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).
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Adele Lyrics
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Missing out the cracks in the pavement
And turning my heel and strutting my feet
"Is there anything I can do for you dear?
Is there anyone I could call?"
"No and thank you, please Madam.
I ain't lost, just wandering"
Memories are fresh
Round my hometown
Ooh the people I've met
Are the wonders of my world
Are the wonders of my world
Are the wonders of this world
Are the wonders of now
I like it in the city when the air is so thick and opaque
I love to see everybody in short skirts, shorts and shades
I like it in the city when two worlds collide
You get the people and the government
Everybody taking different sides
Shows that we ain't gonna stand shit
Shows that we are united
Shows that we ain't gonna take it
Shows that we ain't gonna stand shit
Shows that we are united
Round my hometown
Memories are fresh
Round my hometown
Ooh the people I've met yea
Are the wonders of my world
Are the wonders of my world
Are the wonders of this world
Are the wonders of my world
Of my world, yeah
Of my world
Of my world, yeah
In Adele's "Hometown Glory," the lyrics show the singer wandering around her hometown with her head down, trying to avoid the cracks in the pavement, and evading any offers of help. She seems to be content with just wandering around, taking in the memories of her childhood and all the people she's met along the way. The lyrics convey a sense of nostalgia and longing for the familiar surroundings of home, where the people she's met are the wonders of her world.
The second verse of the song seems to contrast the singer's love for her hometown with her intrigue for the city. She describes the city as having thick and opaque air, filled with people in short skirts and shades. However, the city is also the place where two worlds collide, where people and the government take different sides. This reveals that the singer isn't just content with reminiscing about the past, but she's also curious about how the world is changing. Nonetheless, her hometown will always hold a special place in her heart, where the memories of her world remain fresh.
Line by Line Meaning
I've been walking in the same way as I did
I've been following the same path in life as I always have
Missing out the cracks in the pavement
Unaware of the small details in my routine
And turning my heel and strutting my feet
Confident and purposeful movement
"Is there anything I can do for you dear?
Is there anyone I could call?"
Asking if I need help or support in any way
"No and thank you, please Madam.
I ain't lost, just wandering"
Declining the offer of help since I am not lost, but simply exploring
Round my hometown
Memories are fresh
Recalling vivid memories from my hometown
Round my hometown
Ooh the people I've met
Are the wonders of my world
Feeling fortunate to have met such amazing people in my hometown
I like it in the city when the air is so thick and opaque
Enjoying the bustling atmosphere of the city
I love to see everybody in short skirts, shorts and shades
Appreciating the diversity of the people in the city
I like it in the city when two worlds collide
You get the people and the government
Everybody taking different sides
Thriving on the tension that comes from clashing viewpoints and struggles for power
Shows that we ain't gonna stand shit
Demonstrating that we refuse to put up with unfair treatment
Shows that we are united
Revealing our strength in solidarity with each other
Round my hometown
Memories are fresh
Reflecting on fond memories from my hometown
Round my hometown
Ooh the people I've met yea
Celebrating the amazing people I've met in my hometown
Are the wonders of my world
Of my world, yeah
Of my world
Valuing the people in my life as the most amazing part of my world
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: ADELE LAURIE BLUE ADKINS
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@neji1513
Lyrics
I've been walking in the same way as I did
Missing out the cracks in the pavement
And turning my heel and strutting my feet
"Is there anything I can do for you dear?
Is there anyone I could call?"
"No and thank you, please Madam
I ain't lost, just wandering"
'Round my hometown
Memories are fresh
'Round my hometown
Ooh the people I've met
Are the wonders of my world
Are the wonders of my world
Are the wonders of this world
Are the wonders of now
I like it in the city when the air is so thick and opaque
I love to see everybody in short skirts, shorts and shades
I like it in the city when two worlds collide
You get the people and the government
Everybody taking different sides
Shows that we ain't gonna stand shit
Shows that we are united
Shows that we ain't gonna take it
Shows that we ain't gonna stand shit
Shows that we are united
'Round my hometown
Memories are fresh
'Round my hometown
Ooh the people I've met yeah
Do-dily-di-da-da-da-da-day, yeah
Do-dily-di-da-da-da-da-day, yeah
Do-do-do-do-ohh-ohh, yeah
Yeah, yeah, hey, ay
Are the wonders of my world
Are the wonders of my world
Are the wonders of this world
Are the wonders of my world
Of my world, yeah
Of my world
Of my world, yeah
@theharshtruthoutthere
These souls, who are the most deeply in the lies, shall have the most powerful testimony's.
Every one, EVERY ONE is called to repentance, to born again, to count the cost of becoming CHRISTIAN.
For we all are HUMAN BEINGS and sinned and fallen short in the glory of GOD, therefore to us all a way to SALVATION is given, THROUGH CHRIST goes the only way, WHICH IS NARROW not wide.
"people are uncomfortable speaking about this" - that`s because they SIN that bad.
And if truth hurts us that bad, we then better pray, that we never gonna know nor understand how badly sick and evil we have become all these 3 times:
- before the flood,
- before the burn up city,
- now, before the fire.
3 blown up chances. Why are we worry about climate changes? No climate change. All we do witness is THE (RIGHTEOUS) WRATH OF GOD. Why? - cause we`re SICK AND EVIL. Were WICKED.
Souls, time to stop using all these emojis and hand signs, for all these origin from masonry and do so in both places: online and offline.
Romans 3:23
For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
Luke 5:32
I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
John 14:6
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
All the famous and rich names give up being a CHRISTIAN (if they, a FTMs and MTFs even were ) on that very moment they signed the contract or as they also admit, that they did made the deal with the devil.
@themusicworld7930
Is anyone watching this in the year 2024?
@BradCRUSEIVdontforgetit
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@BradCRUSEIVdontforgetit
❤😂🎉😢😮😅
@BarrakKatama
Course
@JoeBrox
This song just dictated 2024
@ellasella3946
17 feb 2024
@MestarhTv
I love how we all randomly decided to listen to Adele from 11 years ago
@vmaze1593
me too!!
@NikoRoyal
This one stays in the rotation
@rodrigoaraujoamorim6589
timeless anthem....