Rumour has itĀ that the British singersĀ Adele and Sam SmithĀ could be the same person, according to a nutty conspiracy theory that began circulating online this week.
Twitter user @Jesse21Valona set the social media platform alight Monday when he shared this video of Adeleās 2015 hit āHelloā being played at a slower speed.
āDid you know that when you slow down Adele itās actually Sam Smith,ā he asked.
He shared this clip of Adeleās āMillion Years Agoā as further evidence:
The musical resemblance sent other people on Twitter into a mini-meltdown, with many posing the same question:
Others simply marveled at the coincidence:
Twitter user @Mubzy added further fuel to the theory with this post:
Indeed, a Google Image search of the termsĀ āAdeleā and āSam Smithā throws up no images of the pair together, in the same place at the same time.
Adele and Smith appear to have only been in contact publicly over Twitter once, back in 2013:
Not everyone was convinced, however, and some tweeters called for further investigation:
Which is what one person did:
And sadly, speeding up a Sam Smith song did not make it sound like an Adele track. Oh well, it was fun while it lasted ...
