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Well, I reckon that this is a perfect time to do 73 questions with Adele.
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I have to pinch myself that this is actually happening right now.
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How are you?
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I'm doing so much better now that I'm with you.
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Me too, I'm so excited.
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I know, I think we've been trying to do this for a long time.
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Six, seven years.
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Here we go.
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Six, seven years, let's get into it.
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Okay.
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How is Adele doing these days?
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I'm great.
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I'm really great.
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I'm excited.
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I'm about to put my new album out.
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And I'd assume that that's the number one thing you're most excited about in life, right?
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It is, and that's why you're here.
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That is the reason I'm here, and it's so good to see you in hot and sunny Los Angeles.
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It is.
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Typical Brit wearing a track suit in this, like, 90-degree weather.
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It's okay.
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You look great.
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Thank you.
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And how has Los Angeles and the States been treating you these days?
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Great.
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I've loved being here.
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I'm very calm.
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The past year has been challenging.
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It has.
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Has there been one thing you've learned during this time?
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Just how much of a homebody I am, and I probably would never leave my house if I didn't need to.
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And I ask this question on behalf of fans everywhere.
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When are we going to see you next live or in concert on tour?
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As soon as possible.
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I'm ready to go, really.
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It's just up to COVID, so just keep on wearing your mask and don't be spreading that delta, and who knows?
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Let me help you with that.
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Oh, thank you.
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Okay, I think we should dive into your childhood.
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Oh, I'd love that.
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Let's do it.
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How did you realize that you had a great voice?
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I guess because I got signed.
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My favorites are, like, brilliant, so I don't really rate myself with a singer.
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Is your mom musical?
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She's, like, yeah, she's a fan of music.
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So yeah.
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And you did a Camden crawl and you toured small London pubs.
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I did.
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What was your favourite venue to play when you first started gigging?
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Probably Madame Jojo's.
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I played there a few times, plus all my friends used to play there as well.
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Do you think you still remember the Hot Spurs chant?
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Oh yes.
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Glory, glory Tottenham Hotspur.
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Glory, glory Tottenham Hotspur.
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Glory, glory, Tottenham Hotspur And the Spurs go marching on The crowd goes wild!
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Oggie, oggie, oggie!
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Were you nervous to put your music up on MySpace way back then?
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I actually didn't do that.
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That was my friend Lyndon.
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So, no, I wasn't.
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Oh, you weren't.
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Yeah.
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And do you remember who any of your top eight friends were?
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I mean, that's like 12, 13 years ago.
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Come on.
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Definitely Jack Pignatte.
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Okay.
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Yeah.
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Definitely Jamie T, Kid Harpoon.
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Let me grab that for you.
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Thank you.
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Definitely Laura Marling.
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Definitely Lily Allen, because she was the queen of MySpace at the time.
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Probably a bit of Scroobius Pip.
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Maybe The Maccabees.
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How many is that?
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Like six?
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I'm not entirely sure.
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Have you ever considered a different stage name all this time?
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No, because my surname is so boring.
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It's Adkins.
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Okay.
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This is a beautiful, beautiful home.
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It's so cozy.
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Oh, I'm glad you like it.
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Yeah, I tried to make it for a little English country, so I can't.
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Yeah, I feel like I'm there.
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And what's been the most surprising aspect of living as a Brit in America?
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That my sarcastic humor doesn't actually travel.
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What's an unexpected similarity between London and Los Angeles?
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Tea and coffee culture.
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What do Americans do that's different than Brits?
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You have your own funky language for things.
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Like, this is actually coriander, not cilantro.
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And your eggplants are actually...
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Oak jeans, your movie theaters we call cinemas, your candy we call sweets.
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Kind of the list is kind of endless really.
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There's a lot to keep track of.
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There is.
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So, okay, so am I looking at a typical grocery run from Adele?
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Yes and no.
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This looks super duper healthy because I'm making a vegetable soup tonight.
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But normally, you know, there's some cereal, some sugar cereal for my son, and stringy cheese he loves, and milkshakes and things like that.
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But kind of, yeah, you know, I watch what I put into my body these days.
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What do you miss more, Tesco or Sandsbury's?
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Well, I say Tesco simply because that was the only supermarket that was in my neighborhood when I was growing up.
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But actually, it's Marks and Spencers.
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All right, we're going to go back in time.
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You're making your first album.
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Okay.
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19.
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What surprised you about professionally recording music back then?
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I think how much I really enjoyed being in the studio environment, actually.
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And who in the crowd made you most nervous during your first TV appearance?
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Was it your mom or Sir Paul McCartney?
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Without a doubt, it was Sir Paul McCartney.
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And at the end of the show that I did my first ever singing performance on, he sang, Hey Jude.
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So it was incredible.
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What a moment.
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And then there was SNL.
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There was.
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What was the scariest thing about performing live on SNL?
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Live TV in America in general.
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But also I knew that a few extra people were tuning in because of Sarah Palin.
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So I definitely shat myself.
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Yep, that happened.
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And you became a star.
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And how did you handle being recognized in public?
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I don't love it, but ever since 21 sort of came out really, my hair gets bigger, my makeup gets thicker, and my dresses get bigger, so that I practically look a bald eagle or something like that in day-to-day life.
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Do you mind if I take a gander at your bookshop?
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Oh my goodness, please do.
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There's some good ones up there.
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Okay.
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What's the best movie that you've watched recently?
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Probably Minari.
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And do you think it's true that you can learn a lot about a person based on the books that they keep?
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Well, I would say that, but I don't know that many people that have real books in their house anymore.
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They seem to have Kindles, or they just don't read at all, or on their phone, or something like that.
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I'd say back in the day, yeah.
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All right.
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Well, now we're 21 years old.
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You're recording the second album, 21.
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Yes.
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What did your diaries throughout the songwriting process look like then?
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Drunk, chaotic, distressed, very, very sad.
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Yeah, along those lines.
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And what did you do with them after the album was completed?
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They are all hidden in a handbag somewhere in my wardrobe room in London.
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And I actually have no idea which one.
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So they could be missing, for all I know.
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That's good bonus material.
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It is.
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Which recording would you say challenged you the most?
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Probably Don't You Remember.
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It was sort of my attempt at a country song.
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It starts super duper tender and soft, which I'm not brilliant at.
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By the end, I'm wailing, which is way more my comfort zone.
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But I'd say Don't You Remember.
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Yeah.
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And then there's your throat surgery.
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I heard John Mayer offer some guidance after this procedure.
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What did he share with you?
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He just, you know, he was just sort of very encouraging to stay silent and be patient.
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And actually, my injury was a very common singer's injury, so not to worry too much about it.
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So, yeah, he was great.
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He's such a sweetheart.
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I like him so much.
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How would you describe the difference in your voice pre and post procedure?
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It was definitely heading towards a Tom Waits sound that I had before my surgery, getting very, very husky.
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And afterwards, it was a brand-new voice.
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It was so clean and pure, yeah.
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Yeah.
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And would you ever release the alternate version of 21?
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No, because if I wanted to do that, I would have done it already.
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Fair point.
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Okay.
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So, fashion questions.
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Okay.
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Heels or slides?
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Hate slides.
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It's got to be heels.
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Barefoot or heels on stage?
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Barefoot so I don't fall over.
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And what's your most iconic style moment?
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Well, I would say probably my Armani moment in 2012 at the Grammys.
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And I was pregnant, so I just love that dress.
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Who's your fashion icon?
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Cate Blanchett.
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Who always gets it right on the red carpet?
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Cate Blanchett.
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Okay.
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And what do you never leave the house without wearing?
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Heat earrings.
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Who makes your favourite eyeliner?
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Pat McGrath.
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And what fashion advice can you offer me right now?
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Um, just keep on doing what you're doing.
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Comfort over style.
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Thank you.
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I really...
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That's what I do too.
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I appreciate that.
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And when you were making your third album, 25, you said that making this album was the hardest thing that you've ever done.
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done.
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It was.
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But what was the easiest song on the album to write?
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Definitely Remedy.
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I think it's probably because it's about my son.
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And what was the most valuable thing that you learned from producer Max Martin?
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All about the hooks.
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For anyone looking to write a killer pop song, what's the most important piece of advice to consider?
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It's all about the hooks.
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About the hooks, okay.
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And what was the biggest difference between working on 19, 21, and 25?
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Well, 19 I I hadn't long been signed, so I only had like four songs.
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I had to actually really write an album, it felt like.
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21, I couldn't stop writing it.
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It was just pouring out of me.
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I was such a hot mess.
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And then 25, I just didn't have time to write, really.
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So I just had a newborn baby, so not much.
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Let's go outside.
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Okay, let's do it.
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It's lovely out here.
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Which venue was most intimidating or terrifying to perform in?
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After you, I would say the ANZ Stadium in Sydney.
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It was something silly, like 100,000 people.
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This is beautiful.
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This is very English out here.
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It feels like it, yeah.
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It's also very Grey Gardens.
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Yeah.
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Yes.
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What was your favorite city to play in?
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Always London.
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Yeah.
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Have you found any cures for stage fright?
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Sadly not.
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No?
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No, none whatsoever.
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Ah, what's the strangest thing you've seen someone do at one of your shows?
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A middle-aged woman drink too much, pass out, then piss herself while she got carried out.
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Vegas, obviously.
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Vegas, obviously.
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Obviously.
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Obviously.
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Do you cry while singing any of your songs?
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I do to quite a few of my new ones, yeah.
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Wow.
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What piece of advice would you give to your 19-year-old self?
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That your love life's going to get a lot worse.
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Ooh.
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Truth.
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Truth, yeah.
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How about any advice for anyone getting started in music?
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Well, the best advice I ever got was to keep your heart safe and your music dangerous.
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And I live by that.
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So that would be my piece of advice too.
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That's good.
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How has becoming a mom changed your songwriting?
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I just don't really have much time to do it anymore.
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And what's the best advice your own mom gave you about parenting?
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To chill out and stop being so regimented with a routine.
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What's your happiest memory with your mom?
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Probably when she moved back in with me when I was 21.
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I was really falling apart, and she lovingly put me back together.
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That's so sweet.
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And I would assume that she's your roommate on the road when you're on tour?
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No, because she's still my mother, so she still thinks that she can tell me what to do.
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So no, she just comes to the shows.
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It's always gonna be like that.
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And why was it important for you to support victims of the Grenfell Tower fire?
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Just felt like I had to.
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It was right around the corner from where my house in London is.
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And it was, you know, it overtook the UK.
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We couldn't believe that there was a building like that in the middle of central London that had burnt down.
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And I just wanted to be a safe and consistent person for them, which I hope I was.
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What word would your friends use to describe you?
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Definitely loyal.
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And I heard you do a killer Al Pacino impression.
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Can you give me some of that?
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Yes, but I think it's good.
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It's hoo-ha.
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From his role as reason-centered, maybe a taint.
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Yeah.
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OK, Adele, I thought we could have some more fun besides Al Pacino impressions.
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Yes, always.
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I have a phone here with an app on it where you can sing a little stuff into it, and then you could change your voice into whatever you want.
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Fun.
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OK, let's give it a go.
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Hello from the other side.
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Let's have a look.
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Okay, there's a lot of options.
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Let's start with helium.
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Helium?
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Alvin the chipmunk.
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I'm from the other side.
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Try tunnel.
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Reverb.
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Hello from the other side.
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That sounds like I'm singing in a shower.
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I'm up for that one.
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I'm up for that one.
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That sounds like a shower.
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Yeah, that's definitely me on the new album.
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Alright, now let's hear you drunk.
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Please tell me the next album is like that.
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Pretty much.
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Pretty much.
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That's what the whole album sounds like.
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Thank you.
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Okay, now, would you be able to rank the top three favorite songs that you've ever created?
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What are they?
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I'm going to mix them with what mine are and what the fans are, I reckon.
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So I reckon someone like you would be number one.
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I think there's a new song on the new album that would be my number second or be my second one.
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And then When We Were Young.
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I really love that song.
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I love singing it.
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It means a lot to me.
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Great selections.
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And can you do the same for Beyonce's top albums?
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You know, that could be controversial.
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The Hive might come and kill me.
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I'm, okay, my personal favorites.
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My first one is Sasha Fierce, that sublime double album.
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The second one would be Lemonade.
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The third one is a bit of a toss-up between two, but I'm gonna go with my gut and my heart, and I'm gonna say B-Day.
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You know she's gonna watch this.
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Woo!
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Was breaking your Grammy in half for Beyoncé easier or harder than you thought it would be?
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It was actually really easy.
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I was just so uncomfortable and nervous up on the stage trying to give that speech right in front of her.
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I just sort of twisted off and fell off with my hand.
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It felt like fate.
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On the internet, there is David Attenborough narrating your Hello!
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music video.
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Yes, there is.
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With his iconic voice.
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Yeah.
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Was that totally surreal, watching that?
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It was incredible.
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It was live on radio.
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I don't even know if he knew that he was doing it.
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He just sort of had to watch the video and read the lyrics, you know, read his script and stuff like that.
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But he's like everything in the UK.
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Like, we love him so much.
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And he's my mum's hero, so it was phenomenal.
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Yes.
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Do you read what people write about you on the internet?
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Very rarely.
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What's the most ridiculous rumor you've ever heard about yourself?
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I think all the crazy rumors about my love life, um, you know, since I've been single and stuff like that.
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They're just, none of it's true.
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So probably those.
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In your career, do you think there was ever a time that you felt like you couldn't be yourself?
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No, I've been very, very lucky with that.
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And I know that, no, never.
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What's the proudest possession that you own?
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It's actually inside.
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Let's go in.
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Okay, let's see.
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In the meantime, how about some British this or that questions?
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Okay.
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Blur or Oasis?
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Blur.
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Noel or Liam?
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Definitely Liam, without a doubt.
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Prince William or Prince Harry?
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Prince Harry.
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Spicy.
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Spice Girls or the Beatles?
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I mean, that's a bit unfair, but I'm going to go with Spice Girls.
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By the way, what's the most impressive thing about the Spice Girls?
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They really don't care.
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They really, really, really don't care about anything.
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And I can think just their brashness and stuff like that, I think.
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Okay, what do we have here?
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It's pretty amazing.
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All right.
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Celine Dion's gum.
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That's right.
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What's going on here?
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James Corden, who's a friend of mine but also does carpool karaoke, which I did, he did it with her and knew how much a fan of her I was, and so he made her spit her gum into a piece of paper and he framed it for me.
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And it's my proudest possession.
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Three questions left before I get out of here, Adele.
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Okay.
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While the whole world is waiting, I'm going to attempt to try to get you to spill some tea on the next album.
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Good luck.
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Alright.
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If 25 closed a trilogy, what is something new you'll explore for the first time in your next album?
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Does anything ever really end?
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What one specific thing that's different in this album than every other album?
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It's definitely my most personal one yet, I think, yeah.
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And last question, question number 73.
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What's the new album's name?
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Well, let's keep going and maybe you'll find out.
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Uh, that's unconventional.
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This is a 73 question interview and...
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Oh, let's do it.
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It's so much fun.
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Sit down, don't you come to me.
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Okay.
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Uh, I love the Skyfall theme.
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Oh, good.
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How is recording this Bond theme different than recording your other stuff?
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Well, I was heavily pregnant actually when I did the vocal for Skyfall.
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So, and it's the only song that I recorded while I was pregnant with him.
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So my voice was a lot lower and he also hated it when I was singing the high notes.
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sort of kick around inside of me.
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Who would you bet is going to be the next James Bond?
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I mean, it's a tough one.
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There's been lots of different choices and stuff.
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But I would like Jonathan Major to be the next Bond, but I don't know if that's allowed, because he's American.
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Would you like some milk?
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Yeah, yeah, I'd love that.
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But I think Idris Elba.
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And what song, not yours, have you sung the most in your life?
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My heart will go on.
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And who would you love to cover one of your songs?
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Barbra Streisand.
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Now I know you love Nicki Minaj.
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I do.
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If you were to collab on a track with Nicki Minaj, what would it be called?
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Mum Lee.
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There you go.
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Oh, thank you.
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And that was question 78, but now that we're having tea, I might as well stick around.
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Might as well.
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Okay.
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Question number 79.
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Favorite restaurant in London?
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Kai's.
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I'll just keep going with the British questions.
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Oh, please do.
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Favorite pub of all time?
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The Warmer Castle.
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Oh, that tea is good.
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What's a stereotype about the UK that's totally true?
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That it always rains.
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What about one that's completely false?
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I feel like everyone thinks that we've all met the Queen, and we haven't.
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So yeah, we'll be there.
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Now we're at 82 questions with Adele.
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Having fun?
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Yeah.
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Good, me too.
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Keep going.
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Favorite curse word?
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.
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What telly have you been binging these days?
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Oh, I noticed that.
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I have been binge watching on the telly Ted Lasso.
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I think it's great.
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It's very British as well.
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What might people not know about wearing your hair in a beehive?
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Well, if it's your own natural hair as a beehive, it gets a bit smelly.
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Yeah, well, best tip for putting on false eyelashes and asking for a friend?
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Get someone else to do it for you.
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What decade of fashion is your favorite?
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Probably the 60s.
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What should everyone have in their wardrobe?
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A cozy jumper, a.k.a.
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sweater.
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Okay, we're at question 89 now.
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Biggest risk you've ever taken?
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Leaving my marriage.
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Hmm.
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What would you be doing if you were not a musical artist?
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I'd like to think I'd still be doing small little gigs in pubs and clubs on my guitar.
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Even though I'm sure no one would come and see me.
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But I really wanted to be an English teacher before all this happened, so I'd like to think that I'd be doing that, yeah.
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What are your favorite lyrics you've ever written?
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They're all on the new album.
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Ooh.
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Ooh.
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Yes.
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Who is your favorite lyricist?
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Leonard Cohen.
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Oh, love him.
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Me too.
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And who is your favorite composer?
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Hans Zimmer.
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Who's your dream duet partner?
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Chris Stapleton.
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Woof.
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Wow.
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What's your most listened to album of 2020?
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You know, I went for comfort.
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I was listening to Show Some Emotion by Joan Armatrading.
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It reminds me of home and reminds me of my mum.
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So I was listening to that a lot.
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That's sweet.
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How many are we up to now?
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We are at 95.
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Oh, okay, yeah.
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Great.
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Let's call it a day.
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We're done.
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95 questions.
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Wow.
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I'm going to take the TV film.
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Oh, thanks.
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That'll give something for the fans to work out.
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See you in seven years.
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Thanks, Adele.
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In questo video, Adele risponde a 73 domande in un'intervista vivace e informale. Agli studenti verranno presentati argomenti di vocabolario relativi alla musica, alla vita quotidiana e alle differenze culturali tra Regno Unito e Stati Uniti. Praticare questo contenuto aiuterà a migliorare la fluenza in inglese e ad acquisire sicurezza nella pratica di conversazione in inglese, affrontando questioni di vita personale, esperienze di viaggio e preferenze musicali. Durante la lezione, ci si concentrerà su espressioni colloquiali, pronuncia e struttura delle domande in inglese.
Vocabolario e frasi chiave
- Home body: una persona che preferisce stare a casa piuttosto che uscire. Esempio: "I probably would never leave my house if I didn't need to." (Probabilmente non lascerei mai la mia casa se non ne avessi bisogno.)
- Trackit: un termine informale che si riferisce a un tipo di abbigliamento sportivo, spesso usato in contesti casual. Esempio: "Typical Brit wearing a trackit." (Il tipico britannico indossa un completo sportivo.)
- Chant: un coro ripetitivo, spesso utilizzato negli eventi sportivi. Esempio: "Do you think you still remember the Hot Spurs chant?" (Pensi di ricordare ancora il coro degli Hot Spurs?)
- Gigg: fare concerti o esibizioni dal vivo. Esempio: "I played at Madam JoJo's a few times." (Ho suonato da Madam JoJo's alcune volte.)
- Supermarket: supermercato, luogo di acquisto di generi alimentari. Esempio: "I'd say Tesco simply because that was the only supermarket in my neighborhood." (Direi Tesco semplicemente perché era l'unico supermercato nel mio quartiere.)
- Fluency: la capacità di parlare una lingua in modo sciolto e spontaneo. Questo è fondamentale per la preparazione all'IELTS speaking.
- Cultural differences: differenze culturali, un concetto spesso discusso in conversazioni internazionali.
Consigli pratici per questo video
Per una pratica di pronuncia efficace attraverso questo video, è consigliabile prestare attenzione alla velocità di parola di Adele, che è relativamente moderata. La sua pronuncia è chiara, anche se il suo accento britannico può essere una sfida. Iniziate guardando il video con i sottotitoli per cogliere le sfumature linguistico-culturali. Utilizzate la tecnica di shadowing ripetendo immediatamente dopo Adele, cercando di imitare il suo tono e il ritmo. Focusatevi sulle espressioni colloquiali per arricchire il vostro vocabolario e migliorare nella pratica di conversazione in inglese. Non dimenticate di annotare frasi o parole che vi risultano difficili e tornate a ripeterle finché non vi sentirete a vostro agio nel pronunciarle.
Cos'è la tecnica dello Shadowing?
Shadowing è una tecnica di apprendimento delle lingue supportata da studi scientifici, originariamente sviluppata per la formazione dei traduttori professionisti e resa popolare dal poliglotta Dr. Alexander Arguelles. Il metodo è semplice ma potente: ascolti un audio in inglese di madrelingua e lo ripeti immediatamente ad alta voce — come un'ombra che segue il parlante con un ritardo di solo 1–2 secondi. A differenza dell'ascolto passivo o degli esercizi di grammatica, lo shadowing costringe il tuo cervello e i muscoli della bocca a elaborare e riprodurre simultaneamente i modelli di discorso reale. La ricerca dimostra che migliora significativamente la precisione della pronuncia, l'intonazione, il ritmo, il discorso connesso, la comprensione dell'ascolto e la fluidità del parlato — rendendolo uno dei metodi più efficaci per la preparazione alla prova di speaking dell'IELTS e per la comunicazione reale in inglese.
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