Adele released her second studio album, 21, in 2011. It became the world's best-selling album of the 21st century, with sales of over 31 million copies. It was certified 17× platinum in the UK (the highest by a solo artist of all time) and Diamond in the US. According to Billboard, 21 is the top-performing album in the US chart history, topping the Billboard 200 for 24 weeks (the longest for a female artist ever). She was the first female artist in the history of the Billboard Hot 100 to have three simultaneous top-ten singles as a lead artist, with "Rolling in the Deep", "Someone Like You" and "Set Fire to the Rain", all of which also topped the chart. The album received a record-tying six Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year, and the Brit Award for British Album of the Year. The success of 21 earned Adele numerous mentions in the Guinness Book of Records.
In 2012, Adele released "Skyfall", a soundtrack single for the James Bond film of the same name, which won the Academy Award and the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song. Her third studio album, 25, was released in 2015 and became the year's best-selling album and broke first-week sales records in the UK and US. 25 was her second album to be certified Diamond in the US and earned her five Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year, and four Brit Awards, including British Album of the Year. The lead single, "Hello", became the first song in the US to sell over one million digital copies within a week of its release. Her fourth studio album 30, which contains the chart-topping single "Easy on Me", was released in 2021 and became the year's best-selling album worldwide including US and UK. 30 won the 2022 Brit Award for British Album of the Year.
Adele is one of the world's best-selling music artists, with sales of over 120 million records. Her accolades include fifteen Grammy Awards and twelve Brit Awards. In 2011, 2012, and 2016, Billboard named her Artist of the Year. At the 2012 and 2016 Ivor Novello Awards, Adele was named Songwriter of the Year by the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers, and Authors. In 2012, she was listed at number five on VH1's 100 Greatest Women in Music. Time magazine named her one of the most influential people in the world in 2012, 2016, and 2022. She was appointed a MBE at the 2013 Queen's Birthday Honours for services to music. Her third tour saw her break attendance records globally, including in the UK, Australia, and the US, and her album 21 has been listed in Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2020).
Send My Love
Adele Lyrics
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This was all you, none of it me
You put your hands all over my body and told me, mmm
You told me you were ready
For the big one, for the big jump
I'd be your last love, everlasting, you and me, mmm
That was what you told me
I'm giving you up
I've forgiven it all
You set me free
Send my love to your new lover
Treat her better
We've gotta let go of all of our ghosts
We both know we ain't kids no more
Send my love to your new lover
Treat her better
We've gotta let go of all of our ghosts
We both know we ain't kids no more
I was too strong, you were trembling
You couldn't handle the hot heat rising (rising), mmm
Baby, I'm still rising
I was running, you were walking
You couldn't keep up, you were falling down (down), mmm
There's only one way down
I'm giving you up
I've forgiven it all
You set me free, oh
Send my love to your new lover
Treat her better
We gotta let go of all of our ghosts
We've both know we ain't kids no more
Send my love to your new lover
Treat her better
We've gotta let go of all of our ghosts
We both know we ain't kids no more
If you're ready, if you're ready
If you're ready, I am ready
If you're ready, if you're ready
We both know we ain't kids no more
No, we ain't kids no more
I'm giving you up
I've forgiven it all
You set me free
Send my love to your new lover
Treat her better
We've gotta let go of all of our ghosts
We both know we ain't kids no more
Send my love to your new lover
Treat her better
We've gotta let go of all of our ghosts
We both know we ain't kids no more
If you're ready, if you're ready (send my love to your new lover)
If you're ready, are you ready? (Treat her better)
We've gotta let go of all of our ghosts
We both know we ain't kids no more
If you're ready, if you're ready (send my love to your new lover)
If you're ready, are you ready? (Treat her better)
We've gotta let go of all of our ghosts
We both know we ain't kids no more
In Adele's song "Send My Love," the singer is saying goodbye to her ex-lover and moving on. The song starts with just guitar and Adele's voice, giving a stripped down and raw feeling to the beginning of the song. She sings "This was all you, none of it me, You put your hands all over my body and told me" indicating that she gave herself to him completely, but he wasn't ready to be in a long-term committed relationship. Despite the promises he made to her, he let her go, and now she has to move on.
The chorus of the song repeats the phrase "send my love to your new lover, treat her better, we've gotta let go of all of our ghosts." Here, Adele addresses her ex-lover directly, asking him to treat his new partner better than he treated her, and to let go of the past they shared. She acknowledges that they are no longer the young, carefree people they once were and that they need to move on and grow up. The verses build up to the chorus, with Adele singing about how she was too strong for him and how he couldn't keep up with her.
Overall, "Send My Love" is a powerful ballad of letting go and moving on from a past love that didn't work out. Adele's voice carries the emotion of the words, and the stripped down nature of the song adds to its intensity.
Line by Line Meaning
Just the guitar, okay, cool
Let's keep it simple and focus on the guitar.
This was all you, none of it me
You took control and made all the moves, it wasn't a mutual effort.
You put your hands all over my body and told me, mmm
You touched me all over and made me feel desired.
You told me you were ready
You said you were prepared for this relationship.
For the big one, for the big jump
You were ready to take a big step, like marriage or a serious commitment.
I'd be your last love, everlasting, you and me, mmm
You promised that I would be your last love and we would be together forever.
That was what you told me
You made big promises that you didn't keep.
I'm giving you up
I'm letting go of this relationship.
I've forgiven it all
I forgive you for everything that happened in our relationship.
You set me free
Now I'm free to move on and find love elsewhere.
Send my love to your new lover
Pass on my well-wishes to your new partner.
Treat her better
Treat your new lover with more respect and love than you treated me.
We've gotta let go of all of our ghosts
We need to let go of the hurt and negative memories from our past relationship.
We both know we ain't kids no more
We're adults now, and we need to act accordingly.
I was too strong, you were trembling
I was confident and you were nervous around me.
You couldn't handle the hot heat rising (rising), mmm
You couldn't handle the passion and intensity between us.
Baby, I'm still rising
I'm still growing and thriving, even without you.
I was running, you were walking
I was moving faster than you in our relationship.
You couldn't keep up, you were falling down (down), mmm
You couldn't keep pace with me, and our relationship suffered.
There's only one way down
Once we reached our peak in the relationship, the only option was for it to end.
If you're ready, if you're ready
If you're ready to move on and start fresh...
If you're ready, I am ready
...then I'm ready too.
We both know we ain't kids no more
We're adults now and we need to act accordingly.
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: Adele Laurie Blue Adkins, Johan Schuster, Max Martin
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Lara padovski
This was all you, none of it me
You put your hands all over my body and told me, mmm
You told me you were ready
For the big one, for the big jump
I'd be your last love, everlasting, you and me, mmm
That was what you told me
I'm giving you up
I've forgiven it all
You set me free
Send my love to your new lover
Treat her better
We've gotta let go of all of our ghosts
We both know we ain't kids no more
Send my love to your new lover
Treat her better
We've gotta let go of all of our ghosts
We both know we ain't kids no more
I was too strong, you were trembling
You couldn't handle the hot heat rising (rising), mmm
Baby, I'm still rising
I was running, you were walking
You couldn't keep up, you were falling down (down), mmm
There's only one way down
I'm giving you up
I've forgiven it all
You set me free, oh
Send my love to your new lover
Treat her better
We gotta let go of all of our ghosts
We've both know we ain't kids no more
Send my love to your new lover
Treat her better
We've gotta let go of all of our ghosts
We both know we ain't kids no more
If you're ready, if you're ready
If you're ready, I am ready
If you're ready, if you're ready
We both know we ain't kids no more
No, we ain't kids no more
I'm giving you up
I've forgiven it all
You set me free
Send my love to your new lover
Treat her better
We've gotta let go of all of our ghosts
We both know we ain't kids no more
Send my love to your new lover
Treat her better
We've gotta let go of all of our ghosts
We both know we ain't kids no more
If you're ready, if you're ready (send my love to your new lover)
If you're ready, are you ready? (Treat her better)
We've gotta let go of all of our ghosts
We both know we ain't kids no more
If you're ready, if you're ready (send my love to your new lover)
If you're ready, are you ready? (Treat her better)
We've gotta let go of all of our ghosts
We both know we ain't kids no more
Rz Nuroktarianti
Just the guitar, okay, cool
This was all you, none of it me
You put your hands all over my body and told me, mmm
You told me you were ready
For the big one, for the big jump
I'd be your last love, everlasting, you and me, mmm
That was what you told me
I'm giving you up
I've forgiven it all
You set me free
Send my love to your new lover
Treat her better
We've gotta let go of all of our ghosts
We both know we ain't kids no more
Send my love to your new lover
Treat her better
We've gotta let go of all of our ghosts
We both know we ain't kids no more
I was too strong, you were trembling
You couldn't handle the hot heat rising (rising), mmm
Baby, I'm still rising
I was running, you were walking
You couldn't keep up, you were falling down (down), mmm
There's only one way down
I'm giving you up
I've forgiven it all
You set me free, oh
Send my love to your new lover
Treat her better
We gotta let go of all of our ghosts
We've both know we ain't kids no more
Send my love to your new lover
Treat her better
We've gotta let go of all of our ghosts
We both know we ain't kids no more
If you're ready, if you're ready
If you're ready, I am ready
If you're ready, if you're ready
We both know we ain't kids no more
No, we ain't kids no more
I'm giving you up
I've forgiven it all
You set me free
Send my love to your new lover
Treat her better
We've gotta let go of all of our ghosts
We both know we ain't kids no more
Send my love to your new lover
Treat her better
We've gotta let go of all of our ghosts
We both know we ain't kids no more
If you're ready, if you're ready (send my love to your new lover)
If you're ready, are you ready? (Treat her better)
We've gotta let go of all of our ghosts
We both know we ain't kids no more
If you're ready, if you're ready (send my love to your new lover)
If you're ready, are you ready? (Treat her better)
We've gotta let go of all of our ghosts
We both know we ain't kids no more
ABRINA S
lyrics
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This was all you, none of it me
You put your hands all over my body and told me, mmm
You told me you were ready
For the big one, for the big jump
I'd be your last love, everlasting, you and me, mmm
That was what you told me
I'm giving you up
I've forgiven it all
You set me free
Send my love to your new lover
Treat her better
We've gotta let go of all of our ghosts
We both know we ain't kids no more
Send my love to your new lover
Treat her better
We've gotta let go of all of our ghosts
We both know we ain't kids no more
I was too strong, you were trembling
You couldn't handle the hot heat rising (rising), mmm
Baby, I'm still rising
I was running, you were walking
You couldn't keep up, you were falling down (down), mmm
There's only one way down
I'm giving you up
I've forgiven it all
You set me free, oh
Send my love to your new lover
Treat her better
We gotta let go of all of our ghosts
We've both know we ain't kids no more
Send my love to your new lover
Treat her better
We've gotta let go of all of our ghosts
We both know we ain't kids no more
If you're ready, if you're ready
If you're ready, I am ready
If you're ready, if you're ready
We both know we ain't kids no more
No, we ain't kids no more
I'm giving you up
I've forgiven it all
You set me free
Send my love to your new lover
Treat her better
We've gotta let go of all of our ghosts
We both know we ain't kids no more
Send my love to your new lover
Treat her better
We've gotta let go of all of our ghosts
We both know we ain't kids no more
If you're ready, if you're ready (send my love to your new lover)
If you're ready, are you ready? (Treat her better)
We've gotta let go of all of our ghosts
We both know we ain't kids no more
If you're ready, if you're ready (send my love to your new lover)
If you're ready, are you ready? (Treat her better)
We've gotta let go of all of our ghosts
We both know we ain't kids no more
The actual johann sebastian bach
I love how nobody hates Adele, we're all just collectively Adele stans
IcA
Adele became wealthy wearing her clothes
kashaf jatoi
@theflyestgirl p
Liq
True af
Miryam Mendez
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Cole C.
My babysitter would always play Adele in the car when I was little, and I loved it. It sort of got engraved in my brain, and rediscovering her songs brings back so many incomplete but bright and happy memories. Adele is childhood, Adele is nostalgia, Adele is bittersweet, and to this day Adele still deservingly holds an incredible community and fan base. We love you Adele 🤍
Wendy Sumpter-Neely
@Cole C. omg she literally released her 1st album when I was 33 🤷🏼♀️boy do I feel old 👵
Cole C.
@Wallflower I’m a teenager now. Not necessarily just this song, but all of Adele’s songs remind me of childhood. Idk why.
Wallflower
This song is literally 5 years old. If this is your childhood, are you like 10?
Jammah Bautista
Been listening to this nonstop. Her music helps me heal and move forward. Love you Adele! 💖