Adele’s Thursday appearance on Ellen was full of surprises, like an elaborate, hilarious prank on Jamba Juice employees. (Seriously, you should watch it.)
After that, Ellen asked the singer for a tiny little favor: if she’d be willing to record Ellen’s outgoing voicemail message. She hands her a written message and Adele recites it. Then, because she’s a poetic, noble land mermaid, she sings the message.
Obviously, the message is a parody of Adele’s hit “Hello.”
“Hello, it’s me. I was wondering if after all these years you’d leave a message at the beep. Hello, can you hear me? I’m in California dreaming about the message that you’ll leave.”
They also took a selfie at some point, because obviously:
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