When Beyoncé sang the line "Everybody on mute" in "Energy," the audience at her Renaissance World Tour already knew what to do and held a moment of silence. So far, concertgoers in each city have individually declared themselves the "winners" of the Queen Bey challenge, but Adele took the stage at "Weekend with Adele" in Las Vegas on Friday, August 26 Let her fans pay tribute to her during the residency. Spoiler alert: they don't understand the mission.
"You fucking failed miserably," Adele joked in a fan-filmed video after attendees at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace disobeyed her lyrical orders. "I'm just saying... when she sings 'Everybody Mute,' you have to be quiet."
However, as the "Easy on Me" singer pointed out, they weren't the only viewers who failed the review. Adele said she had just watched a video of Beyoncé's Atlanta tour that morning, joking that those concertgoers also "failed miserably," adding, "Everyone was like 'Wow!'" However, Adele may have Atlanta was confused with another location, as the "Break My Soul" singer herself actually announced the Georgia city as the early challenge winner, just days after she honored a crowd in Washington, D.C. with her "EERBODY" on August 7 ON MUTE WAR WINNER” honor.
For Adele, imitation is a form of flattery. The British singer has made no secret of her status in the BeyHive for over a decade, even naming her "landmark" Lemonade visual project as the most deserving during her Album of the Year acceptance speech at the 2017 Grammy Awards winners, shout out. Beyoncé also shared her love for her in a Vanity Fair cover story, saying, "It's so easy to talk to her and be around her. She's so funny and her comeback is legendary. Adele's most beautiful One thing is that she has her priorities straight. She is a gracious woman and the most humble person I have ever met.”
Queen Bey isn't the only artist Adele sent flowers to in Las Vegas, either. In another fan video on X (formerly Twitter) during the Aug. 26 show, she told viewers she was "obsessed" with Miley Cyrus' new song "Used to Be Young," which was released that day. After declaring that she has "always been a huge Miley Cyrus fan" and has a "soft spot" for the new song, Adele admitted that just thinking about the song's meaning made her "cry" on the spot . "I absolutely love her," she said of Cyrus, adding, "I think she's such a legend."
Apparently, the feeling is mutual. Miley retweeted a video of Adele's concert review and tagged the singer, writing: "While writing this song, I thought of you a lot - always hoping you would like it. This is so important to me Said means the world. I love you."
