Being on a mega-yacht vacation with Tom Ford this weekend meant Adele had to watch Team England defeat Norway from Sardinia. But while she wasn't at the 2026 World Cup, she supported her home country's team from afar. On July 12, Adele's sports jersey outfit proved her loyalty will always lie with Team England (and her beloved Hermès Birkin Bag).

Nine months ago, the fashion designer-turned-filmmaker cast Adele in his upcoming adaptation of Anne Rice’s 1982 novel, Cry to Heaven. Last weekend, the duo presumably discussed her acting debut during a cinematic boat cruise. The scenic Italian coast surroundings didn't deter Adele from dressing down, in the sports jersey trend, wide-leg black pants, and leather flip-flops.

It seems the Grammy winner recycled her outfit formula from the Formula 1 British Grand Prix, but not before trading her McLaren T-shirt for a Team England jersey. Her short-sleeve style (which retails for under $200) honored #5, central defender John Stones.

Adele's England soccer jersey would've looked right at home in a VIP suite at the 2026 World Cup. Her Hermès Birkin 30, on the other hand, was the perfect pick for an Italian yacht excursion with one of fashion's most glamorous design figures. (Either way, it would impress fellow Hermès collector, Norway Team's star Erling Haaland.)

Since joining her purse collection in May 2023, the Birkin has become somewhat of a mascot at major sports events. Adele has worn the leather top-handle tote with gold hardware to Los Angeles Lakers games and a UEFA Euro match.

The New York Knicks had Jordyn Woods's "lucky" orange bag. Maybe Team England could claim Adele's Hermès Birkin? It landed England in the UEFA Euro 2024 semifinals; who's to say it couldn't help now? (It better have some magical properties with that $33,000 price tag on the secondhand market.)

With the next World Cup game fast approaching, now is not the time to test the theory. Plus, the "Hello" singer already proved she can elevate a sports jersey with ease. Send Adele and her good luck charm to the England match on Wednesday, July 15. If she isn't attending already, that is.

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During this weekend's Formula 1 British Grand Prix, celebrities were only allowed to style open-toe shoe trends in certain areas. The rules didn't apply to Adele's pit garage visit on July 5, however. Even the most strict F1 regulators couldn't say no to her cult-collected flip-flops from The Row.

This weekend, the British Grand Prix gave Adele a very important role: wish the drivers "good luck" seconds before they put the pedal to the metal. Her pre-race appearance also endorsed summer 2026's leading It girl trends: graphic tees and The Row flip-flops.

Instead of giving Jennifer Lawrence's Dune Sandals or Kendall Jenner's City Thongs the Formula 1 spotlight, the Grammy winner chose the lesser-known (but equally high-end) Beach Flip-Flops. Black leather soles, V-shaped rubber straps, and an over-$800 price tag made them almost identical to the brand's beloved City Flip-Flops. They also struggle to stay in stock, but fans of the Olsen twin-led label know that's nothing new.

Hailey Bieber, Kendall Jenner, Dua Lipa, and Zendaya could elevate The Row flip-flops in their sleep. But Adele decided to mach the It shoes' easy-breezy energy with a graphic T-shirt. (That's also one of Jennifer Lawrence's favorite ways to wear The Row thongs.) She cheered for last year's British Grand Prix champion, Lando Norris, with a top from the recent Reiss x McLaren collaboration. The $125, oversize short-sleeve was perfectly proportioned to hide the waistband of her black, wide-leg trousers.

From there, Adele's paddock outfit shifted into luxury high gear with Cartier's Panthère De Cartier Watch. You may recognize its chainlink, yellow gold band or square-shaped face from Taylor Swift, Olivia Dean, or Dua Lipa's timepiece collections. The same watch also joined Adele on a tour of the McLaren Technology Centre last weekend. To finish, the "Hello" singer shielded her eyes with oversize Bottega Veneta aviator sunglasses.

Adele's Beach Flip-Flops may be underrated right now, but they zoomed between celebrity closets a few years ago. Kylie Jenner brought them to Rome; they joined Elle Fanning's 2023 Cannes Film Festival luggage; and they became Sofia Richie Grainge's signature pregnancy shoe. Adele's exact slides aren't widely available anymore, but thankfully, the VIP-approved City Flip-Flops are close cousins.

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I did a double-take when Adele rejoined L.A.'s street style scene on March 23. Seeing her out and about was shocking enough, but Adele in spring denim? Now, that's about as rare as the Grammy-winning singer missing a note: I don't remember the last time it happened.

Adele ended her month-long hiatus from the public eye at a Beverly Hills dinner with her son, dressed in the most un-Adele bottoms. Of course she kept a low-profile, but bringing back a winter jeans trend for spring blew her cover.

On top, Adele kept it cool in a black T-shirt and a classic take on the collarless coat revival. Her no-fuss finds continued in the denim department: She chose tapered barrel jeans in a celebrity-beloved indigo wash. The mid-rise pair hugged her waist, before curving out through the thighs, and narrowing at the ankle-length hems. If they were traditional wide-leg jeans—and flared out at the end—Adele's Mary Janes from The Row would've been trickier to ID.

This sub-genre of wide-leg jeans peaked three springs ago. But thanks to celebrities, barrels are no longer a trend but a fixture of the decade's fashion. This time last year, everyone from Gigi Hadid and Kendall Jenner proved they haven't gone anywhere. So, it's only right that barrels are returning for spring 2026, too.

In a slim world of cigarette and stovepipe styles, curved barrel-looking jeans persisted on Spring 2026 runways from Victoria Beckham, Viktor & Rolf, Collina Strada, Nili Lotan, and more. If that wasn't enough pro-barrel evidence, Blackpink's Lisa, Sophie Turner, and now, Adele have proven it's the denim underdog to watch this season.

If any silhouette could influence Adele to wear jeans more often, it's the barrel-leg trend. Plus, she already knows it can complement her neutral basics, no problem. Whether or not 2026 becomes the year Adele says "Hello" to consistent denim-clad looks, her spring outfit is worth shopping below.

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Adele and Jennifer Lawrence have the kind of close-knit friendship that manifests even in their personal style. They share a red carpet stylist (Jamie Mizrahi) and a philosophy on sneaker trends. When they find one they love, they wear it into the ground. Lawrence has lately shown three pairs equal love: the Adidas Tokyo, the Adidas Taekwondo, and the Nike V2K Run. For Adele, only New Balance 530 sneakers are worthy of her rare street style appearances—until she decided to flip her own script with a new shoe trend.

Most times that Adele sits courtside with her fiancé, Rich Paul, she's laced up in a beige-on-white pair of New Balance 530s. It's a chunky sneaker that Elsa Hosk, Millie Bobby Brown, and Shay Mitchell wear for laps around New York and Los Angeles. Miu Miu also deemed the former running shoe worthy of a runway glow-up in a recent collaboration. Adele's preferred version balances her stable of neutral knitwear and '80s-inspired gold jewelry; her sneakers are the only sporty element in her game-night looks.

Everything changed for Adele's surprise appearance at the April 19 match-up between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Minnesota Timberwolves. Adele sat beside Rich Paul in a gray button-up shirt and matching pants, with a camel wool coat tossed over her lap. A stack of gold bangles jostled on her wrist; her custom, pear-shaped diamond engagement ring sparkled under the Crypto.com Arena lights. Where her New Balance sneakers used to be, however, Adele had swapped in a pair of white glove ballet flats.

White ballet flats are an elegant, understated shoe trend that hasn't yet taken over Los Angeles. Balletic takes by Mansur Gavriel and Vivaia are frequent fliers in Gigi and Bella Hadid's closets. Katie Holmes slips on pairs for her errand runs around lower Manhattan, and she passes everyday shoppers in similar shoes constantly. They're an antidote to classic black ballet flats and a dainty step away from white sneakers—same palette, entirely different vibe.

Adele's exact flats hadn't been revealed by the singer or her stylist at press time. From afar, I could pick out a few close-replicas at labels from Vince to St. Agni. And, I could sense that Adele won't journey too far from her beloved New Balances—they're too comfortable to give up forever, even in the name of a sleek flat. Plus, they also have a must-wear vote from—who else?—her closest friend, Jennifer Lawrence.

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Adele famously loves a good theme. Her Titanic-inspired birthday party proved this beyond the shadow of a doubt back in 2018. But if you weren't convinced of her commitment to the bit then, you will be after catching sight of her pre-Valentine's Day outfit.

On Feb. 12, the "Hello" singer went on an early date with her sports agent fiancé Rich Paul in an ensemble that tied perfectly into the holiday's visual hallmarks. It starts with a belted black trench coat layered over a crisp white button-down with uncuffed sleeves—simple wardrobe staples that become more than the sum of their parts when worn together. To that classic combo, the hitmaker then added a pair of pinstripe pants. Although Adele didn't attend New York Fashion Week, she clearly got Hailey Bieber's memo about the runway pinstripe trend that emerged at shows like Prabal Gurung, TWP, Carolina Herrera, and Brandon Maxwell. Needless to say, the nostalgic '80s style agenda will be sticking around for a while longer.

Still, it wouldn't be an Adele look without a cheeky, deeply on-the-nose detail or two. The WAG-coded French manicure she wore to a basketball game the other day is a perfect example. Here, you'll have to look closely to spot the nod, but the chart-topper appears to be wearing not one but two heart-shaped accessories. The first is Alaïa's iconic Le Coeur crossbody bag, worn in black as a clutch. The second is yet another Alaïa creation: a clear PVC mule with a black patent heart-shaped toe cap. Truly, there could be no better time to test-drive the naked shoe trend than Valentine's Day.

Adele and Rich Paul have been together since 2021, but in many ways it feels like their relationship is still very new. Frankly, over the last two years, we haven't seen the British songstress do much of anything except perform weekly for her marathon residencies in Las Vegas and Munich. So it's very gratifying to see the Grammy winner reclaiming her time with a series of stylish date nights. Isn't love grand?

On Oct. 26, Adele glided back onstage at the Colosseum Theater at Caesars Palace to resume her Weekends With Adele residency in front of a sold-out crowd. The Grammy- and Oscar-winning artist appeared in a custom Gaurav Gupta Couture gown with the same aura as her most belt-worthy power ballads. Inspired by a piece from the designer's Spring 2024 couture collection, her midnight-black dress featured a sculptural, asymmetric, off-the-shoulder drape that extended into a full skirt and a dramatic train.

Adele's look—named the "Cosmic Black Saturn Orbit Gown"—was crafted by five artisans over 93 hours. A trellis of darkly glittering embellishments, snaking from the structural bodice down the skirt, is comprised of 2,880 hand-set crystals. All those stats are overshadowed by one more important number. This Weekends With Adele gown marks the first time she's ever been dressed by an Indian designer—both for her Las Vegas residency and for a major appearance, period.

In a red carpet and concert tour economy dominated by luxury labels based in Paris, Milan, and London, Adele's choice to perform in Gaurav Gupta is a significant one. (She also tends to wear labels like Burberry and Louis Vuitton.) By sweeping onstage in her custom-creation—born from a collaboration between Gupta and her stylist, Jamie Mizrahi—the "21" singer is introducing a new audience to an entire lens on couture fashion.

"To see [Adele] embodying a piece rooted in Indian couture for the first time feels like a bridge between worlds," Gupta tells Marie Claire. "Being part of this full-circle iconic and sensational moment was beyond gratifying, a testament to how fashion can be woven into unforgettable experiences."

The dress marries Adele's on-stage signatures—an Old Hollywood palette and over-the-top volume—with Gupta specialities, including the wing-like sculpted shoulder detailing and the meticulously-placed beads. All in all, it's "inspired by the ethereal power of her voice, presence, and grace," the designer says.

Adele would wear her gown two times in a row: First for Weekends With Adele's return grand opening, then the following night with Céline Dion in the audience. Videos of the two powerhouses connecting mid-performance, with hugs, hand-holding, and a few tears, quickly went viral after the Oct. 27 show. The Colosseum Theater was originally built in 2003 for Dion's first Las Vegas residency; her presence at the show, as she battles a health condition impacting her ability to perform, was a literal and figurative passing of the baton.

A designer couldn't dream up a more poignant moment for their custom couture to make its debut. "Creating this gown for Adele was not only a personal honor, but became so much more when she wore it during such a significant moment," Gupta says. It's style history made twice over.

I don't think Adele would contradict me when I say we collectively witnessed the single best moment of her life this past weekend.

The English singer spotted her Canadian counterpart Céline Dion in the audience during her Las Vegas residency show over the weekend. Flushed and crying, she rushed towards Dion, warmly embracing her. The "I'm Alive" singer cupped her face, Adele returned the gesture, Dion kissed Adele's hands, and the "Hello" performer's shoulders bobbed up and down as she wept.

In footage of the interaction that's been widely circulated on social media since it happened, someone's voice can be heard repeatedly yelling, "Oh my God," as they witnessed the once-in-a-lifetime moment.

"This truly felt like she was proudly handing the keys to Adele," a concertgoer named Nasser told BBC News after the fact. "And when Adele gave her that hug, everyone felt what they felt."

Once Adele was back on stage, she referred to Dion as "one of my favorite people of all time."

The baton-passing of it all is all the more relevant because the venue Adele has been performing at for her residency, the Colosseum Theater at Caesar's Palace, was originally created for Dion herself, as she embarked on her own Vegas residency circa 2003, per BBC News.

The two women have also shared a career-defining moment for Adele in the past, as Dion was the one to present the younger woman with the Grammy for Song Of The Year in 2017.

And for additional, bizarre proof that Dion has been an inspiration for Adele for many years, the popstar once revealed to Vogue that she keeps a piece of Dion's gum framed as a memento, so there's that!

Adele's Vegas residency, Weekends With Adele, began in November 2022, and there are only eight shows left to go—with the singer previously confirming she's going to be taking a well-deserved break from music after that.

Adele may be British, but she's shown a clear allegiance to Team USA at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

On August 3, Adele was performing at the Messe München venue in Munich, when she paused the show for a very important reason. Expressing her excitement about the women's 100m final, Adele told the crowd (via Us Weekly), "I want Sha’Carri Richardson to win, fingers crossed but whoever wins, that’s amazing."

Audience members at Adele's concert watched the race on the venue's big screen, in what must have been a surprising and exhilarating moment for the crowd. Richardson came second in the race, securing the silver medal for Team USA. Meanwhile, Julien Alfred of St. Lucia came first, winning gold.

Adele also took the opportunity to express her admiration for Team USA Olympian Simone Biles, who won one silver and three gold medals in Paris. The "Hello" singer also mentioned the gymnast's Netflix documentary Simone Biles Rising, saying, "I thought it was absolutely amazing." She continued, "And it really is proof that sometimes if you pay attention and look after your mental health it does make you stronger and not weaker." Adele also said of Biles, "Very, very proud of her."

Adele fans are likely hoping for a follow-up to the Oscar-winner's 2021 album 30. However, the "Someone Like You" has no intention of rushing out new music just yet. In an interview with German broadcaster ZDF, Adele shared her intention to step back from music following her latest round of performances.

"I don’t have any plans for new music at all," she told ZDF (via The Hollywood Reporter). "I want a big break after all this and I think I want to do other creative things just for a little while." She continued, "You know, I don’t even sing at home at all. How strange is that?" After a hectic schedule performing in her Las Vegas residency, before moving the concert to Munich, Germany, Adele is probably exhausted, and deserves some serious rest and relaxation.

Hello from the outside of Adele's Munich concert series. The multi-platinum artist is performing ten back-to-back, sold-out shows at a stage temporarily re-named "Adele Arena" and bringing her bombshell fashion with her.

For the opening night of her residency abroad, Adele wore a tailored navy gown with the same dramatic ebb and flow of her power ballads. Most likely coordinated by her longtime stylist, Jamie Mizrahi, the dress had a stately bateau neckline and long sleeves set over a fitted, belted bodice. From there, the gown extended into a floor-length fitted skirt—plus a lengthy train that fanned out behind her.

Up close, the dress included a hidden skirt detail: Beneath the elongated train, flashes of pink satin contrasted the night sky purple-blue of her gown. The singer held up her skirt to reveal the colorfully juxtaposing layer while belting through hits like "Chasing Pavements" and "Rumor Has It" to a crowd of more than 80,000, per reports by Consequence Sound.

Adele and Jamie Mizrahi, who is also styling Meghan Markle and Jennifer Lawrence, approach onstage outfits with glamour as the number one priority. For performances throughout 2022 and 2023, including her Las Vegas residency and a takeover of London's Hyde Park, the Grammy-winner often wore voluminous ballgowns by the likes of Schiaparelli and Louis Vuitton. Sometimes, the duo also consulted contemporary labels: Adele ended her Vegas residency in a custom gown by La Ligne, a brand usually known for its striped sweaters and denim.

At press time, Adele and her team had not yet shared the designer behind the first dress of her Munich residency.

On a brief hiatus between her Las Vegas shows and her Germany takeover, Adele has leaned into big, bold silhouettes. Courtside with boyfriend Rich Paul for a Team USA exhibition basketball game, she paired an extra-oversize orange coat with the celebrity-favorite heel trend of the summer: pointed slingbacks. Adele has also shown her love for the '80s jewelry trend, in a pair of exaggeratedly large gold earrings fit for a Dynasty cast member.

Her appreciation for over-the-top jewelry also made its way abroad: her navy gown for the first Munich show was paired with silver hoop earrings that skimmed her shoulders.

By night ten of the Munich residency, Adele will likely have debuted a range of gowns with princess proportions. They're the only choice for commanding a stage named in her honor. Just don't expect new music: the artist is reportedly looking forward to a "big break" in the near future.

Adele has been known to take long stretches between albums—for example, there were six years between her last two albums, 2015’s 25 and 2021’s 30—so fans are used to waiting ample time between new music offerings. And that line of thinking doesn’t seem to be changing, as the singer revealed that, after her residencies in Las Vegas and Munich end this year, she’s taking a “big break” and has no plans for new music, per The Hollywood Reporter.

Ahead of her multi-day residency in Munich, Adele told German broadcaster ZDF, when asked if there’d be a follow up to 30 anytime soon that her “tank is quite empty” after performing so much, “an emotional experience that, while profound, has depleted her energy,” The Hollywood Reporter writes. 

In Adele’s own words, “I don’t have any plans for new music at all,” she said. “I want a big break after all this, and I think I want to do other creative things, just for a little while.”

Driving home her point that she’s burned out, she added “You know, I don’t even sing at home at all. How strange is that?”

The Grammy-winning artist is so famous that Munich crafted a pop-up stadium just for the purpose of her 10-performance residency, which takes place throughout August. Adele announced the residency on Instagram back in January, writing at the time “I was too curious not to follow up and indulge in this idea.” But fame is something Adele largely loathes, she said, telling ZDF “I don’t like being famous. I love making music and that people are receptive to it and like it—but the fame side of it I absolutely hate, and I miss everything about who I was [before becoming a celebrity].” 

She has become one of the most celebrated singers globally, and kicked off her Las Vegas residency, “Weekends with Adele,” back in 2022 at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace—and has performed more than 100 shows in Vegas since, per Deadline. News that new music wasn’t coming anytime soon shouldn’t shock fans, and not just because there are typically long breaks between albums. Adele said herself, while onstage at one of her residency shows in January, that she didn’t think she would “write an album for quite some time.”

After her Munich mini-residency, she’ll return to Vegas for the final 10 dates of “Weekends with Adele,” which concludes November 23, Bustle reports. “The residency, these shows have changed my life,” she wrote on Instagram in October of last year. “I desperately needed to fall back in love with performing live again, and I have. I needed to reconnect with my songs and remember what they mean to me, and I have!” 

As to the aforementioned “other creative things” Adele could undertake during her “big break,” acting might be one of them. In December, she told The Hollywood Reporter that she was interested in making her acting debut, but admitted the movie she wants to make hasn’t come together yet: “There is one movie I want to do, but the guy whose movie it would be, he’s not mentally ready to write the script for it,” she said. “I bug him every now and then about it, but he’s just not there yet. But that’s the only role I ever want. Because I think I’d nail it. I think I’d do really, really, really good at it.”

There’s probably nothing Adele can’t do, in all honesty. But for now? Now is the time for rest and renewal, and much deserved time, at that.

If there's anyone who knows WAG fashion inside and out, it's Adele. The singer, who's currently dating NBA sports agent Rich Paul, is often seen glammed up court side—and in her latest sighting at the UEFA Championships in Dortmund, Germany, she used her game day appearance to back a resurgent '80s jewelry trend.

On Wednesday, July 10, Adele was photographed at the German soccer stadium to watch England battle and win against the Netherlands in the tournament's semi-finals. The singer was seen in the crowd cheering on the Spurs, wearing a plain white T-shirt tucked underneath a slightly oversized black blazer.

The rest of her outfit couldn't be seen from the waist up, given all the fans crowded around her. However, what stood out from Adele's Euros fit from the evening was her choice in accessories: a pair of chunky gold-plated YSSO earrings fit for a Dynasty castmember. The Greek brand's Clos set is priced at $590 and features a hand-carved, knot-inspired design.

Adele isn't new to zhuzhing herself up for sporting events, as evidenced by her experience sitting on the sideline at basketball games in Los Angeles. But this time around, the musician sprinkled much of her Tottenham girl roots into her "football" glam. For the occasion, she wore a neutral matte lip and bold winged eyeliner, and her long nails were polished with summer's biggest nail trend: the elevated French manicure.

The "Easy on Me" singer might've looked Victoria Beckham-posh on the outside, but she proves she's a die-hard Spurs fan after a video of her shouting "Shut up!" to Dutch fans went viral.

Adele's statement earring moment lands right on the trend. '80s-inspired oversized gold jewelry pieces, especially earrings, have been all the rave amongst A-listers recently.

See Bella Hadid as an example: During the 2024 Cannes Film Festival in May, the supermodel was photographed leaving her hotel in a stunning white Jacquemus T-shirt dress. She accessorized the backless gown with matching white sandals, black sunglasses, gold wrap cuff bracelets, and chunky square-shaped earrings.

Fashion has a habit of reviving the old and bringing it back on today's style radar. While most of today's jewelry trends—earrings and even belly button piercings—are cashing in on the minimalism wave, there's a rising demand for bold and excessive pieces, hence the '80s-inspired chunky earrings. The reemerging vintage-esque trend comes in tandem with the rise of throwback aesthetics like "old money" and "mob wife"—think oversized, sharp geometric shapes, and lots of knottings. What makes this trend a celebrity favorite—as seen on stars like Kendall Jenner and Hailey Bieber—is that it requires very little effort, styling-wise. The bigger the earring, the bolder the statement.

Ahead, shop '80s-inspired chunky gold earrings inspired by Adele’s soccer outfit.

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Adele will not stand for intolerance.

The British singer made this absolutely crystal-clear during a concert as part of her Las Vegas residency on Saturday, June 1—i.e. the first day of Pride month.

When she heard an audience member heckle her with something that sounded like "Pride sucks," Adele had zero interest in sparing their feelings.

"Did you come to my f***ing show and just say that Pride sucks? Are you f***ing stupid?" she yelled back, as seen in a fan video shared on Pop Base. "Don't be so f***ing ridiculous. If you have nothing nice to say, shut up, alright?"

In the video, concertgoers could be heard cheering and whooping, and saying things like "period!" to show their support for Adele's strong message.

After the clip was shared on X, fans added their support to the resounding chorus.

"imagine ADELE saying this to you oh i would just disappear," observed one person.

"And that’s why she’s mother," commented another.

"I love Adele for this! Why do people love to say cruel things like this? It’s so uncalled for and disgusting," said someone else.

The "When We Were Young" singer has long been an outspoken LGBTQ+ ally. For example, in 2016, she dedicated her show in Antwerp to the victims of the tragic shooting at Pulse nightclub in Orlando, and held up a rainbow flag on stage to honor them.

And in 2015, she told Time about her son Angelo, then about three years old, "I can’t wait to know who his best friends are going to be, who his girlfriend or his boyfriend is going to be or what movies he likes… Whatever my kid wants to do or be I will always support him no matter what."

According to PinkNews, she has also played a key role in many LGBTQ+ romances, engagements, and marriages over the years. So that's that! Happy Pride month, everybody.

Secret's out: Adele is a Sabrina Carpenter stan.

During a recent Weekends With Adele show in Las Vegas, the British superstar told the audience, "As I got into bed last night—because that's a very late night to me, I'm normally in bed by 9 p.m.—I found myself singing, 'I'm working lateee, 'cause I'm a singerrr.' That Sabrina Carpenter song. 'I can't relateee, to desperationnn...' That song is my jam!"

This got back to Carpenter after the X account Pop Base posted about Adele's anecdote, and she reposted it, joking, "all i read was Adele thinks about me in bed <3"

Fans were obsessed with this interaction, with one person writing, "That’s that YOU Espresso!"

Someone else wrote, "u should make it the next nonsense outro"

Another fan added, "she's so real lmao"

While Carpenter, now 25, jokes around, all of this is sure to have made a huge impact on the singer, who at nine years old could be found posting Adele covers to YouTube.

Not too long after that, at the age of 12, she signed her first record deal. At 15, she got her big break on Disney Channel's Girl Meets World alongside Rowan Blanchard.

She has been steadily building up a faithful fanbase ever since, but the last year or so has been huge for the multi-hyphenate star.

Carpenter charmed a whole new swathe of music lovers as the opening act for much of Taylor Swift's Eras Tour, as well as with her irreverent sense of humor, her NSFW "Nonsense" outros, and finally with "Espresso," which became her first-ever top 10 song in April.

This absolute banger of a single afforded her the No. 1 spot on the U.K. charts earlier this month, and has peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard Top 100.

As 2023 comes to a close, and the 2000s fashion revival seems to be losing its steam, we can’t help but look forward to the next decade to dictate the trend. Our top pick? The ‘80s. Don't believe us? In recent weeks, Dakota Johnson wore an oversized ‘80s-esque blazer not once but twice. Our minimalist icon who doesn't shy away from a bold statement, Hailey Bieber, cosigned the era's return when she wore black stirrup leggings paired with a boxy blazer. ‘80s fashion isn’t just for street style: it's making red-carpet appearances, too. Look to Adele's latest look for instance. At The Hollywood Reporter’s Women in Entertainment Gala, Adele wore an ‘80s pinstripe power suit custom-made by Schiaparelli. The Grammy-awarded singer subverted the once Wall Street-coded ensemble to instead channel a chic, empowered energy.

A matching suit set will always look polished (see: Julia Robert’s go-to short suit), enough so that it requires little to no accessories or fluff to prove its particular je ne sais quoi. Adele's was particularly striking. Her suit featured a navy and white pinstripe double-breasted blazer—detailed with silver safety pins on the right lapel—and matching baggy trousers. She added gold earrings and paired the suit with chic white pointy pumps. The singer styled her golden blonde hair in a volumized side part and went with a soft, peachy makeup look.

Adele’s pinstripe suit is a similar creation to a look seen in Schiaparelli’s Spring / Summer 2024 collection, which saw Daniel Roseberry channel the house’s founder, Elisa Schiaparelli, through poised silhouettes and avant-garde motifs. This week, Zendaya also wore a look from the collection, leading us to believe that Schiaparelli couture will be incredibly covetable for upcoming red carpets.

At the gala, Adele received the Sherry Lansing Leadership Award, which honors innovators and philanthropists in media. The award was established to celebrate Sherry Lansing, the first woman to lead a Hollywood studio. While accepting her award, Adele praised Lansing: “You are the absolute epitome of what it is to open doors and, more importantly, leave them open." The singer shouted out fellow award-winner Kerry Washington, among other women in her life, during her speech. Adele reclaiming a suit once relegated to only men while accepting a women-first award feels exceptionally fitting.

Recently, Adele has been working with stylist Jamie Mizrai, who has been dressing the singer for her Vegas residency performances and other awards shows. Mizrai is also responsible for Jennifer Lawrence’s sleek fashion renaissance and works with celebrities like Riley Keough and Jeremy Allen White.

If Adele’s suit sparked some inspiration, the exact style from Schiaparelli isn’t out just yet, but we’ve added a similar one from Madewell below for you to shop.

Now, here’s something we’d love to see (and apparently Shania Twain would, too): a collaboration between the legendary country singer and Adele, which Twain told The Sun she would be excited to see happen. “I would love to sing with her,” she told the outlet. “I think we would blend beautifully together. Obviously, that would be amazing.”

Twain—who People reports attended Adele’s Weekends with Adele Las Vegas residency last November—said she loves Adele because “she’s a great singer and has her own style that is unique. She a character onstage, too. She’s a fabulous performer. She’s so funny. I like her a lot.” 

Unlike most of us who love Adele, Twain has actually met Adele, which she did at the Grammys this past February. “I was able to chat with her then,” Twain said. “She was seated nearby and having a great time. We chatted about when I was in her audience, and I really loved the show. It was such a beautiful show.”

Thankfully for Twain, Adele reciprocates the affection. Although she didn’t notice that Twain was in the crowd during her November 2022 show, afterwards Adele shared a photo to her Instagram Story of Twain in the audience and wrote “Thank God you had a hat on @shaniatwain. I would have self-combusted had I seen it was you. I adore you, I can’t believe you came to my show.”

Twain will actually soon have a Vegas residency of her own, “Come on Over,” set to launch in May 2024 at the Bakkt Theater at Planet Hollywood. The 24-date show marks her third residency—she played at the Bakkt Theater from 2019 to 2022 for her “Let’s Go” show, and from 2012 to 2014, her “Still the One” residency was at Caesars Palace. Twain said her next residency will be “reminiscent” of “Let’s Go,” but will take it to the next level.

“I’m going to be playing around with the fashion more in the ‘Come on Over’ residency because I’ve really discovered the joy of creating my styling myself,” she said. “I’ve always collaborated, but this is a whole other level. I’m going to be doing more of that at the ‘Come on Over’ residency. I’m always learning, but I am enjoying the maturity of having the confidence in my decision making. I’m enjoying the confidence that experience has given me now, and it just gives me a lot of room to play, and it gives me a lot of room to be spontaneous. I’ve got more confidence in being spontaneous and trying new things, as well.”

Including, perhaps, a duet with Adele!

Adele will be in attendance at Beyoncé’s final Los Angeles Renaissance World Tour show tomorrow, and, like so many of the rest of us, she scrambled to find a silver outfit to honor Queen Bey’s request that all attendees wear silver to shows during Virgo season from August 23 to September 22. Honoring Beyoncé’s birthday wish is especially important at tomorrow’s show, as September 4 marks Bey’s forty-second birthday.

“I’m gonna go see Beyoncé on Monday [and] I’m very excited,” Adele said during her Las Vegas concert last night, per Us Weekly. “You know, I like to get dressed up every weekend [for my residency] and obviously this is her birthday show, so I was like, ‘I’m not going in silver, like, I love my girl, but I ain’t wearing silver … I don’t even own silver, alright?”

Adele further explained that she was originally planning on wearing a “black tracksuit” or a “sweatsuit,” until she changed her mind a few days ago. “I was awake ‘til 3 a.m. the other night on Amazon buying, like, glitter ball clothes,” she said. “You know, she asked everyone to dress up, so I’m gonna look really cheap [and] like a disco ball! It’s all from Amazon and it’s arriving over the weekend while I’m here, so God knows what I’m gonna look like.”

Adele performs her “Weekends with Adele” Las Vegas residency on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays, and pointed out one concertgoer was making her rethink her aversion to wearing the color silver: “I said I didn’t like it [but] I absolutely love it [on you],” she told the fan. “I do like that [you’re wearing] though. The arms are great!”

Even Adele knows she must honor the wishes of the queen on her birthday—respect.

Adele is, thankfully, okay and resting her back after a flare-up of the spinal condition sciatica caused the singer to collapse backstage at her Las Vegas residency, “Weekends with Adele,” at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace. After she fell, she was unable to move, she told fans.

Sciatica, per People, “is caused by pain radiating from the sciatic nerve, causing extreme discomfort and pain in the legs and lower back.” 

Adele told the crowd that “They picked my whole body up off the floor,” The Sun reports. “I am going to sit down and rest my sciatica.”

This isn’t the first time Adele has gotten candid with fans about health issues that have impacted her ability to move onstage. While performing on New Year’s Eve, People reports, “she hobbled across the stage, telling fans she suffers from chronic back pain and sciatica,” the outlet writes. 

“I have to waddle these days, as I have really bad sciatica,” she said at the time. She later elaborated, sharing that she was performing with a disintegrated disc in her spine. “Is anyone else kind of my age starting getting bad knees?” she asked in February. “I have got really bad sciatica in my left leg and my L5 disc is not f—ing there anymore. It’s worn away.” The nerves on the L5 vertebra provide sensation to the outer side of your lower leg, the upper part of your foot, and the space between your first and second toe; a compressed L5 vertebrae nerve leads to sciatica, which can cause physical pain, numbness, and weakness.

In September 2022, Adele told Elle that she “slipped her L6 in January 2021, when [son] Angelo jumped out to scare her as she came out of the bathroom.” But, as she revealed in another interview from November 2021, her back issues go back to her teens: “I slipped my first disc when I was 15 from sneezing,” she said. “I was in bed, and I sneezed, and my fifth one flew out. In January, I slipped my sixth one, my L6. And then where I had a C-section, my core was useless.” She said she had “been in pain” with her back for around half of her life, and it would “flare up” when she was stressed or sitting with bad posture—but this changed when she started regularly working out, she said.

“Where I got my tummy strong, down at the bottom, which I never had before, my back don’t play up as much,” Adele said. “It means I can do more, I can run around with my kid a little bit more.”

Adele wrote the song "My Little Love" for her son Angelo, with heartbreaking lyrics interspersed with conversations in which she attempted to explain his parents' divorce to him.

Although the song is incredibly touching, Adele has anticipated that Angelo might not always be the biggest fan of it in the future. "He'll probably go through stages of hating it when he's a teenager," she told q with Tom Power (via People). "But it was an important part of the puzzle I was trying to figure out of my life—not the album—so I had to include it."

The conversations featured on the track were Adele's way "to be clear with him and just be honest with him" about how lost she was feeling.

"Imagine hearing that as a 6-year-old. 'What do you mean you don't know what you're doing?' You panic, and your whole world would implode," she quipped. "I couldn't hide from him. He could see me even clearer if I tried to hide from him."

But even though she knows Angelo might not always love the song, Adele says creating "My Little Love" was necessary for her to heal. "It sorted out some of the clutter that was going on in my ability to talk about how I was feeling," she explained.

Adele's highly anticipated new album 30 was released on Nov. 19 and has basically had the whole world in sobs ever since. Many of the songs on the album center around Adele's divorce from Konecki, which the star has been incredibly candid about in the past few weeks.

Adele and her father, Mark Evans, were estranged for most of the singer's life. Evans left Adele's mom when their daughter was a toddler, and the star suffered greatly as a result.

Speaking to Oprah Winfrey as part of the Adele: One Night Only special, which aired on Nov. 14 on CBS, Adele said her father's "absolute lack of presence and effort" was her "biggest wound" from childhood (via BBC).

Heartbreakingly, Adele credits this wounded relationship with her difficulty in romantic relationships over the years. "I had absolutely zero expectations of anybody, because I learned not to have them through my dad," she told Winfrey. "He was the reason I haven't fully accessed what it is to be in a loving, loving relationship with somebody."

Evans' behavior towards Adele also influenced her ideas of marriage, love and family, and explains why the idea of divorcing felt like such a failure for the singer. "I've been obsessed with a nuclear family my whole life because I never came from one," she said."From a very young age [I] promised myself that, when I had kids, we'd stay together. And I tried for a really, really long time."

But the singer realized she wasn't happy in her marriage to Simon Konecki, with whom she shares son Angelo, and it eventually became clear that they needed to separate, however painful that would be. "I take marriage very seriously... and it seems like I don't now," she said. "Almost like I disrespected it by getting married and then divorced so quickly. I'm embarrassed because it was so quick." The divorce was finalized in 2021, but Adele and Konecki had separated in 2018—the year they got married.

Happily, Adele was able to bridge some gaps in her relationship to her father in the last three years before his death earlier in 2021. He even got to listen to her new album over video chat. "His favorites were all of my favorites, which was amazing, and he was proud of me for doing it," she said. "So it was it was very, very healing [and] when he died, it was literally like the wound closed up."

Adele has been a source of nonstop joy in the past few weeks as she released new music, got incredibly vulnerable in various interviews, and adorably tried her hand at Instagram Live. But life for the megastar was definitely not easy in the months surrounding her divorce from ex Simon Konecki, with whom she shares son Angelo.

When the news that she and Konecki were separated became public knowledge in 2019, Adele wasn't prepared for the fan reaction, which was to immediately hope that her heartbreak would inspire new Adele-like music.

"During something like that, that kind of significant thing to happen in life, your mind sort of goes to those places: 'Why don’t they like me? Why would they write that if they’ve followed me for 10 years?'" she says in a new Rolling Stone cover story. "But in reality, that’s not their responsibility. In reality, their responsibility as a fan is to want a good record and to hope I deliver. So I took it with a pinch of salt, and it was fine."

Adele and Konecki are actually still great friends, and he apparently sent her memes during her interview with Rolling Stone, but the singer had known for a while that their marriage wasn't what she wanted it to be. "I didn’t really know myself," she said. "I thought I did. I don’t know if it was because of my Saturn return or if it was because I was well and truly sort of heading into my thirties, but I just didn’t like who I was."

But admitting to the world that her marriage had broken down was devastating for the star. "Then having so many people that I don’t know know that I didn’t make that work … it fucking devastated me," she told Rolling Stone. "I was embarrassed. No one made me feel embarrassed, but you feel like you didn’t do a good job."

But after a difficult period, Adele began to feel like herself again. In her new chapter, she also began to date sports agent Rich Paul, with whom she has the most "incredible, openhearted, and easiest" relationship. But, crucially, Adele has also found self-love. "I’m not frightened of loneliness anymore," she concludes.

If you're feeling burnt out, down, or stressed about life in general, never underestimate the power of a great sad song. Sure, it may feel counterintuitive, but some of the best slow, emotional tracks allow us to acknowledge our feelings—a painful but necessary step in the right direction. Here are 41 of them to listen to as you stare plaintively out of a bus/car/train/home office window.

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"16 Carriages" by Beyoncé

Beyoncé went country in 2024, tapping into her Texas upbringing and leaning into the genre’s expert storytelling on her record Cowboy Carter. The opening track explores a loss of innocence at a young age, diving into how frightening that can be and how much resilience it takes. With the amount of emotion relayed by her soulful delivery, she makes evident how spending nearly her life in the spotlight has been a dream come true, but comes at a cost. The compelling rootsy instrumentation that crescendos at the song’s end only adds to its emotionality

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"20 Something" - SZA

Is there anything scarier than being in your 20s? We don’t think so, and SZA doesn’t either. As she says to all 20somethings out there, good luck and god bless.

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"Appointments" - Julien Baker

So beautiful, so emotional, you'll find yourself welling up (at the very least). It's Julien Baker, after all.

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"Asleep" - The Smiths

The Smiths’ “Asleep” is a lullaby—but it’ll bring you to tears, not to sleep. “Sing me to sleep / I don't want to wake up on my own anymore,” Morissey sings, lamenting about loneliness, how the weight of the world can be too much sometimes, and suicidal ideation. The song’s narrator greatly expresses a loss of hope, and resolves that the only solution for pain is through death, expressing, “There is another world / There is a better world / Well, there must be,” before repeating, “Bye,” in the final verses. It’s extremely solemn but a song that has touched many Smiths fans; its reach is even depicted in the book/film The Perks of Being a Wallflower, as it's the main character Charlie’s favorite song.

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"Bad Religion" - Frank Ocean

"It's a bad religion to be in love with someone who could never love you." You really feel for Frank Ocean as he sings about struggling with his sexuality, though the sense of impossibility is much more pervasive than that.

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"Beyond" - Leon Bridges

This song is so sweet. The music video is so sweet. Leon Bridges is so sweet. Just everything about this song is so sweet. "Beyond" is about dating someone and feeling that emotion of knowing that it's beyond any other feeling you have felt for someone before.

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"Blackberry Stone" - Laura Marling

"I'd be sad that I never held your hand as you were lowered / But I'd understand that I'd never let it go." This song cuts to the chase quickly, but you'll enjoy it as you bleed out.

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"Call Your Mom" - Noah Kahan

A song about being there for a loved one struggling with mental health issues, “Call Your Mom” is a reminder of the importance of reaching out, and as Noah puts it, “All lights turned off can be turned on.”

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"cowboy like me" - Taylor Swift 

Countless Taylor Swift songs can bring a range of emotions, from tearing up to sobbing. If we had to pick just one for when you're trying to unwind from a draining week and are not in the mood to do anything, "Cowboy Like Me" is perfect bubble bath music.

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"Dreaming of You" - Selena Quintanilla

You're going to need several boxes of tissues for this one. The '90s mid-tempo jam is about longing for your beloved, but its heartbreak factor multiplies times a million when you realize that it was one of the last songs Selena recorded before her tragic passing in 1995.

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"Fourth of July" - Sufjan Stevens

This song off Sufjan Stevens’ acclaimed album Carrie & Lowell, largely about his mother’s death and her relationship with her second husband, details the final conversation the indie-folk musician had with his mom on her deathbed. Dying from stomach cancer, the two express immense love for one another, while Stevens imagines being able to resuscitate her. “Did you get enough love, my little dove? / Why do you cry?” Stevens repeats as his mother’s last words to him, speaking to how boundless the warmth of their relationship is.

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"From the Dining Table" - Harry Styles

This song is so intimate we almost feel guilty listening to it. "Why won't you ever say what you want to say? Even my phone misses your call, by the way." For a heart-shattering listen, we recommend using headphones.

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"hope is a dangerous thing for a woman like me to have, but i have it" - Lana Del Rey

You can't create a sad songs list without a Lana Del Rey song... or five. "Hope Is a Dangerous Thing for a Woman Like Me to Have" was one of the first singles from her album, Norman Fucking Rockwell—a heartbreakingly beautiful reminder that sometimes hope is all we have.

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"How to Disappear Completely" - Radiohead

This is a song so melancholy that you'll feel like you're an astronaut who's become untethered from the space station. The line most likely to make you say "same:" "I’m not here / This isn’t happening."

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"Hurt" - Nine Inch Nails

The true meaning behind this 1994 song has been disputed over the years, with its lyrics seemingly referring to self-harm, heroin addiction, and general feelings surrounding succumbing to sadness. Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor sings in almost a whisper and the track carries a haunting guitar before it devolves into fuzzed-out, dizzying guitars, essentially drowning out his pleas. The industrial rock instrumentation and production further feed into the narrator’s all-consuming pain, as if it can’t be managed. Years later in 2002, Johnny Cash released a cover of “Hurt,” transforming it into a sobering outlaw country song that many also love (and have mistaken as an original).

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"I Have Nothing" - Whitney Houston 

The third single from the hit film Bodyguard is right up there in the top five songs to sing at the top of your lungs in the shower. You won't be able to tell whether it's tears or water from the shower head cascading down your cheeks, but it doesn't really matter does it?

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"I'll Never Love Again" - Lady Gaga

Even if you didn't see the ultimate tearjerker A Star Is Born, you can infer the emotional complexities of the song from the title.

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"Landslide" - Fleetwood Mac 

"Landslide" never fails to make us think about how quickly life passes by while reminding us to appreciate every moment—even during the hard times.

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"Last Words of a Shooting Star" - Mitski

Many fans look to Mitski for her poetic lyricism about sadness and loneliness, finding solace in it, and that’s existed throughout her discography. “Last Words of a Shooting Star” is an early song from 2014’s Bury Me at Makeout Creek and an indie folk-rock ballad that imagines a narrator approaching the end of their life on a crashing plane, imagining how they’d like to be remembered. It’s wrapped up in heartbreaking complexities, though, because the narrator doesn’t even believe the things about themself that they’d like others to recognize, and wonders whether they lived to the fullest.

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"Liability" - Lorde

Say hello to the magnum opus of Lorde's second studio album, Melodrama. You feel her heart (and yours simultaneously) being ripped out in every single line. It makes you want to stick it to anybody who thought you were "too much" for them. Good cry guaranteed.

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"Lost Ones" - J.Cole

J.Cole is a skilled storyteller, and in "Lost Ones," he tells the story of a couple who is forced to confront their respective traumas when faced with a major hurdle in their relationship. Taking on the perspective of both the man and the woman in each verse, the song gradually gets sadder and sadder until you realize that you've been weeping for a full four minutes and 23 seconds.

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"My Heart Will Go On" - Céline Dion

"My Heart Will Go On" from the classic movie Titanic never fails to strike a chord, mainly because all we can think about is Rose letting go of Jack.

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"Nothing's Gonna Hurt You Baby" - Cigarettes After Sex

"Nothing's Gonna Hurt You Baby" is one of those songs that can transport you to somewhere else in an instant. We still can't decide if the song or the YouTube comment section of the video is more heartwarming.

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"Past Life" - Maggie Rogers

Maggie Rogers' "Past Life" is a far departure from some of her breakout hits like "Fallingwater" and "On + Off." It's a clear reflection of who she was, and who she's becoming—something we should all make room for every once in a while.

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"Punisher" - Phoebe Bridgers

When you need a moment to sit with your feelings, allow Phoebe Bridgers's incredibly soothing voice in "Punisher" to help you process your emotions.

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"Purple Rain" - Prince

Want to make everyone at karaoke cry? This epic ballad will do the trick. Between Prince's powerful guitar solo and the dreamy lyrics (which The Purple One so poetically described as the "end of the world and being with the one you love"), there won't be a dry eye in the house.

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"Re: Stacks" - Bon Iver

This sad, reflective song explores a love of running cold and having to sit with what was lost. It may sound very relaxing but it's also very emotional.

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"Righteous" - Juice WRLD

What makes this song incredibly sad isn't solely the fact that Juice WRLD is no longer with us, but that his lyrics alluded to his death. "Over ice, I'm freezing / Beautiful eyes, deceiving / We may die this evening / Coughing, wheezing, bleeding."

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"The River" - Joni Mitchell

This classic off the iconic album Blue isn’t a Christmas song, but it is set around Christmastime, and fully leans into how, no matter how spirited the holiday season is, it can make you feel a little bit down. That’s especially the case as Mitchell mines what led to a breakup, particularly looking inward at how one’s own shortcomings contributed. “I wish I had a river / I could skate away on,” she repeats—a sentiment that will freeze over and ring true in anyone with escapist tendencies’ memory.

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"Roman Candle" - Elliott Smith

Much of the late, great singer-songwriter and emo pioneer Elliott Smith’s discography is full of heartbreaking music. “Roman Candle” is among the most tragic, as the musician reflects on how his abusive stepfather mistreated him and his complicated feelings around wanting to “hurt him” and “give him pain.” Poetically, he equates himself to a Roman candle, a firework known for causing accidents, over a frantic, shakey guitar to relay how unstable he feels.

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"The Scientist" - Coldplay

We're officially drafting a petition to classify "Coldplay" as the Original Sad Song™ in the dictionary.

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"Slow Burn" - Kacey Musgraves

Golden Hour may have won four Grammys, but "Slow Burn" deserves 100 more—simply for every tear we've shed listening to it and allowing ourselves to process us emotions.

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"Somebody Else" - The 1975

"I don't want your body, but I hate to think about you with somebody else. Our love has gone cold. You're intertwining your soul with somebody else." A lyric like no other, for a sad-but-happy-sounding song like no other.

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"traitor" - Olivia Rodrigo 

If you're going through a heartbreak, Olivia Rodrigo's Sour is incredibly cathartic, but "traitor" especially hits if any emotional cheating was involved. Sending you love!

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"To Build a Home" - The Cinematic Orchestra

Cue the song that plays during every sad, devastating, emotional, or brutal moment in a movie. Nevertheless, it gets the job done.

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"Transatlanticism" - Death Cab for Cutie

The title track from indie rock icons Death Cab for Cutie’s breakout 2003 album equates the Atlantic Ocean to a long-distance relationship. Ben Gibbard’s lull about feeling further and further from his lover haunts, mirroring the everpresent loneliness that comes from being away from the one you love. “I need you so much closer,” he repeats before evolving into, “So come on”—which is sure to inspire tears, as it can be interpreted as desperation, disbelief, or hopefulness.

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"Try Sleeping With a Broken Heart" - Alicia Keys

More than 10 years after its release, this heartbreaking Alicia Keys song has rightfully earned its place on every sad girl™'s "songs to cry to" playlist.

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"we can’t be friends (wait for your love)" - Ariana Grande

This may be one of Ariana Grande’s hits of 2024 and a synth-pop bop at that, but lyrically, it’s a bittersweet breakup song that’ll make you sniffle. The pop superstar relays the fallout of a relationship (speculated to be her marriage to Dalton Gomez) and how ultimately they can’t remain friends, even though she wishes they could be. To add to the sadness here, the music video (like the title the song is off) is inspired by the 2004 film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, which imagines a couple going through a procedure to wipe their memories of one another.

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"when the party's over" - Billie Eilish 

When the party's over? More like when the crying sesh is over.

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"When We Were Young" - Adele

Adele has perfected the art of the sad song. "You still look like a movie / You still sound like a song / My God, this reminds me of when we were young." Excuse us while we wipe away a tear.

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"Wonderful Tonight" - Eric Clapton

Eric Clapton knew what he was doing when he wrote this song for '60s icon Pattie Boyd. "I feel wonderful because I see the love light in your eyes / And the wonder of it all is that you just don't realize how much I love you." Swoon.

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Hark! There's new important evidence that Adele is a mere mortal like the rest of us! Turns out a) she shops at H&M, and b) her credit card totally got declined there. In other words, Adele = everyone.

While performing at San Jose's SAP Center on July 31, the powerhouse singer took a break between ballads to tell everyone about her H&M struggles.

"I went to H&M and my card got declined. Oh my days, pretty embarrassing. Nobody knew it was me, but I was mortified."

Oh my days indeed.

Adele also regaled the audience with her love and adoration for Target, saying "They have everything! Literally I could spent $100 on something I do not need. I never need anything I buy at Target, but it's amazing."

This is like Beyoncé and Red Lobster all over again.

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Adele was moved to tears while dedicating her Antwerp concert to victims of the shooting at Pulse nightclub, all of whom were members of Orlando's LGBTQA community simply trying to enjoy themselves in a safe space. 

The powerhouse vocalist has a strong LGBTQA fan base who have supported her since day one, making this devastating hate crime all the more personal.

"I'd like to start tonight by dedicating this entire show to everybody in Orlando and Pulse nightclub," an emotional Adele told the crowd. "The LGBTQA community, they're like my soul mates since I was really young, so I'm really moved by it."

Adele encouraged fans to dance to the few upbeat songs she has on her roster, saying: "I have two songs that sound happy, but they're not, and if you'd like to dance, this is your final chance. Literally.… So if you'd like to dance, please join me now. Let's make some noise."

Now is definitely the time for mourning and solidarity, but honoring the Orlando shooting victims with a dance party also seems like a pretty great call. Our thoughts continue to be with the LGBTQA community at this devastating time. 🌈

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