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"Easy on Me" is a song by the English singer Adele from her fourth studio album, 30 (2021). Adele wrote the song with its producer, Greg Kurstin. Columbia Records released it as the album's lead single on 15 October 2021. It is a torch song and ballad (with elements of R&B and soul music) which places emphasis on Adele's vocals, set over progressively louder-growing piano instrumentation. In its lyrics, she addresses her divorce and pleads for forgiveness and understanding from her son, ex-husband, and herself.
"Easy on Me" received acclaim from music critics, who discussed it in relation to Adele's previous music and praised her vocals and the lyrics. At the 65th Annual Grammy Awards, the song won Best Pop Solo Performance from its four nominations. It was nominated for several other awards and won the 2022 Brit Award for Song of the Year. "Easy on Me" reached number one on the charts in 30 territories, including becoming Adele's longest-running chart topper in the United Kingdom and the United States. It was the sixth-bestselling song of 2022 in the world and was certified multiplatinum in 15 countries, including Diamond in Brazil and France.
Xavier Dolan directed the music video for "Easy on Me", which was released on 15 October 2021. It references several previous Adele videos and depicts her moving out of the same house where the "Hello" (2015) music video was filmed. She performed the song at the 23rd NRJ Music Awards, on her television specials, and at the concert residency Weekends with Adele. Artists including Kanye West and the Sunday Service Choir, Chloe Bailey, and Keith Urban sang cover versions of it.
Greg Kurstin produced and co-wrote three tracks on Adele's third studio album, 25 (2015), which included the song "Hello". It was released as the lead single from the album and reached number one in 36 countries, and its music video broke the Vevo record for most single-day views. She kept a low profile after completing the associated concert tour, Adele Live 2016, in 2017. Adele had begun working on the follow-up album by the following year. She filed for divorce from her husband, Simon Konecki, in September 2019, which inspired the album. After experiencing anxiety, Adele undertook therapy sessions and mended her estranged relationship with her father. The divorce's effect on her son plagued Adele during the following years. She decided to have regular conversations with him, which she recorded following advice from her therapist. These conversations inspired Adele's return to the studio, and the album took shape as a body of work that would explain to her son why she left his father.
Adele wrote "Easy on Me" with its producer, Kurstin. She conceived the song's verses while taking a shower. Adele's friends would tell her to "go easy on yourself, don't beat yourself up too much about your decisions". The advice resonated with her, and she decided that she had to be more gentle with herself. Adele's friends were unimpressed by an initial snippet of it but she claimed that they appreciated her patience. Three songs were in contention for release as the lead single from 30 (2021). She eventually chose "Easy on Me" because it had a "soaring chorus" and "just felt like a me song"; she saw it as the right song for her return after the hiatus. Adele wanted to avoid releasing something that would propel her to more stardom: "There isn't a bombastic 'Hello,' But I don't want another song like that. That song catapulted me in fame to another level that I don't want to happen again."
"Easy on Me" is 3 minutes and 44 seconds long. Kurstin produced the song and engineered it with Alex Pasco and Julian Burg. Kurstin plays bass guitar, kick drum, and piano. Tom Elmhirst helmed the song's mixing at Electric Lady Studios in New York, and Randy Merrill handled mastering at Sterling Sound in New Jersey.
"Easy on Me" is a torch song and ballad which places emphasis on Adele's vocals over piano instrumentation. The song opens with a gentle piano, which intensifies as it progresses, leading into the vocals. Adele's voice mimics this according to The Guardian's Alexis Petridis, as it "sounds initially wounded, then soars". The song almost completely eschews the use of percussion instruments, but a bass drum and bass guitar are played during its latter half. In the chorus, Adele delivers the song title in elongated vocal runs and stretches the "e" sound through eight different musical notes. Mikael Wood of the Los Angeles Times described her performance as "soaring yet slightly crinkly around the edges".
In the lyrics, Adele addresses her divorce and asks for forgiveness and understanding from her son, ex-husband, and herself. She tries to explain to her son why she chose to disassemble the stable life he had during her marriage. Adele acknowledges that she still has a lot of self-discovery to do and compares herself to a child: "I was still a child / Didn't get the chance to / Feel the world around me." According to Slant Magazine's Alexa Camp, the lyric reflects her "grappling with a form of arrested development". In the song's bridge, Adele asserts that the divorce was well-intentioned and in the hopes of a better future. Neil McCormick of The Daily Telegraph described the song as "effectively, a huge, abject, shame- and excuse-filled apology".
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Easy on Me
"Easy on Me" is a song by the English singer Adele from her fourth studio album, 30 (2021). Adele wrote the song with its producer, Greg Kurstin. Columbia Records released it as the album's lead single on 15 October 2021. It is a torch song and ballad (with elements of R&B and soul music) which places emphasis on Adele's vocals, set over progressively louder-growing piano instrumentation. In its lyrics, she addresses her divorce and pleads for forgiveness and understanding from her son, ex-husband, and herself.
"Easy on Me" received acclaim from music critics, who discussed it in relation to Adele's previous music and praised her vocals and the lyrics. At the 65th Annual Grammy Awards, the song won Best Pop Solo Performance from its four nominations. It was nominated for several other awards and won the 2022 Brit Award for Song of the Year. "Easy on Me" reached number one on the charts in 30 territories, including becoming Adele's longest-running chart topper in the United Kingdom and the United States. It was the sixth-bestselling song of 2022 in the world and was certified multiplatinum in 15 countries, including Diamond in Brazil and France.
Xavier Dolan directed the music video for "Easy on Me", which was released on 15 October 2021. It references several previous Adele videos and depicts her moving out of the same house where the "Hello" (2015) music video was filmed. She performed the song at the 23rd NRJ Music Awards, on her television specials, and at the concert residency Weekends with Adele. Artists including Kanye West and the Sunday Service Choir, Chloe Bailey, and Keith Urban sang cover versions of it.
Greg Kurstin produced and co-wrote three tracks on Adele's third studio album, 25 (2015), which included the song "Hello". It was released as the lead single from the album and reached number one in 36 countries, and its music video broke the Vevo record for most single-day views. She kept a low profile after completing the associated concert tour, Adele Live 2016, in 2017. Adele had begun working on the follow-up album by the following year. She filed for divorce from her husband, Simon Konecki, in September 2019, which inspired the album. After experiencing anxiety, Adele undertook therapy sessions and mended her estranged relationship with her father. The divorce's effect on her son plagued Adele during the following years. She decided to have regular conversations with him, which she recorded following advice from her therapist. These conversations inspired Adele's return to the studio, and the album took shape as a body of work that would explain to her son why she left his father.
Adele wrote "Easy on Me" with its producer, Kurstin. She conceived the song's verses while taking a shower. Adele's friends would tell her to "go easy on yourself, don't beat yourself up too much about your decisions". The advice resonated with her, and she decided that she had to be more gentle with herself. Adele's friends were unimpressed by an initial snippet of it but she claimed that they appreciated her patience. Three songs were in contention for release as the lead single from 30 (2021). She eventually chose "Easy on Me" because it had a "soaring chorus" and "just felt like a me song"; she saw it as the right song for her return after the hiatus. Adele wanted to avoid releasing something that would propel her to more stardom: "There isn't a bombastic 'Hello,' But I don't want another song like that. That song catapulted me in fame to another level that I don't want to happen again."
"Easy on Me" is 3 minutes and 44 seconds long. Kurstin produced the song and engineered it with Alex Pasco and Julian Burg. Kurstin plays bass guitar, kick drum, and piano. Tom Elmhirst helmed the song's mixing at Electric Lady Studios in New York, and Randy Merrill handled mastering at Sterling Sound in New Jersey.
"Easy on Me" is a torch song and ballad which places emphasis on Adele's vocals over piano instrumentation. The song opens with a gentle piano, which intensifies as it progresses, leading into the vocals. Adele's voice mimics this according to The Guardian's Alexis Petridis, as it "sounds initially wounded, then soars". The song almost completely eschews the use of percussion instruments, but a bass drum and bass guitar are played during its latter half. In the chorus, Adele delivers the song title in elongated vocal runs and stretches the "e" sound through eight different musical notes. Mikael Wood of the Los Angeles Times described her performance as "soaring yet slightly crinkly around the edges".
In the lyrics, Adele addresses her divorce and asks for forgiveness and understanding from her son, ex-husband, and herself. She tries to explain to her son why she chose to disassemble the stable life he had during her marriage. Adele acknowledges that she still has a lot of self-discovery to do and compares herself to a child: "I was still a child / Didn't get the chance to / Feel the world around me." According to Slant Magazine's Alexa Camp, the lyric reflects her "grappling with a form of arrested development". In the song's bridge, Adele asserts that the divorce was well-intentioned and in the hopes of a better future. Neil McCormick of The Daily Telegraph described the song as "effectively, a huge, abject, shame- and excuse-filled apology".