Adele’s Oprah Winfrey Interview Proved She’s in Control of Her Own Narrative

variety.com:

Caroline Framke Chief TV CriticIt took almost the entirety of Oprah Winfrey’s interview for her to inspire a tear in Adele’s eye, but Adele still refused to let it drop. “Oh, no!” the singer cried, wagging a finger at the legendary host with the kind of fond chiding you throw a friend’s way after they lure you into deeper emotional waters than expected. “You’re not going to make me cry!” Winfrey, an expert at steering conversations in and out of catharsis, threw up her hands in mock “who, me?” innocence.

Soon enough, she was wrapping the interview with her fondest wishes, having never truly cracked her subject’s self-aware composure.This isn’t to say that Adele, reemerging with a new album after spending years out of the public eye, didn’t.