Adele Practices ‘Mute’ Challenge at Her Residency Ahead of Beyoncé’s Las Vegas ‘Renaissance’ Shows

Fans caught footage of Adele singing the verse from Beyoncé’s song “Energy” on Friday

Adele is trying to bring some of Beyoncé’s Renaissance tour “energy” to her Las Vegas Residency. 

After being a vocal member of the Bey Hive for years, the singer-songwriter, 35, tried to replicate an audience participation challenge that Queen Bey, 41, has been doing on the Renaissance Tour. While performing the song “Energy,” after she sings, “Look around everybody on mute,” the crowd is supposed to go silent — which is something fans have gotten the hang of over the course of the tour.

Fans captured Adele trying out the bit on Friday during her Weekends with Adele show at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace. 

After the “Hello” singer said, “Let’s practice it,” and sang the verse, she looked hilariously disappointed to hear noise among the audience instead of complete silence. 

“You f—ing failed miserably,” Adele joked. “When I sing, ‘Everybody on mute,’ you have to be f—ing quiet.”

Although the crowd didn’t get the challenge quite right, they all erupted in laughter at Adele’s animated sarcasm. 

The Grammy winner and noted Beyoncé fan then mentioned another show where the challenge didn’t go as planned. She said she watched a video of it and reenacted the crowd’s response, saying, “Everyone was like ‘wah!’”