Tom: Our reader, lempamo, sends this one in with the comment “good song, though it’s not what I expected from an Adele track.”
Tom: That’s because this is blatantly an Ed Sheeran track in the verses, at least based on that guitar work, and a… hmm. Who’s the chorus?
Tim: I don’t know, and to be honest: that’s not so much because I can’t place it, but more because I’m not fussed enough to try. This…this really doesn’t do it for me. It’s a shame, maybe, because obviously being a British pop music fan I’m obliged to love Adele, but here I’m happy to pass this aside.
Tom: I said yesterday that I had two tests for a Really Good Pop Song, and this passes one of the two. Yes, after one play, I can remember part of it — that chorus. But do I want to hit replay? No. No, sadly I don’t.
Tim: And today, I very much agree with you.