"i hate to show up out of the blue, uninvited..."

[sarinda]

i'd heard that adele did something incredible at the british music awards recently. her performance received some criticism for being... somewhat affected, shall we say. i cry horsefeathers. the only affectation is the glitter rain. what she's doing on stage at that moment is being present. if you're going to sing about heartbreak and sing like you

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[kettunainen]

wow, I had no idea how much Adele looked like my first girlfriend. that was... strange. also, I see nothing out of the ordinary in her performance, beyond that, yes, she's actually present, and there's a bunch of glitter crap falling from the ceiling.

Also, she's been having voice problems, so any cracking in her voice is not necessarily because she's affected by the song. She smokes, had a nasty bout of laryngitis, on top of lingering vocal issues.

Regardless, I've always loved her music. She's amazing. Thank you for posting this.

[sarinda]

I can see how that might be a little disconcerting, but she's beautiful.
The glitter was really distracting and a definite irritant.
It's not more than a second at a time, but she does tear up. Body language at the end pretty clearly says she's trying not to cry. I don't know how she couldn't, if the appropriate emotion's put into the performance, vocal issues aside (though she's got my wishes for a full recovery). It's refreshing to see a performer present at a show. So many recently have just been phoned in.

Can we have more like her? Like Florence?