The True Meaning Behind All Night Parking (With Erroll Garner) Interlude By Adele
Adele's album "30" was released on November 19, hot on the heels of her divorce from Simon Konecki, with whom she shares her son, Angelo, per CNN. Like any good artist, Adele turned to her art as a form of catharsis from such a challenging time. But Adele didn't just make the album for herself; she made it for all her fans who might be going through some variation of upheaval and rupture.
She spoke about this with Zane Lowe for Apple Music, saying in the November interview, "It was like it really helped me, this album. It really, really did." She later added, "I really think that some of the songs on this album could really help people. Really change people's lives. And I think a song like 'Hold On' could actually save a few lives. I really, really do."
Judging from the global reaction to Adele's new album, many fans feel the same. Yet there's one track on the album that just hits differently. This is "All Night Parking (With Erroll Garner) Interlude." The song is an island in and of itself.
All Night Parking describes new love
Adele's "All Night Parking (With Erroll Garner) Interlude" functions on a completely different level than the rest of the songs on "30." The song is track number 8 out of 12 songs, so it sits roughly in the middle, hence the title "Interlude."
"All Night Parking" gives off smoky, jazz bar vibes. The sexy beat is refreshingly seductive from an album with other songs that seem to focus on Adele's about divorce and explaining this rupture to her son, Angelo. While the other songs are about a breakup, this song is about new love. "I just wanna spend all my time with you (It feels so good) / I'm so hard to impress, don't leave me on this stretch alone," Adele sings, via Genius.
Adele sings about her hard shell and how love pried it open. "I don't know how you got through to me (I'm so cold) / It's all happenin' so easily (Like, oh, my God) / It's so hard to digest, usually, I'm best alone / But every time that you text, I want to get on the next flight home," she sings. The sexy, even cheerful track speaks to new hope for the singer.
Adele soft-launches her new boyfriend
"All Night Parking" creates a wonderful pause in "30," an album otherwise dedicated to heartbreak and the end of Adele's marriage. In an interview with British Vogue for the magazine's November issue, Adele introduced the interviewer to her new boyfriend, Rich Paul. "Yes, we're together," Adele told Vogue. "We're very happy."
The song is a reminder that even in the midst of relationship chaos and loss, there's still hope for love. "The sight of you is dramatic, one glimpsе and I panic inside / I get lost in our hours 'cause you possess powers I can't fight," Adele sings, via Genius. She ends the song with an echo of, "That's why I dream about you / All night long."
Considering Adele said that she set out creating "30" to help both herself and her fans, it's certainly fitting that she created an interlude about hope and the overwhelming power of new love. The song felt like a life raft in the ocean of loss and proved to be just what we needed — and possibly just what she needed, too.