Hello from her album 25 - Adele (2015)
Both haunting and triumphant, “Hello” is pure Adele, powerful and vulnerable at once. For “Hello,” Adele channeled ghosts of the past, and with co-writer Greg Kurstin created a masterpiece.
Moody, mysterious, and poignantly melodic, “Hello” was awarded the biggest songwriting award of the year, the 2019 Grammy for Best Song. Released in the Fall of 2018, its aching melodics and sorrowful lyrics instantly impacted the mood of that moment. “Hello” became an instant standard, which is rare in modern times.
ADELE: “Hello’ actually started with the lyric, ‘Hello misery.’ So you can imagine the mood I was in! [Laughs] I was f**ing miserable! But Greg Kurstin, who I wrote it with, said, ‘I’m not so sure about that line, hello misery, I think it’s a little weird.’ So we changed it to Hello, it’s me.
“The song began when Greg started playing moody chords. Cause that is all that anyone ever plays for me when we get into the studio. Cause that’s the kind of mood I’m in. We were just messing about, and the line Hello misery came out, and he called me on that immediately. He said, ‘Maybe you should try and meditate, or something,’ so I did. I tried to be all Zen. Then I came back, and we wrote the first two verses very quickly—which tends to be the case with my biggest songs.
“We had three different choruses for ‘Hello’ at first. We had one with a country vibe because I was inspired by country music. And we had the chorus you all know, which I was concerned about because it was quite high and I wasn’t sure I could replicate it. I was already booked to do a tour, and then I got pregnant so I was like, ‘Peace out.’ I knew I would have to hit that note every night. So we changed it a few times until we settled on that chorus.
“Hello from the other side, was the other side of being a grown-up, the other side of being with my friends and my ex-boyfriends. And also about death. Part of it was about my grandfather, who is a huge part of my life, though he has been gone 18 years. So it’s about the other side of just not knowing. I don’t know if I lost touch with my friends because of how famous I got, or just that I grew up.
GREG KURSTIN: “We were happy at the time, but I tend to go for moody chords, and Adele’s voice invokes so much emotion. That emotion, attached to the soaring Hello from the outside refrain, was so chilling that both songwriters recognized its power instantly.
Source: Behind The Song Lyrics: “Hello” by Adele (American Songwriter)
Hello Lyrics:
Hello, it's me
I was wondering if
after all these years
You'd like to meet
To go over everything
They say that time's
supposed to heal ya
But I ain't done much healing
Hello, can you hear me?
I'm in California dreaming
about who we used to be
When we were younger and free
I've forgotten how it felt
before the world fell at our feet
There's such a difference between us
And a million miles
Hello from the other side
I must've called a thousand times
To tell you I'm sorry for
everything that I've done
But when I call, you
never seem to be home
Hello from the outside
At least I can say that I've tried
To tell you I'm sorry
for breaking your heart
But it don't matter
It clearly doesn't tear you apart anymore
Hello, how are you?
It's so typical of me to
talk about myself, I'm sorry
I hope that you're well
Did you ever make it out of that town
Where nothing ever happened?
It's no secret that the both of us
Are running out of time
So hello from the other side (other side)
I must've called a thousand times (thousand times)
To tell you I'm sorry for
everything that I've done
But when I call, you
never seem to be home
Hello from the outside (outside)
At least, I can say that I've tried (I've tried)
To tell you I'm sorry
for breaking your heart
But it don't matter
It clearly doesn't
tear you apart anymore
Highs, highs, highs, highs
Ooh, anymore
Lows, lows, lows, lows
Highs, highs, highs, highs
Ooh, anymore
Lows, lows, lows, lows
Highs, highs, highs, highs
Ooh, anymore
Lows, lows, lows, lows
Highs, highs, highs, highs
Anymore
Lows, lows, lows, lows
Hello from the other side (other side)
I must've called a thousand times (thousand times)
To tell you I'm sorry for
everything that I've done
But when I call, you
never seem to be home
Hello from the outside (outside)
At least I can say that I've tried (I've tried)
To tell you I'm sorry
for breaking your heart
But it don't matter
It clearly doesn't
tear you apart anymore
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