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Source: CMT-Country Music Television
Adele Inspired by Lady Antebellum's "Need You Now"
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Country fans may remember Adele as the British singer who serenaded Lady Antebellum with a memorable version of "Need You Now" at the CMT Artists of the Year special in December.
With her commanding voice and heart-wrenching approach to lyrics, the young singer won two Grammys following the release of 19, the debut album named for her age at the time. One of the Grammys was for best new artist (edging out Lady Antebellum), while the other was for "Chasing Pavements," a gripping breakup song that won for best female pop vocal performance. Both the album and the digital single were certified gold in 2009.
Two years later, she's returning with a new project, 21, due Feb. 22. (Her live rendition of "Need You Now" with Darius Rucker will be on the Target deluxe edition.) Calling from her label's offices in New York City, she quickly chatted about one of the album's most brutally honest songs -- "Don't You Remember" -- as well as the inspiration she finds in country music.
CMT: What prompted you to write "Don't You Remember"?
Adele: It's got quite a country tinge to it. What gave me the courage to try to do that musically was "Need You Now." When I was in the studio in Malibu, this was the last song I wrote while I was recording, and "Need You Now" was everywhere. You could not even change your radio station without it being played. You couldn't escape it and, luckily, I loved it! (laughs) Or it would have been awful! But the feeling the song gave me, I was trying to channel it in my own song.
Unlike my first record, when I was writing how "your life is going to suck without me and I'll be fiiiine," you know, it suddenly dawned on me that my ex was actually pretty incredible. I wanted to write a song about how it was such a shame that we fell out of love, and we can't even remember why we loved each other and why we fell out of love. It seemed like a perfect subject, like this emotion could be in a country song.
What is it about "Need You Now" that appeals to you so much?
It's just one of those songs. The amount of the times I've made a drunk f---ing phone call! (laughs) It's just one of those songs, the minute you hear it ... "a picture-perfect memory scattered on the floor." Oh, my God, there we go! (laughs) It's one of those songs that everyone loves and everyone can relate to. It's one of those timeless songs. I've never heard two voices work so brilliantly either. It was incredible. I saw them live in Minneapolis about a month before the CMT [special], and it was one of the best shows I've ever seen.
