It was just a month ago when the Adele epidemic started back up again, and everyone everywhere was humming along to her new single, "Hello." Long awaited, Adele released "25" last Friday, Nov. 20, her first album in four years. With tracks like "Send My Love (To Your Lover)" recognizing the flaws of a past relationship and wishing the past lover to let go and do better in their new relationship and, "When We Were Young" a ballad about the memories and time passing before your eyes, the British singer/songwriter does not disappoint. Fans are going crazy over this musical masterpiece, feeling emotions they have not experienced yet and missing the lovers they have not even meet yet. And, the most moving part of this whole Adele craze going on, is the meaning behind the album—it’s a "make up," no need for another "break up" album.
On Oct. 21, Adele announced that she would be putting out her new album by writing a letter to her fans.
A beautiful and very relatable letter, indeed, Adele talks about always wanting to be at the next step in her life and wishing the time away so she could get there. It is something many of us do as humans. When we were kids, we wanted to be able to do the "cool" things the "big kids" were doing. Once we made it there, we wanted more freedom and the other "perks" that came with age, so we wanted to be older again. From there, the cycle just continues and before we know it, we have spent so much time wishing time itself away that we have not experienced or appreciated the stage that we are in. There is no more time to keep wishing for things that simply cannot be changed. At this point, "what is done is done."
So Adele says, it is time to "make-up" with herself, for lost time, and for the things she did and those she never did. There are things we can all can step back and forgive ourselves for. Forgive ourselves for the things that we spent our whole life wishing for, the things we now wish that we never wished for, and forgive ourselves for even wishing at all.
"25 is about getting to know who I've become without realizing." Amongst "life happening" we sometimes become someone we don’t know without even seeing ourselves changing, for better or worse. So here is an ode to Adele, for another musical wonder and for helping us realize that we have to accept our past for what it is, learn from it, and appreciate the moment we are in. There is no time for wishing.
