Six years since the release of her last full length, Adele has officially announced her new album ’30’.
The highly anticipated follow-up to 2015’s ’25’, the 33-year-old pop superstar confirmed her fourth LP will be released on November 19, describing the collection as her “ride or die throughout the most turbulent period” of her life.
Born Adele Laurie Blue Adkins, the British chanteuse took to social media for a lengthy statement:
“I was certainly nowhere near where I’d hoped to be when I first started it nearly 3 years ago. Quite the opposite actually. And yet there I was knowingly – willingly, even, throwing myself into a maze of absolute mess and inner turmoil! I’ve learned a lot of blistering home truths about myself along the way. I’ve shed many layers but also wrapped myself in new ones. Discovered genuinely useful and wholesome mentalities to lead with, and I feel like I’ve finally found my feeling again. I’d go so far as to say that I’ve never felt more peaceful in my life. And so, I’m ready to finally put this album out.”
Having filed for divorce from Simon Konecki in 2019 after a lengthy separation, and her dad Mark Evans passing away with cancer earlier this year, Adele opened up about how much her latest album means to her:
“It was my ride or die throughout the most turbulent period of my life. When I was writing it, it was my friend who came over with a bottle of wine and a takeaway to cheer me up. My wise friend who always gives the best advice.”
Revealing that the forthcoming full length will “narrate” the efforts she’s gone through to rebuild her “house and [her] heart,” she continued: “And then that friend who no matter what, checked in on me even though I’d stopped checking in with them because I’d become so consumed by my own grief. I’ve painstakingly rebuilt my house and my heart since then and this album narrates it. Home is where the heart is x (sic)”
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Author: Al Denté
Photo: Kristopher Harris