ryan - Adele Posts a Sweet Birthday Message For Her Idol, the Late Amy Winehouse

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Adele shares a number of similarities with the late Amy Winehouse; she loves big hair, wearing winged eyeliner, and belting out vintage-sounding songs so beautiful they bring people to tears. On Wednesday, what would have been Amy's 33rd birthday, Adele shared a beautiful, happy photo of the "Rehab" singer on Instagram, writing, "Happy Birthday Amy X."

Amy, who struggled for years with drug and ******* addiction, died of ******* poisoning at the age of 27 in 2011, leaving behind a troubled but absolutely brilliant legacy. Adele has cited Amy's career as one of the main influences of her own success in the past, especially in an interview with Vice's i-D magazine in October 2015. "If it wasn't for Amy and [her 2003 debut album] Frank, one hundred per cent I wouldn't have picked up a guitar, I wouldn't have written 'Daydreamer' or 'Hometown' and I wrote 'Someone Like You' on the guitar too," she said, before adding, "I love Amy. I always have, I always will. Do you k**w what makes me super sad? That I'm never going to hear her voice again, other than how I've heard it."

A photo posted by @adele on Sep 14, 2016 at 8:02am PDT