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With Adeles long-awaited comeback finally on the horizon, the singer-songwriter opened up about her divorce and much more in a cover story forBritish Vogue. Writer Giles Hattersley notes the artisthasnt spoken to a journalist since 2016, the year after her monumental25album arrived.
Adele filed for divorce from Simon Konecki in 2019,finalizingthe process in March of this year. The 33-year-olds new album30is expected to broach the topic, and she got candid about how the split impacted her relationship with her andKoneckis young sonAngelo James.
My son has had a lot of questions. Really good questions, really innocent questions, that I just dont have an answer for. Why cant you still live together? she said. I just felt like I wanted to explain to him, through this record, when hes in his twenties or thirties, who I am and why I voluntarily chose to dismantle his entire life in the pursuit of my own happiness. It made him really unhappy sometimes. And thats a real wound for me that I dont know if Ill ever be able to heal.
She also elaborated on why she chose to end her marriage, saying it was more of a drifting apart situation than anything headline-grabbing. It just wasnt right for me any more, she said. Nothing bad happened or anything like that.
Adele has made it clear she doesnt tolerate bullshit before, and was quick to fight back against the common misogynistic narrative that a divorced woman isspinning out of control.
Like, Oh she must be crackers. She mustve decided she wants to be a ho. Because what is a woman without a husband? Adele said. Its bullshit.
As for her new relationship, she confirmed that shes been dating Rich Paul since earlier this year. Yes, were together, she said. Were very happy. Hes great. Hes so fuckng funny. Hes so smart, you know.
The Hello singerfamously keeps her private life out of the public eye, and when she posted a photo in May 2020 she surprised her fans with her weight loss. I think one of the reasons people lost the plot was because actually, it was over a two-year period, she said. After keeping to herself for at least two yearsshe had lost 100 lbs,explainingthat exercise was a means to help deal with anxiety.
Working out, I would just feel better, she said. It was never about losing weight, it was always about becoming strong and giving myself as much time every day without my phone. I got quite addicted to it. I work outtwo or three times a day. As for her routine, she added that she does weights in the morning, boxing or hiking in the afternoon, and cardio at night. I was basically unemployed when I was doing it, and I do it with trainers, she said. Its not doable for a lot of people.
Circling back to the reaction around her body image, she insisted, I did it for myself and not anyone else. She thinks people were shocked because at no point did she share her journey, which might appear common in the social media age of documenting everything.
People have been talking about my body for 12 years. They used to talk about it before I lost weight. But yeah, whatever, I dont care, Adele said. You dont need to be overweight to be body positive, you can be any shape or size.
With her album on the way, the story also briefly teases a few elements to expect. There areno big-name guest features when it comes to vocals, which is perhaps wise considering few singers could match Adele, but there are a number of interesting names behind the scenes. Pop producer Max Martin, London producer Inflo, andBlack Panthercomposer/Donald Glover go-to Ludwig Gransson all worked on the album.
In what could be considered a massive flex, Adele also appeared on the cover of the American edition ofVoguefor a separate profile. In Abby Aguirres piece, the artist said she doesnt think she deserved to win Album of the Year for25at the 2017 Grammys, and that BeyoncsLemonadeshould have taken home the award instead.
My personal opinion is that Beyonc definitely should have won, Adele said. I just got this feeling: I fucking won it. I got overwhelmed, with, like, I will have to go and tell her how much her record means to me. After winning the award, she went to Beyoncs dressing room and wasinitially unable to expressjust how muchLemonademeant to her.She burst into tears before paying Queen Bey a second visit.
I just said to her, like, the way that the Grammys works, and the people who control it at the very, very topthey dont know what a visual album is, she elaborated. They dont want to support the way that shes moving things forward with her releases and the things that shes talking about. For my friends who are women of color, it was such a huge acknowledgment for them, of the sort of undermined grief that they go through. For her to nail that on the head, and also bring in the entire globe? I was like, This album is my album, she just knows what Im going through. That album was not written for me. But yet I could still feel like, this is the biggest gift.
Read the fullBritish Voguefeaturehere, and theVoguecover story here.
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Adele Opens Up About Divorce, Weight Loss, and Why Beyonc Definitely Should Have Won Album of the Year Grammy - Complex
