--- title: Adele: Marching Band Masterfully Covers "Hello" description: Things get intense canonical: https://time.com/4132217/marching-band-adele-hello/ author: Entertainment Weekly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-12-02T03:56:04.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:47:54.746Z og:title: Marching Band Masterfully Covers Adele's 'Hello' og:description: Going where so many people have already gone og:url: https://time.com/4132217/marching-band-adele-hello/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Marching Band Masterfully Covers Adele's 'Hello' twitter:description: Going where so many people have already gone twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Marching Band Masterfully Covers Adele's _Hello_ ## Video: Five Things You May Not Know About Adele, The Savior Of Song [Watch (HLS stream): Five Things You May Not Know About Adele, The Savior Of Song](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/ps8KQX1S.m3u8) (2:17)  _Published 2015-11-20. Adele was an aspirational singer on Myspace before becoming a worldwide phenomenon._ by [Emily Blake / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Emily Blake / Entertainment Weekly Dec 2, 2015 3:56 AM UTC by [Emily Blake / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Emily Blake / Entertainment Weekly Dec 2, 2015 3:56 AM UTC There’s nothing like Adele’s “Hello” to get a bunch of college kids in the mood for the game, right? This weekend, the Southern University Marching Band — one of the top marching bands in the country and a self-proclaimed [human jukebox ](http://www.humanjukeboxonline.com/)— went where [so many people ](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/11/19/adele-hello-best-covers)(Joe Jonas and Demi Lovato included) have already gone by covering the lead single off Adele’s massive _25_. And just because the British singer’s heartbreaking lyrics of lost love aren’t there, doesn’t mean this version is any less emotional. _25_, Adele’s third studio album, sold a record-breaking 3.38 million copies in the U.S. in its first week, surpassing previous record-holder \*NSYNC (for 2000’s No Strings Attached). Listen above, and consider turning down your speakers, because right around 1:20, things get _intense._ [_This article originally appeared on ew.com_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/12/01/adeles-hello-marching-band-video) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4132217/marching-band-adele-hello/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4132217/marching-band-adele-hello/"},"headline":"Marching Band Masterfully Covers Adele's Hello","datePublished":"2015-12-02T03:56:04.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:47:54.746Z","description":"Things get intense","url":"https://time.com/4132217/marching-band-adele-hello/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Emily Blake / Entertainment Weekly"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"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/4132217/marching-band-adele-hello/","name":"Marching Band Masterfully Covers Adele's Hello"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Five Things You May Not Know About Adele, The Savior Of Song","description":"Adele was an aspirational singer on Myspace before becoming a worldwide phenomenon.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/ps8KQX1S/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-11-20T19:52:54.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/ps8KQX1S.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4132217/marching-band-adele-hello/","duration":"PT2M17S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4132217/marching-band-adele-hello/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```