Guardian Music — The 24-year-old musician with the peroxide quiff who stopped studying medicine and started writing songsGood hair. The peroxide quiff is immense. She calls herself Emeli, but her real name is Adele. Which she dropped in favour of her middle name when... more info

Chorus.fm — Head to the replies to watch *Adele* (http://absolutepunk.net/adele)'s video for "Someone Like You." more info

The Music Fix — The better James hopes for the male equivalent of Adele mega-stardom. more info

Guardian Music — As comedians dabbling in rap go, Donald Glover has lot more going on than Will SmithHometown: Stone Mountain, Georgia.The lineup: Donald Glover (vocals).The background: You've got to sit up and pay attention to someone about whom New York's esteemed ... more info

VH1 Blog — Shorthand is useful. Just ask the director of Adele’s new video for “Someone Like You,” which premiered last night on MTV. Paris indicates love. Window-boxed black-and-white footage offers a retro vibe. And a heavy coat means it’s really cold... more info

USA Today Music — It's Friday, so we should all be happy, right? But Adele's new video isn't chipper. more info

Perez Hilton — Oh, our sweet Adele! You are such an inspiration! Her single Rolling in the Deep is still going strong on all the charts and is doing even more amazing on the digital charts. The single has moved more than 5.1 million downloads and remains in the nu... more info

Big Apple Music Scene — • Ryan Gosling on scene for The Gangster Squad. (Celeb Dirty Laundry) • Holly Madison has insured her rack. (Hollywood Hiccups) • Adele debuts her Someone Like You music video. Watch here. (Have U Heard) • Kate Middleton wearing what appea... more info

Stereogum — Adele’s “Someone Like You” is my shit – a gigantic, stormy ballad in which the young singer reveals the full operational power of her voice and, at the same time, navigates the interpersonal dynamics of a bad breakup with grace and maturity. ... more info

Dlisted — By popular demand (aka two friends emailing me), here's Adele walking around Paris singing a song that I always think is a James Blunt song whenever it yodels out of my iTunes. Listening to an Adele song makes me thank Shauna Sand's exquis... more info