Both haunting and triumphant, “Hello” is pure Adele, powerful and vulnerable at once. Unlike the season of sorrow she endured due to a “rubbish romance,” which inspired so many of her early songs, she ...

Sometimes it’s just nice to be greeted. To be looked in the eyes and told, “Hello.” It’s a very human thing. It’s simple, even intimate. But it can do wonders for a person in this mad, mad world of ...