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"Easy on Me" is a song by English singer Adele from her fourth studio album, 30 (2021). Adele wrote the song with its producer, Greg Kurstin. Columbia Records released it as the album's lead single on 15 October 2021. A torch ballad, "Easy on Me" places emphasis on Adele's vocals over piano instrumentation. In the song, she addresses her divorce and pleads for forgiveness and understanding. It received positive reviews from music critics, who praised her vocals and the lyrics. "Easy on Me" won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Solo Performance and the Brit Award for Song of the Year. The song reached number one on the charts in several countries. Xavier Dolan directed the music video, which references previous Adele videos and depicts her moving out of the house featured in the "Hello" music video. She performed it at the NRJ Music Awards, on her television specials, and at the concert residency Weekends with Adele. Many artists sang cover versions of it. (This article is part of a featured topic: 30 (album).)

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October 15

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1815 – Napoleon began his exile on Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean, which would encompass his final six years.
1932 – Air India (modern aircraft pictured), the flag carrier airline of India, began operations under the name Tata Airlines.
1954 – Hurricane Hazel made landfall in the Carolinas in the United States before moving north to Toronto in Canada later the same day, killing 176 people in the two countries.
1996 – The Irish Criminal Assets Bureau was established following the gangland murders of Detective Garda Jerry McCabe and investigative journalist Veronica Guerin.
2006 – An earthquake registering 6.7 M_w occurred off the northwestern coast of the island of Hawaiʻi.

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St. Teresa of Avila Church is a Catholic church in Bodega, California, United States. Built by shipbuilders in 1860 on land donated by Jasper O'Farrell, it is named after Spanish mystic and saint Teresa of Ávila and was dedicated in 1861. The wooden building was enlarged in 1872 by cutting it in half and constructing a new section between the two ends. Designated a California Historical Landmark, the church was the subject of a 1953 black-and-white photograph by Ansel Adams and also appeared in Alfred Hitchcock's 1963 film The Birds.

Photograph credit: Frank Schulenburg

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