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| Genre = | Length = | Label = XL | Writer = | Producer = Greg Kurstin | Chronology = | Last single = "Skyfall" (2012) | This single = "Hello" (2015) | Next single = | Misc = }} "Hello" is a song by English singer and songwriter Adele. It was released on 23 October 2015 by XL Recordings as the lead single from her third studio album, ''25''. Adele co-wrote the song with her producer, Greg Kurstin. "Hello" is a piano ballad with soul influences, and lyrics that discuss themes of nostalgia and regret. Upon release, the song received acclaim from music critics, who compared it favourably to Adele's previous work and praised the song's lyrics and Adele's vocals. "Hello" attained international commercial success reaching number one in 28 countries including the United Kingdom, where it became her second UK number-one single, following "Someone like You", and has the largest opening week sales in three years. In the United States, "Hello" debuted atop the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, becoming Adele's fourth number-one on the chart and breaking several records, including becoming the first song with over a million digital sales in a week. The accompanying music video was directed by Xavier Dolan and co-stars Adele and Tristan Wilds. The music video for the song broke the Vevo Record by achieving over 27.7 million views within a 24-hour span, held previously by Taylor Swift's "Bad Blood" which accumulated 20.1 million views in that timeframe. It also broke the record for shortest time to attain 100 million Vevo views, previously held by Miley Cyrus' "Wrecking Ball". Adele promoted the song with a live performance on a BBC one-hour special, entitled ''Adele at the BBC''. ==Writing and composition== "Hello" was written by Adele and Greg Kurstin and produced by the latter, who also played bass, guitar, piano and keyboards, with Adele being credited as a drummer.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Radio on Adele's 'Hello': 'She Can Make You Feel What She Feels' )〕 "Hello" was written in Chiswick, London, something not normally done by Adele, who said she likes to write her music at home. The writing process for the song was slow, taking six months to complete. Initially Adele and Kurstin started writing the first verse; finishing half of the song, six months later Adele contacted Kurstin to finish the song with her, with Kurstin stating he was not sure "if Adele was ever going to come back and finish it." "Hello" is a soul piano ballad,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Adele – "Hello" Video )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Adele's 'Hello' Rebuffs Modern Technology )〕 played in the key of F minor at a tempo of 79 beats per minute. The repeated chord progression heard in the verse, played by the piano, follows a progression of Fm–A–E–D.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.sheetmusicdirect.com/se/ID_No/122316/Product.aspx )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0156888 )〕 According to Musicnotes.com, Adele's vocals span from F3 to G5 in the song. During the chorus Adele is heard singing the lines over layers of backing vocals, piano and drums which were described by the Telegraph as leaning "towards a very luscious wall of sound".〔 The track also contains drums which Adele was credited for providing. Lyrically, the song focuses on themes of nostalgia and regret and plays out like a conversation. The song was noted for containing themes of regret and was seen as a follow-up to her single "Someone like You" appearing to reflect on a failed relationship. The songs lyrics were also seen as being conversational, revolving around "all the relationships of her past", ranging from friends, family members and ex partners.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Adele's new single first listen review: 'Hello' is a mighty comeback )〕 Speaking on the songs lyrical content Adele told Nick Grimshaw on the BBC Radio 1 Breakfast Show: "I felt all of us were moving on, and it's not about an ex-relationship, a love relationship, it's about my relationship with everyone that I love. It's not that we have fallen out, we've all got our lives going on and I needed to write that song so they would all hear it, because I'm not in touch with them." According to Adele, the line "Hello from the other side" signifies "the other side of becoming an adult, making it out alive from your late teens, early twenties."〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hello (Adele song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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