WATCH: Adele goes for vertigo effects in new video

23 May 2016 - 13:35 By Sefiso Hlongwane
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Just moments after winning the Top Album Award at the 2016 Billboard Music Awards, Adele dropped a psychedelic video for her new single Send My Love (To Your New Lover).

This comes a week after the British pop singer and diva sensation teased fans about the new video release, which features something of a rarity for Adele: her dancing!

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Both hypnotic and innovative, the video renders an almost vertiginous effect. Adele - dressed in a long-sleeve, floor length floral gown - is seen singing before a black background with her movement captured in a kind of stylized stop-motion that suggests a ’70s tie-dye effect.

The 28-year-old pop star released the song as her third single in December from her eagerly-anticipated third studio album, 25.

Watch the full video below:

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