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• Adele was a huge winner at the 2017 Grammy Awards.
• But she was very vocal about wishing Beyoncé had won for "Lemonade."
• Adele even wore a lemon-shaped pin — a nod to Beyoncé's album title.
Adele went home with the two biggest Grammy Awards — record of the year and album of the year — but the singer made sure to tell the world that she believed the honor belonged to Beyoncé. During her acceptance speech for winning album of the year, Adele said she couldn't possibly accept the award because Beyoncé was the artist of the year.
But some eagle-eyed viewers noticed that Adele was publicly rooting for Beyoncé long before she got up on stage.
Adele made her red carpet entrance wearing a long green gown and one important accessory: a lemon-shaped pin.
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People believe the pin was a direct nod to "Lemonade," Beyoncé's visual album that was up against Adele and several others for the major awards of the evening.
If you zoom in, the lemon design of the pin is even more obvious. See the jeweled leaves at the top?
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During her post-Grammy press conference, Adele re-emphasized what she had said earlier in the evening about "Lemonade" losing to her album for both record of the year and album of the year.
"Like I said in my speech, for me my album of the year was 'Lemonade,'"Adele said. "So a piece of me did die inside, as a Beyoncé stan, I'm not gonna lie. I was completely rooting for her, I voted for her."
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Adele didn't stop praising Beyoncé there, either. Later in the same backstage Grammys interview, she used more colorful language to applaud Beyoncé's work.
"For her to be making such relevant music for that long of a period, and still effect all of us — it's not just me — I mean there are friendships I have that are defined by us being complete Beyoncé stans, you know?" Adele said. "Like I don't take any f---ing sh-- when it comes to anyone not liking Beyoncé. You can't be in my life. You simply can't."
Adele also said she believed this was Beyoncé's time to win.
"My view is kind of 'What the f--- does she have to do to win album of the year?'" she said.
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"I am of course very very grateful having won it, but I felt the need [to say something] because I love her and I felt like she was more worthy," Adele said. "And that's pretty much it really."
You can watch the full backstage interview here, and hear more from Adele about growing up listening to Destiny's Child and George Michael, and reflect on her big wins.
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