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The expectations heading into Adele’s to start with new new music in approximately six several years have been as sky-large as one of several British singer/songwriter’s patented electrical power notes. But as an alternative to likely the bombastic route with 30‘s direct solitary “Simple on Me,” Adele despatched this susceptible musical

skit and among the best bridges in latest memory? If you’re Olivia Rodrigo, you change pretty much almost everything: “Good 4 U” smashes “If it ain’t broke, don’t resolve it” to parts, flipping the distraught, heartfelt balladry of “Motorists License” for just a middle-fingers-up anthem spiked with tongue-in-cheek lyrics and 2000s