I see no reason to discount or ignore something just because it is part of the pop music world. Or at least if you do then it can be your own loss. My wife bought both Adele's last album and Emili Sande's album and they get played a lot in the car. They're both crammed with great songs which surely is the main thing.

Plus what does Adele do? She goes on the Brits and stands fully clothed in front of a guy plying a piano and sings a beautiful song which takes off and pushes her into a different level from where she'd been. No overbearing backing track. No gyrating whatever in front of the camera. No lines of near naked dancers shaking their butts etc. Surely that is a good thing for music and song?