Adele is
back and spilling details on her highly anticipated new album “25.”
After a
mysterious commercial tease earlier this week, the singer posted a lengthy
letter on Twitter and Facebook detailing what fans can expect from her album,
which she is calling a “make-up record.”
“When I was 7, I
wanted to be 8. When I was 8, I wanted to be 12. When I turned 12 I just wanted
to be 18. Then after that I stopped wanting to be older. Now I’m ticking 16-24
boxes just to see if I can blag it! I feel like I’ve spent my whole life so far wishing it away.
Always wishing I was older, wishing I was somewhere else, wishing I could
remember and wishing I could forget too. Wishing I hadn’t ruined so many good
things because I was scared or bored. Wishing I wasn’t so matter of fact all
the time. Wishing I’d gotten to know my great grandmother more, and wishing I
didn’t know myself so well, because it means I always know what’s going to
happen. Wishing I hadn’t cut my hair off, wishing I was 5-foot-7. Wishing I’d
waited and wishing I’d hurried up as well,” she wrote.
— Adele (@Adele) October 21, 2015
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“My last record was
a break-up record and if I had to label this one I would call it a make-up record,”
she wrote. “I’m making up with myself. Making up for lost time. Making up
for everything I ever did and never did. But I haven’t got time to hold onto
the crumbs of my past like I used to. What’s done is done. Turning 25 was a
turning point for me, slap bang in the middle of my twenties. Teetering on the
edge of being an old adolescent and a fully-fledged adult, I made the decision
to go into becoming who I’m going to be forever without a removal van full of
my old junk.”
The singer, who is
rumored to have worked with Max Martin, Diane Warren and One Republic’s Ryan
Tedder on the new album, apologized to fans for the album taking so long to
drop.
“I miss everything about my past, the good and the bad, but only because it won’t come back. When I was in it I wanted out! So typical. I’m on about being a teenager, sitting around and chatting sh*t, not caring about the future because it didn’t matter then like it does now. The ability to be flippant about everything and there be no consequences. Even following and breaking rules…is better than making the rules, 25 is about getting to know who I’ve become without realizing. And I’m so sorry it took so long, but you know, life happened,” she added.
“25” is
expected to drop in November.
— Jesse Spero
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