ADELE - LOVE IS A GAME

LOVE IS A GAME

ADELE

SONGWRITERS: ADELE LAURIE BLUE ADKINS & DEAN WYNTON JOSIAH COVER

COUNTRY: U. K.

ALBUM: 30

LABEL: COLUMBIA RECORDS

GENRE: POP

YEAR: 2021

 

          30 is the fourth studio album by English singer-songwriter Adele, released on 19 November 2021 by Columbia Records. As her first album since the release of her 2015 studio álbum 25 six years prior, 30 centres on Adele's divorce, motherhood, fame, heartache, acceptance, and hope. She wrote 30 between 2019 and 2021 with producers such as Greg Kurstin, Max Martin and Shellback, all of whom worked on 25 as well; new collaborators included Ludwig Göransson, and Inflo of the English band Sault.

        Musically, 30 is a pop, soul, and jazz record. It has been described as Adele's most creative work sonically, expanding on her past works by incorporating dance-pop and gospel elements. American jazz pianista Erroll Garner appears on the track "All Night Parking" as a guest act, marking the first time an artist is featured on a standard album by Adele. Upon release, 30 was met with widespread critical acclaim for its cinematic instrumentation, vocal performances, and introspective lyrics. It appeared on the 2021 year-end best-albums lists from various publications.

          The lead single, "Easy on Me", was released on 15 October 2021; it topped the charts in 27 territories. The second single, "Oh My God", charted in the top five in Europe and North America. An extensive marketing campaign was used to promote 30, including a CBS television concert special Adele One Night Only that aired in the United States on 14 November 2021, and an ITV special called An Audience with Adele in the United Kingdom on 21 November 2021. In addition, a Las Vegas concert residency titled Weekends with Adele was scheduled for 20 January–16 April 2022, and two back-to-back concerts are scheduled for 1 and 2 July 2022 at British Summer Time Hyde Park in London.

          The album reached number one in 24 countries, including the UK where it became Adele's fourth consecutive number-one album, making her the first act to debut all their albums atop the UK Albums chart; it garnered the highest first-week sales for an album by a female artist in the UK since Adele's own 25 and became 2021's best-seller in the country. In the US, it was Adele's third consecutive Billboard 200 number-one album, and the year's best-seller as well. 30 was the world's best-selling album of 2021, with over 5 million copies sold in the year. Additionally, Adele was the third best-selling artist of 2021 globally. 30 won British Album of the Year at the 42nd Brit Awards, making Adele the first solo artist in history to win the honour three times. 

All your expectations of my love are impossible

Surely, you know

That I'm not easy to hold

It's so sad how incapable

Of learning to grow I am

 

My heart speaks in puzzle and codes

I've been trying my whole life to solve

God only knows how I've cried

I can't take another defeat

A next time would be the ending of me

Now that I see

 

That love is a game for fools to play

And I ain't fooling (fooling)

What a cruel thing (cruel thing)

To self-inflict that pain

 

Love is a game for fools to play

And I ain't fooling again (fooling)

What a cruel thing (cruel thing)

To self-inflict that pain

 

How unbelievable (unbelievable)

Of me to fall for the lies that I tell? (Lies I tell)

The dream that I sell (dream I sell)

When my heartache, it's inevitable (inevitable)

But I'm no good at doing it well

Not that I care (I don't care)

Why should anything about it be fair?

 

When love is a game for fools to play

And I ain't fooling (fooling)

What a cruel thing (cruel thing)

To self-inflict that pain

 

Love is a game for fools to play

And I ain't fooling again (fooling)

What a cruel thing (cruel thing)

To self-inflict that pain

 

No amount of love

Can keep me satisfied (satisfied, satisfied)

I can't keep up (I can't keep up, I can't keep up)

When I keep changing my mind

(Change my mind, change my mind)

The feelings flood me to the heights of no compromise

 

Love is a game for fools to play

And I ain't fooling (fooling)

What a cruel thing (cruel thing)

To self-inflict that pain

 

Love is a game for fools to play

And I ain't fooling (fooling)

What a cruel thing (cruel thing)

To self-inflict that pain

 

I can love me

I can love again

I love me now like I loved him

I'm a fool for that

You know I, you know I'm gonna do it

Oh-oh-oh-oh

I'd do it all again, like I did it.