I never really was a fan of Adele but I guess we can chalk that up to taste. There’s no denying the young artist is mature beyond her years, but I wasn’t that hooked when she entered the music scene. Or maybe I just couldn’t stand Chasing Pavements and everyone attempting to sing the song on TV and (especially) in real life.

It wasn’t until Rolling in the Deep from her sophomore album 21 that I started paying a little more attention to her. I’d heard this record was the outcome of a bad breakup. Admittedly, I kind of hated Someone Like You at first, thinking it was too whiny for its own good. But this song stalked me every day last week I had no choice but to endure it. Though I eventually found myself listening to the lyrics and so I began to understand her agony in this particular song. The entire album is about a relationship gone awry, but this track easily takes the cake for being the one to (seemingly) make her come apart at the seams.

I caught myself singing the chorus, much to a friend’s chagrin. “You’re singing the words wrong,” I was told. So I decided to get the album yesterday: