Adele enthralled fans as she released the music video for Oh My God, the second single of her album 30, on Wednesday.
Steeped with hidden meanings, the black and white video directed by Sam Brown, charters a new era for the songstress as she discovers her life post divorce from husband Simon Konecki, 47.
In perhaps the biggest visualisation of the breakdown of her marriage and her rebirth, a chair is set alight near the end of the song- with eagle-eyed fans noticing how she had sung from a chair in Hometown Glory, Rolling In The Deep and Easy On Me.
‘Masterpiece’: Adele enthralled fans as she released the music video for Oh My God, the second single of her album 30, on Wednesday
One wrote: ‘She’s burnt the chair, she’s moving on’, while another viewer added: ‘Adele burning the chair she was sitting on for the last music vids’.
Adele, 30, and Sam, who worked with her previously in the Rolling In The Deep music video, drew upon religious undertones to coincide with the title of her single.
Set in a giant warehouse, the Chasing Pavements hitmaker appears to grapple between heaven and hell, with a mirrored reflection showcasing an inner turmoil within herself as apples lay all over the floor to reflect temptation.
Reflection: Steeped with hidden meanings, the black and white video directed by Sam Brown, charters a new era for the songstress as she discovers her life post divorce from husband Simon Konecki, 47
Rebirth: In perhaps the biggest visualisation of the breakdown of her marriage, a chair is set alight near the end of the song- with eagle-eyed fans noticing how she had sung from a chair in Hometown Glory, Rolling In The Deep and Easy On Me
Hidden meanings: Adele, 30, and Sam, who worked with her previously in the Rolling In The Deep music video, drew upon religious undertones to coincide with the title of her single
Forbidden fruit: At the end of the video, the London-born beauty gazes at the apple, before deciding to take a bite of the fruit
Amazing: While the music was shot in black and white a stunning visual of Adele in a red satin ballgown clutching the forbidden apple was released
Face profile: Another shot of the singer in a celerical cape with her hair styled in the same way from Drake’s birthday party was released
Adele, who is dressed by an array of designers including Louis Vuitton and Vivienne Westwood and wearing Harris Reed X Missoma jewellery for the video, wears a pellegrin clerical cape above a ballgown to sing in front of a halo for one look, before wowing in a off-the-shoulder red dress holding an apple- the forbidden fruit.
A huge python also features in one scene, intertwining itself around her chair while in others acrobats perform stunts and dance around the singer.
Adele also sits in the chair next to horse, while a dancer tentatively picks a daisy petal by petal on the floor- something which mystified viewers.
Seeing double: Set in a giant warehouse, the Chasing Pavements hitmaker appears to grapple between heaven and hell, with a mirrored reflection showcasing an inner turmoil within herself
He loves me, he loves me not: Adele also sits in the chair next to horse, while a dancer tentatively picks a daisy petal by petal on the floor
One wrote: ‘why the chairs? why the apple? the different costumes? the burning of the chair? why are we seeing adele 2-3x at once? why the horse? i have so many questions!’.
At the end of the video, the London-born beauty gazes at the apple, before deciding to take a bite of the fruit.
To coincide with the premiere on YouTube, the singer wrote on Instagram: ‘I got to work with Sam Brown again for ‘Oh My God’ who directed the ‘Rolling In The Deep’ video!
Religious theme: Adele, who is dressed by an array of designers including Louis Vuitton and Vivienne Westwood for the video, wears a pellegrin clerical cape above a ballgown to sing in front of a halo for one look
Release: To coincide with the premiere on YouTube, the singer wrote on Instagram: ‘I got to work with Sam Brown again for ‘Oh My God’ who directed the ‘Rolling In The Deep’ video!
‘So to collaborate together again a decade later was nostalgic to say the least. We filmed this one on the day Easy On Me dropped, there were a million things going on all at once.
But the attention to detail from the crew was borderline hilarious – thank you so much for your patience and pulling it all together it was a lot of fun. Although right at the end a huge python was on set so I skidaddled my a**e straight out of there!
‘Big thank you to Harris Reed, Louis Vuitton and The Queens Haus – Vivienne Westwood for the most stunning clothes for me to sing my “I’m a hot mess” song in!’
Glamorous: ‘Big thank you to Harris Reed, Louis Vuitton and The Queens Haus – Vivienne Westwood for the most stunning clothes for me to sing my “I’m a hot mess” song in!’, she wrote
Self exploration: According to reports, the song ‘explores wanting to put herself out there but having trouble doing so as a superstar’
Following it’s release fans took to Twitter to express their thoughts on the music video, with some describing it as a ‘masterpiece’.
One wrote: ‘This music video have a fantastic timeline! All the symbols and Adele ‘s styles said that!!!! From the chairs and a lady who fall in the beginning to Adele’s hair style that is exactly like her hair style at Drake birthday party!!! It’s mind blowing!!!’
Another viewer typed: ‘That Adele music video was SO good’, while a third fan chimed: ‘So good! Adele delivers once again’.
Impressed: Following it’s release fans took to Twitter to express their thoughts on the music video, with some describing it as a ‘masterpiece’
‘Oh My God is a masterpiece’, typed another.
While the reaction was mostly positive, some found the music video underwhelming. One wrote: ‘Boring as hell’.
Another added: ‘Adele what was that? Expecting a lot more’.
Unimpressed: While the reaction was mostly positive, some found the music video underwhelming. One wrote: ‘Boring as hell’. Another added: ‘Adele what was that? Expecting a lot more’
Romance: Adele said Oh My God reflects her feelings about wanting to date again after her divorce, with her friends trying to set her up
Temptation: A huge python also features in one scene, intertwining itself around her chair
Split: The singer’s divorce was finalised last year after splitting from charity CEO Simon in 2020 (pictured in 2013)
According to Rolling Stone, the song ‘explores wanting to put herself out there but having trouble doing so as a superstar’.
Adele told the publication Oh My God reflects her feelings about wanting to date again after her divorce, with her friends trying to set her up. The singer’s divorce was finalised last year after splitting from the charity CEO in 2020.
She said: ‘You can’t set me up on a f*****g blind date! I’m like, “How’s that going to work?”There’ll be paparazzi outside and someone will call [gossip site] Deuxmoi, or whatever it’s f*****g called! It ain’t happening.’
It comes after Adele delighted fans as she shared a teaser of the music video on Tuesday evening.
The singer took to Instagram ahead of its premiere on Wednesday morning to share a 25-second clip.
Exciting: It comes after Adele delighted fans as she shared another teaser of the music video for her second single, Oh My God on Tuesday evening
Standing in front of a halo, the songstress threw her arms wide, before it went to another clip of Adele biting an apple- in reference to Eve eating the forbidden fruit.
Elsewhere a dancer slithered across a floor, while others performed acrobatics with fire.
Adele captioned the black and white video: ‘Oh My God video, tomorrow 9am PST / 12pm EST / 5pm UK time.’
Countdown: The singer took to Instagram ahead of its premiere on Wednesday morning to share a 25-second clip
Wow: Standing in front of a halo, the songstress could be seen throwing her arms wide, before it went to another clip of Adele biting an apple- in reference to Eve eating the forbidden fruit
Religious connotations: In reference to the single’s title, the video was filled with religious connotations with Adele wearing a pellegrina clerical cape atop of a glamorous ballgown
And fans waited with baited breath for the release. One wrote in the comment section: ‘Oh my God cannot wait’.
Another added: ‘The legendary queen is back’, while a third chimed: ‘This is going to be epic!!!!’.
On Saturday, the Chasing Pavements hitmaker looked ravishing in a red off-the-shoulder satin gown teamed with a diamond necklace and earrings as she posed with an apple for the sultry shot shared to Instagram.
Dramatic: Elsewhere a dancer slithered across a floor, while others performed acrobatics with fire
Racy: Another dancer straddled a dancer on a chair
One to watch: Adele captioned the black and white video: ‘Oh My God video, tomorrow 9am PST / 12pm EST / 5pm UK time’
‘The legendary queen is back!’: And fans waited with baited breath for the release. One wrote in the comment section: ‘Oh my God cannot wait’
Oozing old school Hollywood glamour, Adele rocked a smokey eye, fluttery long lashes and dark rouge lips, while her caramel locks were slicked back in a wet-look style.
It comes after Adele showed she has no sign of slowing down in her music comeback as she teased a glimpse of a new music video for her track, Oh My God.
Taking to Instagram on Thursday, the Tottenham native shared a 15-second black and white snippet from the video as the camera panned across a dark room before centering on Adele.
As the melody played in the background, suddenly Adele was illuminated by a bright light, revealing she was wearing a striking floral glove with a white cape and long gloves.
Cutting to black once again, the video revealed that the video will drop on January 12 at 9AM PT/ 12PM ET/ 5PM GMT.
Adele captioned the clip: ‘Rested and Re-Set! Feeling ready for 2022, there’s so much coming, I’m excited for you all to see it x’.
It’s been a bumper year for the star who returned to the top of the charts earlier this year with Easy On Me, her first single since 2016.
Adele claimed her fourth consecutive UK number one album and the fastest selling of 2021 with her latest LP, 30.
The album broke the record for the most-streamed album in a day globally by a UK artist in Spotify history.
Additionally, Adele broke the record for the most streamed UK artist globally in a day in Spotify history.
As a result of her success, Adele made £28 million in one year from the two companies that bank profits from her successful recording career.
Look out for it: Adele teased her haunting new music video for Oh My God and promised fans there’s ‘so much more coming’ in an Instagram post on Thursday
The singer also led the nominations for the 2022 BRIT Awards, with an impressive four nods.
And after the success of the follow up album 30, the star has also landed nods in the Song of the Year, Album of the Year and Pop, R&B categories.
Adele is also set to make an average of more than $2 million a show on her upcoming Las Vegas concert residency Weekends With Adele.
The London native, who shares nine-year-old son Angelo with her ex-husband Simon, was inspired to write the album while going through her divorce.
Singing sensation: Adele claimed her fourth consecutive UK number one album and the fastest selling of 2021 with her latest LP, 3
