Adele: ‘I Don’t Think Sadness Is Always Devastating’

Adele hit the “Today”
show on Wednesday talking motherhood and music.

When the music superstar was asked by host Matt Lauer if she
worries that the success of her new album “25” will mean less time
for her 3-year-old son Angelo, the British powerhouse offered a delightful
response.

“No, my son comes everywhere with me. We’re all good.
Like, we’re tight,” she said (Matt grinned). “He’s the first person I
see in the morning and the last I person that I see at night and vice versa, so
we’re all good and I make time for him, like I always have. That’s one of the
main reasons that I’ve been away for so long is because I was like, no, my kid
is more important, and my kid comes from first and my music comes second, and I
come second, you know?” 

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Adele is on her way toward selling 3 million copies of her
brand new album, and she hasn’t quite taken it all in yet.

“It’s pretty overwhelming,” she told Matt,
“but it’s incredible.”

Adele’s 2011 album “21” was huge, and she called
the success scary. She told Matt that after what happened with the last studio
album, she didn’t have fears this time around.

“I feel like I kind of knew what I was getting into
this time,” she said. “Not that I expected this kind of reaction, but
because I’d experienced the success of ’21,’ I was a little less frightened
this time because when it happened on ’21’ I was clueless, like it never
happened to me before, so I felt a bit more prepared for it this time yeah. And
also, I’ve got a kid, which is the most grounding thing, as I’m sure any parent
will know.”

Adele had writers block, Matt said, following
“21,” and the host asked her if she started to worry she would only
be able to write music from an unhappy place.

“Yeah, and I think that is the case. And I think it’s
just a way of channeling it. I don’t think sadness is always devastating. It
can be quite uplifting and joyful as well and sometimes, you have to let
yourself be sad in order to move forward, so once I sort of started looking at
it like that, I was quite happy to do it and also I felt like I didn’t need to
let myself go this time in order to access my creativity, so that was
good.”

Jolie Lash

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