic signifier of grandiose musical heartbreak, the singer belting it out while being tousled by a wind machine.”

:: Vanity Fair were also fans: “In the second verse of the song, Adele apologizes (to her ex-lover, to us) saying, ‘It’s so typical of me to talk about myself, I’m sorry.’ I don’t think any of us mind at all.”

:: The Telegraph noted the “raw, honest feeling”: “From the opening piano chord and that very first hello she sounds nervous, sad, determined. As the biggest pop star of our age arrives back on the stage, there’s no dramatic ta-ra, no thunder of bells and whistles. Rather, she dares to pull the world into her private sphere.”

:: Lastly, The Independent shared this: “Adele does what she does best, belting out emotional tales of love and loss much the same as with her last album, 21, but this time, with a little more self-forgiveness.”

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