Sometimes a bunch of words helps to tell a story. Sometimes an assortment of pictures helps illustrate a point. But sometimes, all you need is a video of two old dudes being awesome and discussing life, love, and the pros and cons of Adele.

I can’t decide if my favorite part is when they listen to “Ms. New Booty” or when they mistake Snooki for “nookie” or when they sing “New York, New York” or when they all wave to the passing car, but I know my least favorite part is that neither of these men is my grandfather.

Seriously, you guys, Karl Lagerfeld can’t even believe it. It’s been two months since he famously referred to our goddess, Adele, as “a little too fat,” and he has just been beating himself up over it ever since, let me tell you. Like he just hangs out in his full length white nightgown all hours of the day, just moping around the house, listening to “Someone Like You” and weeping. It’s bad.

I know, I know, he already apologized and everything. He said that his original comment was taken out of context, that he really loved Adele and she’s so beautiful and she’s his favorite singer. But that wasn’t enough. He still felt just so bad about what he said with his stupid mouth, and he didn’t know what to do to make things right.

But hey! He finally figured out the key to the heart of a woman: fancy purses!

He has already publicly apologised for his headline-making comments. But Karl Lagerfeld has upped his grovelling privately to Adele, whom he famously called “a little too fat.” The Chanel Creative director has appealed to the Grammy-winner’s love of fashion and sent her a range of the label’s coveted handbags.

According to The Sun, “He told his team to send Adele the best the fashion house have to offer after hearing she collected bags. He’s annoyed with himself because he ended up insulting her when he meant to compliment her. He thinks she’s beautiful and calls her divine.”

Lagerfeld, 78, backtracked on the comments made to a French magazine earlier this year. The jibes caused an uproar from fans, with even Madonna wading into the scandal, calling Lagerfeld’s words “horrible.” Adele chose not to comment directly, but told People magazine in a well-timed interview, “I represent the majority of women and I’m very proud of that.”

Within days, the German designer had issued a grovelling statement to the Someone Like You star. “I’d like to say to Adele that I am your biggest admirer,” he said at the time. “Sometimes when you take a sentence out of the article it changes the meaning of the thought. Adele is my favorite singer and I am a great admirer of her.”

Lagerfeld added that he admired Adele for being so strong in the face of comments regarding her weight. He said: “I lost over 30 kilos over 10 years ago and have kept it off. I know how it feels when the press is mean to you in regards to your appearance.  Adele is a beautiful girl. She is the best. And I can’t wait for her next CD.”

Clearly feeling that he has not done enough to get back in her good graces, Karl is now showering Adele with gifts, including the iconic quilted handbags and totes.

“He said he really wanted to make it up to her so they could maybe work together in the future.”

Blake Lively is the current face of Chanel’s Mademoiselle handbags, but the Sun claims that Lagerfeld is now considering Adele to take over once the Gossip Girl star’s contract is up.

No, I think this is sweet.  I think that Karl Lagerfeld really does love Adele that much, but he’s just kind of an asshole who doesn’t fully understand how compliments work.  It looks like he’s trying to make things right though, and I doubt that Adele was all that offended in the first place.  Happy ending, right?

Tonight, right, Adele? It’ll be tonight. You’ll surprise us all by releasing a totally free collection of 1,000 new songs that are all completely magical and moving, and that collection will have a bonus album of 100 covers of songs by singers like David Bowie and Britney Spears, and it will be everything we’ve ever dreamed of. That’s it, isn’t it? That’s when we’ll be getting your next album!

… No? It’s not tonight? It’s in roughly two years. Oh, no:

Adele has told a French radio station she will have a new single out by the end of the year, but her next album will take “a good two years” to record. The news will fuel speculation that the artist will record the theme tune to the latest Bond movie, Skyfall. She has been the bookmakers’ favourite since last year, but no official announcement has been made.

Speaking to France’s NRJ, the singer added she needed to find time to write the follow-up to her hit record, 21.

“If I didn’t write my own songs, I’d be out next week with a new album,” she said. ”I have to take time and live a little bit. There were a good two years between my first and second albums, so it’ll be the same this time.”

Adele added that she was not worried about recreating the success of 21, which has now sold more than 20 million copies around the world.

“I don’t think I’ll feel the pressure for the next album to be as big as the last one because I know that’s not really possible,” she said. ”What’s happened with this album is very rare anyway.”

She said her ideal duet partner would be the late Etta James but she would also like to sing with Beyonce.

“I adore Beyonce, I’ve been listening to her since I was about 11,” she told NRJ. ”I think her work as an artist and a singer is enviable in terms of the length of her career and how she’s grown and grown but most of my inspirations are (from) old music and sadly they have all died.”

Well, this hurts. Two years seems like forever, but I guess I’ll take it. Not only because I don’t have a choice, but also because if that’s the amount of time it’s going to take to get another amazing record from this girl, then that’s just the way it is. You have to respect her for not getting right back into the studio and recording an album of mediocre music just to keep riding on the waves of her overwhelming success, don’t you?

Besides, it’s not like I haven’t spent the past nine months listening to her first two albums over and over (and then over one more time). We’ll manage, I suppose.

You guys know who Stephin Merritt is, right? He’s the main singer in the Magnetic Fields, a band that I absolutely love. This is him, ok?

Seriously, the Magnetic Fields is one of my very favorite bands ever. I’m sure that’s a very hipster thing to say, but I came across “Book of Love” while listening to an Indie Weddings mix a few years ago, which probably says a whole lot more about me than I’d like, and I’ve loved them ever since. 69 Love Songs is an amazing, wonderful, magical album, and please give it a listen if you’re into that sort of thing. I can understand where a lot of people would not be into that sort of thing.

But why am I telling you guys about Stephin Merritt at all? Am I just rambling pointless about something I love to try to convert you? No, I usually reserve that kind of behavior for the weekends, but thanks for noticing. Actually, I’m telling you guys about Stephin Merritt because Stephin Merritt just made a few remarks about Adele, and as you know, we don’t need any excuse at all to talk about Adele.

Here’s what he had to say during an interview with L.A. Weekly:

I like Adele, though I have some reservations about why people like her. She really has a lovely voice, but I only get suspicious when people get excited about British people who sound like American black people. Basically she sounds like Anita Baker. And people are not, you know, wild and crazy about Anita Baker. And I think about the whole, with the racism, when people love when British people sound like American black people.

And there it is.

I know I talked up Stephin here quite a bit, but of course I disagree with him. Adele is popular because she’s an amazing singer with a charming personality who happened to write a beautiful album. That’s why people are so excited about her, not because they’re a bunch of racists who finally get to hear a nice white lady sing with some soul. And I’m pretty positive that people who love Adele aren’t forbidden to also enjoy black artists.

Also, I’d wager that people aren’t as wild and crazy about Anita Baker because the last album she released was a Christmas album back in 2005. That probably has a little something to do with it.

But hey, maybe I’m being crazy here. Maybe Stephin Merritt totally has a point with the racism thing, and I just can’t see it because I love Adele too much. Somehow, I don’t really think that’s it though.

What do you guys think on this one?

Ok, everybody, listen up. I need you to stop whatever you’re doing and watch this video right this instant. What is it that regular people do in the morning? Do you drink hot beverages and actually, like, put on real clothes and go out into the world? I’m not sure about the life you lead, but I am sure that it is imperative that you watch this video before you get your life started today. I promise you, it will be the difference between wishing you could have gotten a little more sleep, dreading whatever it is you dread, and heading into the world with a smile on your face and a song in your heart.

The song in your heart, of course, being “Someone Like You” by the goddess herself, Adele.

If you’ll remember, a few months ago I did this thing where I kept showing you guys covers of “Someone Like You.” I showed you good ones and great ones and silly ones. I did my very best so that Adele’s beautiful song would be ingrained in your soul for life. I did it for you, you guys. And now I’m doing it again.

Listen. It’s a two-year-old singing an Adele song. How many reasons do I really have to give you to watch it?

That photo of Adele is from about four years ago, back when she was just 19 years old*. That means the photo was taken just a year after Adele decided that her youth, her friends, and her 18th birthday party were more important than signing a record deal:

Adele reportedly refused to sign a record deal because she was too busy planning her birthday party. The ‘Someone Like You’ singer wanted to celebrate her 18th birthday with a bash to remember and refused to let the offer of a contract get in the way, according to school friend Allan Rose.

He said: ”It was typical Adele. Her pals were more important.”

Allan met Adele at the BRIT school – which also counts Jessie J, Amy Winehouse and Leona Lewis amongst its past pupils – where he says everyone knew she was destined for great things.

He told The Sun newspaper: ”It was clear she was going to be a star. Some people were that step above everyone else, and Adele was one of them. She was just naturally musically gifted.”

The singer famously refused to play any festivals in 2011 because she wanted to spend the summer ”drinking cider” and leading a ”normal” life with her friends.

She told Q magazine: ”You’ve got to build up relationships. I’m at a point where I’m making my friends for life. I don’t want to forget how to be normal. You’ve got to go out and have a laugh, innit?”

And Allan believes Adele is still the same person he once knew.

He added: ”She’s clearly stayed grounded. She was bubbly, fun, outgoing and popular at school. Everyone is proud we spent time with this amazing talent.”

See, I knew she was awesome! I got even more proof this weekend. I was talking to my BFF, and I realized I’d never asked her about her feelings on my girl, Adele. She said that she liked her music ok, but that she got the feeling that she was kind of stuck up or bitchy, or that something was off about her. Needless to say, I found that upsetting. I asked if she’d ever even heard Adele speak, and she said she hadn’t, and I was like “oh, then just you wait.” I went through some clips, and I found this gem of Adele on Chelsea Handler‘s show. It’s pretty old, but it deserves to be watched:

Oh my gosh, right? How could you not love this girl? Go to the 4:37 mark and just hear Adele’s laugh and the way she calls Chelsea Handler a bitch. If you didn’t smile, then I don’t know what happened to your heart.

*Side note: Adele’s birthday is May 5th, 1988, which is less than a month before my own birthday. This means that we will throw month-long birthday parties together, starting with hers and ending with mine. Because that’s what inseparable BFFs and platonic soul mates do.