Adele has confirmed that we’re getting a new album, and we’re getting the first taste of her new music this week.
But what’s more, the singer took to her Facebook page and Twitter on Wednesday to pen a heartfelt letter explaining her state of mind when creating the album, calling it a “make-up record” about her journey to grow up, “making up for everything I ever did and never did.”
“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 on to 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.”
She also apologized for the lateness of the album, saying, “I’m sorry it took so long, but you know, life happened.”
You can check out the entire heartfelt letter below.