Adele has confirmed her new album will be called 25.Following the massive successes of 19 and 21, released in 2008 and 2011, respectively, the 27-year-old award-winning singer opened up about her new music via a lengthy Facebook post Wednesday. The title of 25 follows the “Rumor Has It” singer’s pattern of naming each album after her age.
“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,” Adele wrote in her note. “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.”
Since the release of 19, she gave birth to a son and got engaged to Simon Konecki.
“My last record was a break-up record and if I had to label this one I
would call it a make-up record,” said Adele, whose “Someone Like You”
nabbed a Grammy. “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,” the musician wrote. “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.”
“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,”
the “Rolling in the Deep” singer said. “I’m on about being a teenager,
sitting around and chatting shit, 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,” she wrote on
Facebook. “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.”
Rumored collaborators include Max Martin, Diane Warren and One Republic’s Ryan Tedder. A preview of Adele’s new album appeared without warning on Sunday night during a commercial break on The X Factor
in The U.K. The 30-second clip featured lyrics on a black screen.
“Hello / It’s me / I was wondering if after all these years you’d like
to meet / To go over everything / They say that time’s supposed to heal
ya / But I ain’t done much healing…” she sang. At the time, Adele’s
reps refused to confirm whether the new material was legitimate.
