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Monday Afternoon Diversion: Adele's Butter Dance

By Kevin Robinson in Arts & Entertainment on May 7, 2012 8:00PM

When Adele Adkins's song "Someone Like You" hit, it seemed to capture the imagination of music listeners around the English-speaking world. From NPR's analysis of the appoggiatura to a slew of clever takes on a heartbreaker of a song, the Grammy-winning hit some took the world by storm. Now, here's a video of an Indonesian performance artist in a tight black dress and red heels dancing on 20 pounds of butter, set to Adele. What to make of this? Take from it what you will; we think the song works well with the performance.