At the Super Bowl, Adele didn’t seem to be extremely invested in the progress of the game, but her reaction to something that was captured in a six-second clip has already become a meme.
The “Easy on Me” singer remains seated while two men seem to be having some kind of heated discussion on either side of her. It’s not entirely clear what she’s saying, but she shakes her head and waves one long-nailed hand before making a clear “zip it” motion. Adele then purses her lips and smiles slightly.
Some people on the internet guessed that she was, like me, telling her boyfriend to zip it because Rihanna was about to perform. Others simply noted her propensity for meme-able reactions whenever she’s captured as an audience member. It was, after all, only a week earlier when Adele’s reactions at the Grammy awards generated an entire category of memes unto themselves.