Should we be worried about Adele’s voice?

Everyone raved about her VMA performance but these celebrities probably don’t spend hours watching her live performances on YouTube like a certain webmistress who needs to get a life (ahem). I was really worried she was going to get panned because it sounded like she was sick and holding on for dear life to get through the last 30 seconds of the song, but then everyone on Twitter went bonkers for her and I remembered that Adele at 60% is better than 100% of everyone else at that show and in life in general.

It could have been an off-night, but earlier this summer she was forced to cancel her US tour due to laryngitis. She smokes like a chimney (even at the VMAs,) even though she admits it makes her voice sound like shit. And then there was this little revelation that her well-documented anxiety causes her to throw up a lot. 

Adele is easily my favorite artist of the last five years, maybe longer. I do not want her to destroy her voice. I hope I am overreacting, as usual.

**Update: Oh, Christ. Right as I went to hit save on this post I saw it come across the wire that Adele just canceled tonight’s and tomorrow’s shows in the UK, after postponing Sunday’s and Monday’s gigs. On her blog she writes: “I’ve had a rotten cold since i got home earlier this week and was hoping it wouldnt make its way onto my chest. but unfortunately it has and its leaving me breathless and i cant hold any of my notes when i sing. and i dont sound like myself either, because im all bunged up and croaky.” She also was forced to pull out of her performance at the Mercury Awards last night. OK. So I’m not crazy. She was obviously sick at the VMAs. Let’s hope it’s just a chest cold and not an ongoing career-threatening vocal issue that should befall Katy Perry instead.

*Edit again: I do not wish Katy Perry injury. She seems like a perfectly fine individual. However, I do not care for her music and I wish I never have to hear one of her songs on the radio again. Early retirement due to not enough time to count her money would be fine by me.