Adele has unveiled the music video for “I Drink Wine”, the third single off her 2021 album, 30. The indulgent Joe Talbot-directed video reveals the 34-year-old Grammy winner floating down a stream surrounded by a dreamy forest in a crimson innertube sipping wine in a glowing golden gown. As she sings and sips on her wine, she encounters numerous characters, reminiscent of a girl and man seemingly on a date, slightly lady making an attempt to get a girl’s consideration who’s preoccupied studying alongside the financial institution of the calm river, and fishermen. Some of the fishermen are performed by notable actors reminiscent of Insecure‘s Kendrick Sampson and Jimmie Fails, from 2020’s Pieces of a Woman. Adele can also be joined by a number of synchronized dancers who routinely replenish her wine glass all through the video.
The plum-colored skies flip darkish as soon as the solar units round Adele, who laments about dropping childhood innocence and turning into an individual she by no means wished to be to appease others. “How can one become so bounded by choices that somebody else makes? / How come we’ve both become a version of a person we don’t even like?” she questions within the first verse. “We’re in love with the world, but the world just wants to bring us down / By putting ideas in our heads that corrupt our hearts somehow.”
The music video reaches its finish by zooming out and revealing the studio by which the touching video was filmed, together with the man-made stream and forest scene. Adele dumps her wine into the water and appears unamused by it now that she sang her ideas away. As extra of the soundstage is revealed, a voiceover of Adele vulnerably speaking about “the most turbulent period” of her life and never desirous to burden others by speaking about it performs. However, she does admit that she discovered “memories in the big storm” of all of it. The last scene reveals Adele floating within the stream surrounded by pink flowers and gazing into the night time sky, seemingly unimpressed.
The “I Drink Wine” music video is Adele’s first launch since January’s music video for “Oh My God.” The British celebrity introduced on Tuesday that she can be dropping the video on Oct. 26 and revealed it was the primary video she filmed for the 30 album. “I’m excited for you to see it and I can’t wait to see some of you tonight!” she exclaimed on Instagram. “I Drink Wine” peaked at No. 18 on the Billboard Hot 100 in Dec. 2021, which adopted the No. 1 single “Easy On Me” and No. 5 “Oh My God”, each of which peaked in October of that yr.
Adele has lived an thrilling yr since then. In September, she gained a Creative Arts Emmy Award for her pre-taped TV live performance particular Adele: One Night Only. “Bloody hell I’m pleased as punch! Thank you @mrbenwinston for dropping this round to me this afternoon!! Trust me to officially have an EGO,” Adele captioned selfies she took after receiving her Emmy within the mail. As she famous, Adele is one trophy away from turning into an EGOT winner, as she has an Emmy, Grammy (a whopping 15!), and Oscar to her identify. She simply wants a Tony to realize the unique EGOT-winner standing, which incorporates artists reminiscent of John Legend, Jennifer Hudson, Whoopi Goldberg, and 14 others.
Additionally, Adele is within the last levels of making ready for her upcoming Weekends with Adele Las Vegas residency which is about to kick off in November and run by way of March 2023. It was initially postponed in January after COVID-19 struggles dragged the manufacturing schedule behind.
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