And Adele’s legions of loyal followers are proving they’re more than up to the task. Most notably, the “Easy on Me” video plays out like a sequel to the singer’s 2015 visual for “Hello”—which, like “Easy on Me,” served as the lead single off her then-new album, 25. (“Easy on Me” will appear on Adele’s 30, which arrives on Nov. 19.) But take a closer look and you’ll likely notice lots more visual references that make the “Easy on Me” clip especially appealing. Keep reading to find out about all the Easter eggs in Adele’s “Easy on Me” music video.
Adele “Easy on Me” music video Easter eggs
Is Adele’s “Easy on Me” music video set in the same house as her “Hello” video?
Yes, it definitely seems like we’re meant to assume that it’s the very same house. Some fans think the “Hello” video was about her moving into that house and “Easy on Me” is about her moving out of it, signifying her split from Konecki.
Is Adele’s “Easy on Me” a sequel to “Hello?”
If there’s one fan theory that everyone seems to agree on, it’s that “Easy on Me”—definitely the video, if not the song as well—is intended to be the sequel to “Hello.” Both are shot in black and white (although “Easy on Me” ultimately segues into color) in an abandoned house where Adele is all alone. Both videos also take place on rather windy days and, in both clips, Adele speaks with an unknown someone (seemingly a friend) on her cell phone.
Does Adele sit in the chair from the “Rolling in the Deep” video in her “Easy on Me” video?
Again, it does seem like we’re supposed to at least make the connection between the two clips and the very similar (but not exactly identical) chairs she sits on in them. The “Rolling in the Deep” video was also likewise set in a nearly empty abode.
Is Adele’s “Easy on Me” video about a poltergeist?
This is another theory you can find floating around online (floating around… like a poltergeist!). Not only does the house in the visual harbor emotional ghosts, but apparently, there are actual ghosts in there as well. According to this theory, her “Go easy on me” pleas are directed “at the poltergeist, who has been tormenting her ever since her last album by turning all of her furniture over.” Not only is furniture overturned in the “Easy on Me” video, but later on as she’s driving off to the next chapter of her life, we see sheet music escaping from her car’s windows. “Unfortunately, it soon becomes clear that the poltergeist has followed her out of her house and has now concerned itself with messing with her music pages,” a Vulture critic contends. “They all fly crazily out of her car window, bidden by some unseen demon.”
Who directed Adele’s “Easy on Me” video?
The answer to that question is kinda like another Easter egg unto itself! Canadian filmmaker Xavier Dolan helmed the “Easy on Me” visual, and if his name sounds familiar, that’s because the Montreal-based director did the same for Adele’s “Hello” video almost exactly six years ago, back in October 2015.
Where was Adele’s “Easy on Me” video shot?
Both “Hello” and “Easy on Me” were filmed in director Dolan’s native Canadian province of Québec. While “Hello” was “shot on a farm in the province,” according to CTV News, “Easy on Me”’s filming locale—or at least, the roads Adele drives in the clip—is in the town of Sutton, located in Québec’s idyllic Eastern Townships, a popular weekending destination for Montréalers. Next, Check Out Adele’s Most Inspiring Quotes on Confidence and Body Positivity
