Adele Sends Out An Unburdened Farewell Missive

As you'll recall Adele's "21" release was nothing if not weighed down. "Rolling In The Deep", while deeply heartfelt had that sting that comes from knowing that a love that could've been, frankly, looks like it's never going to be. "Rumor Has It" brought back the Motown glory images but it too grew heavy under the weight if personal conflict. How nice then to hear Adele learn how to come up for breath through the balance of "Send My Love (To Your New Lover), a neatly arranged lighter side of goodbye from the recent "25" release. The effort goes through some admittedly spartan motions relying on guitar alone to build suspense. At the chorus surprise pops out jack in the box style to shock you. Adele's not seeking to drag us through another one of her stylized dirges. Rather she's celebrating moving forward and, by extension, celebrating that moving forward is even a possibility for her. Wisely she concludes she and her soon to be ex main squeeze aren't kids anymore so it's time to graduate to grown up decisions and bothering to live with consequences. In the video, glamour remains Adele's ace in the hole. She's dressed to the nines. Multiple mirror angles gussy her up to play her role as woman about town waiting to be set loose in search of potential future other quality fish in the sea. Adele's camera worthiness gets played to the hilt. Enough time has passed since her landmark "21" release that her production company can probably afford the bells and whistles put before us as any eye candy worth its sucrose must. Adele calls her man on not being ready to make the next big leap in their relationship. Does she go ballistic? Quite the contrary...she gives him a lighthearted au revoir. The band playing come chorus portion got plucked out of some Caribbean island hotel room lobby. Nice choice of accompaniment. Adele couldn't get any more magnanimous than "I'm giving you up. I've forgiven it all. You set me free-ee." Ghosts of relationships present get tossed to the fickle breeze. Adele advises the on the way out man to treat this next piece of feminine wiles better. No hostility in sight. No signs of a budding ingenue wanting to slash car tires. Adele just wants to move on down the road, kick the tires on a sparkling new relationship. Maturity and motherhood suit Adele jolly well thank you very much. Adele has never sounded more comfortable in her own skin. As a result "Send My Love (To Your New Lover) is one communique that's not going to leave the recipients in the audience shooting laser dart glares at her. Quite the contrary...they'll respect how much she's grown as a woman. That translates into sexy in any language.