

It was more me divorcing myself."įocusing on her work - and on herself - has helped Adele conquer the anxiety that she's felt over the past few years.

"'Cause all the other albums are like, 'You did this! You did that! F-k you! Why can't you arrive for me?' Then I was like: 'Oh, s-t, I'm the running theme, actually. "I realized that I was the problem," Adele joked. However, she doesn't think fans should expect a divorce album. Earlier this month, she announced that the first single off her forthcoming record will be out on October 15. "He has so many simple questions for me that I can't answer, because I don't know the answer," she said of her child, who she penned a song for in hopes of giving him some closure.Īdele hasn't released new music since 2015. The divorce was hard for both Adele and the charity founder, but their 9-year-old son, Angelo, struggled too. "And they were like, 'In time.' And I was like, 'Yeah, but how much time?' And one of them cried and was just like, 'I don't know. and I was like, 'When will I stop feeling like this?'" she recalled. "I remember sitting out there with two of my friends. During "a lovely night with my friends," she started to ask the big questions. "Who am I? What do I want to do? What makes me truly happy? All those things."Īnxiety took over, which presented the "Set Fire to the Rain" singer with a major challenge. native felt like she wanted more out of her life. When she was approaching her 30s, the U.K. It was just: I want my son to see me really love, and be loved. Neither of us hurt each other or anything like that.

"I was just going through the motions and I wasn't happy," she told Vogue. Looking back on her marriage, the "When We Were Young" songstress admitted it wasn't all perfect. In September 2019, Adele filed for divorce from Konecki, 46, and the pair reached a settlement earlier this year. She also landed the cover of British Vogue, giving each outlet a taste of how she's spent the past five years. The 33-year-old singer opened up like never before in Vogue's November 2021 cover story, which hit the internet on Thursday, October 7. Processing her divorce from Simon Konecki wasn't easy for Adele - but she's finally ready to find her "true happiness." The twosome were spotted together multiple times before going Instagram official in September.Ĭredit: American Vogue: Alasdair MclellanĪdele Says She Was 'Just Going Through the Motions' in Simon Konecki Marriage: 'I Wasn't Happy'Įntering a new era. She’s also felt supported by her new love interest, sports agent Rich Paul, who she said she knew for years before sparking their romance earlier this year. It was more me divorcing myself.”įocusing on her work - and on herself - has helped Adele conquer the anxiety that she’s felt over the past few years. “‘Cause all the other albums are like, ‘You did this! You did that! F–k you! Why can’t you arrive for me?’ Then I was like: ‘Oh, s–t, I’m the running theme, actually. “I realized that I was the problem,” Adele joked. However, she doesn’t think fans should expect a divorce album. “He has so many simple questions for me that I can’t answer, because I don’t know the answer,” she said of her child, who she penned a song for in hopes of giving him some closure.Īdele hasn’t released new music since 2015. “And they were like, ‘In time.’ And I was like, ‘Yeah, but how much time?’ And one of them cried and was just like, ‘I don’t know. “I remember sitting out there with two of my friends … and I was like, ‘When will I stop feeling like this?'” she recalled.

During “a lovely night with my friends,” she started to ask the big questions. Anxiety took over, which presented the “Set Fire to the Rain” singer with a major challenge.
