--- title: Grammys 2017: Adele Wore Beyonce Lemon Pin description: Adele wore her love of Beyonce on her dress. canonical: https://time.com/4668811/grammys-2017-adele-beyonce-lemon-pin/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-02-13T14:24:03.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:41:01.743Z og:title: Here's the Adele Tribute to Beyoncé You Probably Missed og:description: Proof Adele worships Beyoncé og:url: https://time.com/4668811/grammys-2017-adele-beyonce-lemon-pin/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt466fa4ffe3b618cc/6988ba012dce0196f29ec3e3/adele-beyonce-2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: adele-beyonce-2 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Here's the Adele Tribute to Beyoncé You Probably Missed twitter:description: Proof Adele worships Beyoncé twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt466fa4ffe3b618cc/6988ba012dce0196f29ec3e3/adele-beyonce-2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Here's the Adele Tribute to Beyoncé You Probably Missed > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Feb 13, 2017 2:24 PM UTC  Valerie Macon—AFP/Getty Images; Kevin Mazur—Getty Images by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Feb 13, 2017 2:24 PM UTC During her Grammy [acceptance speech](http://time.com/4668482/grammys-2017-beyonce-speech/) for Record of the Year, avowed Beyoncé disciple [Adele](http://time.com/4668594/adele-beyonce-grammys-2017/) paid respect to Beyoncé’s [_Lemonade_](http://time.com/4631309/beyonce-lemonade-impact/) with the appropriate combination of gratitude and humility. “I can’t possibly accept this award,” she said tearfully as Beyoncé looked on, visibly touched. “The _Lemonade_ album was just so monumental, Beyoncé. It was so monumental and well thought-out and beautiful and soul-bearing. We appreciate that. All of us artists here adore you. You are our light.” But that wasn’t all. Before Adele nabbed awards in three categories that the _Lemonade_ singer was also nominated in, she hit the red carpet in a green dress with a striking blink-and-you-miss it Beyoncé touch. The detail spotters of the internet noticed Adele’s sparkly bright yellow lemon pin in the upper right-hand corner of her dress. The fruit pin was a likely nod to Beyoncé’s high-impact 2016 album, and not because Adele takes a squeeze of lemon in her tea. It wasn’t as obvious as her [George Michael-style cross earrings](http://people.com/style/grammys-2017-adele-wears-cross-earrings-george-michael-tribute/), but the symbol confirms that Adele keeps her faith in Beyoncé close to her heart, regardless of who wins. > [](https://twitter.com/pettyyonceh/status/830941240279564292) > [](https://twitter.com/AdeleLDN/status/830929704777576450) > [](https://twitter.com/SpicyMayoBlog/status/830940413464829953) > [](https://twitter.com/HoldmeAdele/status/830937074698158081) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4668811/grammys-2017-adele-beyonce-lemon-pin/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4668811/grammys-2017-adele-beyonce-lemon-pin/"},"headline":"Here's the Adele Tribute to Beyoncé You Probably Missed","datePublished":"2017-02-13T14:24:03.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:41:01.743Z","description":"Adele wore her love of Beyonce on her dress.","url":"https://time.com/4668811/grammys-2017-adele-beyonce-lemon-pin/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","awards","Beyonce","Adele","Grammys 2017"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt466fa4ffe3b618cc/6988ba012dce0196f29ec3e3/adele-beyonce-2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ashley Hoffman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt466fa4ffe3b618cc/6988ba012dce0196f29ec3e3/adele-beyonce-2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"adele-beyonce-2","caption":"Grammys","creditText":"Valerie Macon—AFP/Getty Images; Kevin Mazur—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4668811/grammys-2017-adele-beyonce-lemon-pin/","name":"Here's the Adele Tribute to Beyoncé You Probably Missed"}}]}] ```