Adele has finally returned to the spotlight after months out of the public eye, healing from surgery on her vocal chords following a vocal hemorrhage last year. And what better time to make that return than at the biggest music award ceremony on the calender, the 2012 Grammys. Not only performing tonight, the singer is also nominated for six Grammy awards, including the coveted album of the year for 21.
To mark this return, a noticeably thinner Adele, hit the hair salon, dyeing her hair a lighter shade of blonde, and giving her lion's mane quite a chop! The result was understated and effortlessly gorgeous. However, what we at Divadevotee are really interested in is how her first live performance 2012, and more importantly her voice, sounded on the night.
To show the world her voice is truly back and ready for business, Adele started her performance of Rolling in the Deep, a capella style! Stoic, soulful and resonant, her voice soared as if it had never been damaged. This was pretty much a faultless performance that cements the British singer's place as one of the best vocalists of this generation, not to mention one of the nicest and most down to Earth.
However, though the voice is back, I still hear her forcing the top notes, pulling her chest voice up into the throat to keep the power. It's not the best technique, and she needs to carry on working with a vocal coach to learn how to mix better. The result may be that she loses some resonance with the higher belts, but it'll ultimately give her voice a better chance of avoiding damage.
News just in via regular Diva devotite [look at me making up words] HannahGr:
"Adele just tied Beyonce for the most Grammys won by a female in one night. She won everyone she was nominated for, wow!"
Congratulations Adele!
Ahhhh now I am impressed, not only does her tone purer she sounds a tad more comfortable when actually singing, although I do agree with you about the forced notes. She wants to watch for that as polyps can be recurrent....overall though bloody good to have her back ;)
ReplyDeleteWow I finally got to like the site on facebook lol I'm that grey 'Stuart' btw lol
ReplyDeletePs this is my new account (now that I could be assed to make one- all at 04:20 am no less) sleep deprivation has a lot to answer for lol
ReplyDeleteBlimey that's a lot of applause at the end - and Rihanna looks quite, erm...emotional!
ReplyDeleteher voice was great but idk it sounded different to me than when i saw one of her videos a few months back??? idk if its just me
ReplyDeletebut i saw the interview for sixty minutes and idk if its just me but i love that she likes to swear buahaha
Lol I didn't think she would be capable of emotion (meow indeed huh) but sometimes she looks so dour
ReplyDeleteSeems to be a lot of us can't seem to pull ourselves away from the computer! Although perhaps they're in a more reasonable time zone. I am not 4. 50 am London time, baby! lol
ReplyDeleteI think her performance was being waited for by most of the music listening world- only reason I'm still up. My site stats spiked as soon as she came on, though weirdly it was more from searches about Adele's range!
ReplyDeleteThat's the thing about Adele, there is such a contrast between that serious stage persona and the "real life"- i put that in quotation because I don't actually know her,lol- one, which seems quite funny, loud and loves to swear, if interviews are to be believed.
ReplyDeleteDid Jennifer Hudson do the whole 'I Will Always Love You' Whitney tribute?? I heard a rumour she was gonna knock that one out
ReplyDeleteshe did and i think it was awesome
ReplyDeleteAhhh I finally watched it, I agree with you! Awesome indeed - her voice is like a call to musical arms!!!
ReplyDeleteI love Adele ! She is such an amazing singer! I'm glad that her surgery went well, and happy for her success ( winning a Grammy in every category she was in last night). What a night!
ReplyDeleteWhat did you make of Nicki Minaj? I thought it was a right old mess, very disappointing.
ReplyDeleteI find that since her surgery her voice has much more clarity and power behind it. It sounds to me for the most part more resonant and her rasp appears to be diminishing or gone completely. I do agree she needs to work on her technique but for her voice to be as clear as it is even with her flawed technique- there is no doubt she is truly talented.
ReplyDeleteI watched it today and honestly couldn't quite believe what i was watching. This is what happens when people try to be weird without having a solid base on which to build the theatrics on.
ReplyDeleteWell put! I know the 'I feel pretty' bit was meant to sound demented, but it set my teeth on edge! Somehow the whole thing felt like it had just been flung together in an attempt to be 'outrageous', but Nicki doesn't have the live chops for it. Not a patch on Gaga's 'Egg' performance of the year before. A shame though cos I really love 'Pink Friday'.
ReplyDeleteI agree 'Pink Friday' was a great album. I would have been more impressed if she had stood and did a full on lyrically challenging rap with backing dancers than the mess that was this production. Shame really, that space could have been used by a performer who at least could have entertained the adience, rather than hurt their ears and just confused them!
ReplyDeleteI love ADELE, She's a terrific singer and she is super talented, love the way she laughs n her 'oye oye'..u rock ADELE
ReplyDeleteI love Adele. But I really hope she works with a vocal coach ESPECIALLY after having her baby. So much technique problems could be fixed with a few vocal lessons:3
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