"'If he does change, it must necessarily be into something worse. I don't imagine we are going to say that god is lacking in any beauty or goodness'" (380c).
Plato's stance on metamorphosis and the implications behind becoming what you are, rather than being what you are, brings questions to feeling behind song covers. While covers convey emotion, they are musical platforms in which beings deviate from their just and fixated true emotion; covers transform people into other peoples' essences and allow people to falsely project perceived identities. In other words, covers push beings away from reality, making music "'into something worse'", while non-imitative music draws people to rationality. (380c).
Adele is very much a genuine singer whose songs are essences of who she is. Hello is sung in the first person, which ties the original writer's intentions with the singer's emotions -- Adele wrote Hello, so when she performs her song she is speaking from her own heart and experiences. The song, when sung by Adele, is apologetic from Adele's perspective and is not a simply an interpretation of Adele's sadness; the song is Adele and her sadness. Thus, when people cover Adele's Hello, they are identifying with her sadness instead of being their own.
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