"Her guileless off-stage persona certainly helps—foul-mouthed and self-deprecating, with a thick North London accent, she resembles a Brit version of Jennifer Lawrence except unapologetically plus-sized. (I defy anyone to remain hostile after the BBC clip in which she plays the world's nicest prank on a roomful of singers who aspire to imitate her.) Adele's selectivity about public appearances also lends her a dram of mystique; she's not begging you every 15 minutes to follow her on Instagram. And of course her vocal radiance is undeniable, even if its exact magnitude is up for debate.
"That's enough to put a pusher of sentimental power ballads on the charts, but to make her the biggest thing in music, for many twentysomethings as much as their parents—really? It makes me concerned the younger generation may be suffering alarmingly low levels of acerbity."
Carl Wilson in Slate connects Adele "to Barbra Streisand and Céline Dion."
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