Man Sings Adele’s ‘Hello’ to Judge to Escape Sentence

A Michigan man serenaded a judge and courtroom with an apology inspired by the hit maker's "Hello." 21-year-old Brian Earl Taylor, who faces up to 17 years in prison after being charged for unlawful imprisonment and carrying a concealed weapon, sang to the court last week just before the judge sentenced him, the Ann Arbor News reports.

"Hello there, your honor. I want to say I'm sorry for the things I've done and I'll try and be stronger in this life I chose, but I want you to know – that door, I close. And your honor I'm sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry.' Although Taylor did not receive his sentence in the video, the judge reportedly said that he was "obviously a talented young man."