Adele — Lyric Analysis
LyricScope analyzed the lyrics of 47 songs across 4 albums by Adele. They use 1,154 unique words out of 5,480 (lexical richness MATTR 0.68), with an average of 117 content words per song. Emotional tone: 40% of songs positive, 45% neutral, 15% negative.
Most used words by Adele
- love (165)
- let (116)
- know (83)
- time (71)
- heart (68)
- say (64)
- rumour (63)
- feel (61)
- hold (56)
- one (52)
- want (48)
- give (42)
- river (40)
- make (39)
- baby (37)
- right (35)
- back (35)
- said (34)
- look (33)
- lea (33)
Signature phrases
- “lea river lea” (26)
- “river lea river” (26)
- “said lord let” (16)
- “rolling deep” (16)
- “make feel” (15)
- “let said lord” (14)
- “lord let said” (14)
- “love water bridge” (11)
- “tears fall” (11)
- “love willing take” (10)
Colors in the lyrics
- blue (5)
- gold (2)
- black (1)
- rose (1)
Albums analyzed
- 19 (2008)
- 21 (2011)
- 25 (2015)
- 30 (2021)