The Queen is back and greeting her fans "Hello"

Taking a break from "The 7 rules Of Life" mini-series to talk about the News while I put my thoughts in order and pull myself together to deliver articles with content which you can (hopefully) relate to. This being said, on the agenda today is what has been on the headlines of every journal, magazine and website which is (of course) the Release of Hello, a title from the new record of Adele entitled 25. Although the majority of Adele's fans  loved it, some others didn’t. And it’s totally okay because we all have different taste and it is that difference and diversity that makes the world the complex yet beautiful place we live in. I personally loved that song and all of Adele’s songs, not only because I am a fan of her,  a fan of great music with substance, a fan of most of the artists the UK have given us, but mostly because most, if not all, of Adele’s songs hit home for me. Her lyrics make me travel in time and her music just says what I would say if I could find the right words. 

"Every song is a path that leads to an ocean of words that got lost somewhere in between our mind and our heart ; an ocean of words about the things that were left unsaid"~ F.A

I think it’s more than the words and the melodies: it’s about the emotions behind every song and how you can relate to them because each one of them takes you to a place in life; whether it’s a happy or a sad one where every word she says resonates and makes your entire being vibrate. I love how upon releasing this song she made a statement about life, what we want to be, stages we want to be at and once we reach them we then wished we hadn’t. What particularly moved me is how she talked about getting to know herself and finally being at peace with who she had become but more importantly, how she qualifies 25 as being a "Make-up record" unlike 21 which she says was a "breakup record"

 

"My last record was a breakup record and if I had to label this one I would call it a make-up record. I'm making up with myself. Making up for lost time. Making up with everything I ever did and never did." ~ Adele

Entering the early 20’s is an important turn in someone’s life. It’s the time where you start forming your personality as an adult, you start changing and evolving and understanding things in life you didn’t before. It’s a period for me that was about building myself, finding myself, nurturing myself and healing my wounds just like Adele said, because supposedly time helps you heal. And it does. And as years go by, you become wiser and start viewing life under a new angle and a new light. You start thinking more about your future in a more realistic way but you also think about the past a lot. You think about the choices you made which were not necessarily the best ones, you think about all the times you have messed up and if you hadn’t before, you draw lessons from them. You get to understand and experience at a deeper level the value of things like friendship, relationships, love, and every little moment of happiness you spend by the side of the people you love and who mean the world to you.  You are no longer blindsided by your anger, pain and frustration about getting your feelings hurt and your heart broken because you don't have the time nor the energy for it: you are focusing on better things. You have come full circle and have decided to redirect your energy to things that matter, things that will make you a better person. You reach that stage where you finally have a sense of who you are and where you stand and you are at peace with it.

In her first interview in three years with i- D that you can read in full here, Adele was asked what was Hello about. To that question her answer was : “The song is about hurting someone's feelings but it's also about trying to stay in touch with myself, which sometimes can be a little bit hard to do” and when asked if that song was a form of apology to the former love the refers to her most famous song Someone like you, the singer responded: "Oh, god no,"[…] "That's over and done with, thank fuck. That's been over and done with for fucking years. No, it's not about anyone specifically. It's about friends, ex-boyfriends, it's about myself, it's about my family. It's also about my fans as well”

Whether we talk about the topics addressed in Hello or about the musicality and the vocals, it is undeniable that maturity is imprinted in that album. It is what makes the DNA and the structure of that album: This album is about maturity, all it has to offer  and the opportunity to start a new season in life. People find that song simple and to that the only question I can’t help but ask myself is:  isn’t it what maturity is about? simplicity? Isn’t it about letting go of all the artifacts and superficial embellishments to get back to the basics and most simple things in life that we most of the time ignore? I think maturity is all about those things: getting back to the basic to figure out who you are in order to grow and be a better version of yourself.

Story of a journey... In music

Like most of the human being on the surface of the earth, I too have happened to fall under the power of music. The kind of power that involves music talking to your soul and touching it the way no word, no matter how magnificent it is, would. Over this past 2 years my music taste has varied according to the fluctuation of my emotions. In each of the melodies I have come across during this time, I have found a magic which is specific to each one of them. Each of these songs have spoken to my soul in various ways and have made me rediscovered that human side of me which over the years deceptions and the insulting and almost pathetic hypocrisy of people made me repress : my emotional side.

My emotional journey started with Adele. It was an delicate and really sensitive period of my life during which I had a really hard time getting myself together. I was fragile, exhausted, looking for a shoulder to just rest my head on and feel like I could finally have a break and breathe. I wasn't particularly looking for sympathy, I wasn’t asking for any comforting word: I just wanted a shoulder to rest my head on but mostly to cry over. I wanted to find the words to express how scattered my soul and my heart were but I couldn’t find any. Then I came across “Someone like you” by Adele first by listening to a guitar cover that a good friend of mine did. I found it so beautiful, so in phase with my emotions, I wanted to listen to the original version. I went online and googled it and listened to it. When the song ended, I just felt one tear roll down my cheek and I thought she said it all… She exactly had everything right, everything I would ever want to say if I had the right words. She knew how it felt, how hurt I was at this very moment, how difficult it was to see that one person you would have gave everything for walk away without turning back.

Then there was that moment where I was just home sick. I was missing my family, my friends, my homeland. And I heard about a song called “avant qu’elle parte” from Sexion d’assaut. They are not from my home country but that song constantly reminded me of my mother, of my father and also of all of my friends who also had found this song very inspiring. It reminded me of how short life is and how important a mother is into a child’s life no matter how old he/she is. No matter what  mistakes you make, no matter how bad you turn, no matter how successful you get or how many failures you go through, a mother will always have your back, believe that there’s still some good in you, stand by your sides and be proud or encourage you to try again until you succeed. Until today I still have it on my ipod, and whenever I listen to it I remember how blessed I am to have my mother by my side.

After that I got introduced to Brazilian music starting with Michel telo’s most popular song “Ai se eu te pego”. Boy, until today that song still gets me high! You cannot listen to that song and not get carried away (except if you don’t like the artist or if you really don’t care about music at all). Some people got sick of it but to be franc I highly doubt I can ever get sick of that one. Quickly I discovered some other songs such as “Larga de bobeira”, “O amor nao e paixao”, “Fugidinha”, “Boate Azul”, “Horizonte”, “Ponto certo”. Beyond the songs, to me the themes evoked by the artist sometimes are meaningful. They are most of the time about the complexity of relationships, the illusions that make us lose sight of what true love is (or should be and mean to us), the desire to find the right person (the one who cares about you and to whom you are more than just the person they can run to when thing don’t work out). Also, they are about learning how to swallow your pride, stop the B.S when you have to and make compromises to make a relationship work. the content for me of those songs as well as the way the artist communicate with his public tells a lot about his generosity, care, kindness, accessibility and awareness of life realities. These are not made up ideas but rather well-developed impressions and opinions from interacting with the artist (Thank you N. J )

Through him, I have done the musical acquaintance (pretty recent) of Bruninho e Davi. I haven’t really listened a lot to their songs but I have two big favorites which are on my top ten list: "Proibido liberou" and "Se namorar fosse bom". I don’t have a clear perception of what the first one is about as the main point for me was that I could spend some energy jumping all over the place on that song. The second song on the other hand talks about how being committed to someone (committed meaning married) can be complicated but also how being single can have advantages as well as inconvenients. Everything shinny is not necessarily gold.

As of now, I am kind of an electron floating around different music repertories going from Train, to Gavin Degraw passing by Pink J. But I mostly remain into the Brazilian mood.

Music (after time  of course!) has proved to be one of the best remedies to heal the deepest wounds of one’s soul. So when you feel like nothing is turning right you can still put on your headphones, put one of those songs that make you feel alive, blast the volume to maximum and let the power of music lead you on the journey to emotionland.

I leave you on a video of “proibido liberou” by Bruninho e Davi. Enjoy