![No-one knows how to take their sweet time better than Adele. To be honest though, if her new album is even half as good as 21, we'd happily wait another five years. (If you're reading this Adele, we did not mean that, please don't make us wait another five years.) Here's everything we know so far about the new album.]()
No-one knows how to take their sweet time better than Adele. To be honest though, if her new album is even half as good as 21, we'd happily wait another five years. (If you're reading this Adele, we did not mean that, please don't make us wait another five years.) Here's everything we know so far about the new album.
![She's being incredibly selective: When Sia revealed her brilliant new single, 'Alive', last month, she let slip that the song was co-written with Adele, and had originally been intended for Adele's new album. If a song as great as that ended up on the cutting room floor, we can only imagine how good the album's going to be.]()
She's being incredibly selective: When Sia revealed her brilliant new single, 'Alive', last month, she let slip that the song was co-written with Adele, and had originally been intended for Adele's new album. If a song as great as that ended up on the cutting room floor, we can only imagine how good the album's going to be.
![The new single sounds brilliant: Without warning or context, 30 seconds of a brand new Adele song played during an X Factor ad break this weekend.]()
The new single sounds brilliant: Without warning or context, 30 seconds of a brand new Adele song played during an X Factor ad break this weekend. "Hello, it's me," it aptly began. "I was wondering if after all these years, you%u2019d like to meet to go over everything. They say that time%u2019s supposed to heal ya but I ain%u2019t done much healing%u2026"
![She's been collaborating with a bunch of established artists: A series of reports, some confirmed, others still speculation, have linked Adele to Danger Mouse, Tobias Jesso Jr, Ryan Tedder, Phil Collins, Damon Albarn and more. Speaking to the Herald Sun, Ryan Tedder of One Republic said,]()
She's been collaborating with a bunch of established artists: A series of reports, some confirmed, others still speculation, have linked Adele to Danger Mouse, Tobias Jesso Jr, Ryan Tedder, Phil Collins, Damon Albarn and more. Speaking to the Herald Sun, Ryan Tedder of One Republic said, "Adele sounds even better than before. I love where she's at. She's still my favourite artist in the world". Not all the collaborations worked out though. Damon Albarn said he doubted the pair's work would end up being used, while Phil Collins called Adele "a slippery little fish" when he didn't hear back from her.
![The lead single is expected to be called 'Devil On My Shoulder': Or one of its singles at least. Fans captured a screenshot of the title on the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) website. This was later removed.]()
The lead single is expected to be called 'Devil On My Shoulder': Or one of its singles at least. Fans captured a screenshot of the title on the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) website. This was later removed.
![It's going to be called 25: Amazon Italy accidentally uploaded pre-order details of a new Adele album, which showed temporary album art entitled 25, which was screen-grabbed by DIY Magazine. With the singer's previous albums being titled with the corresponding age at which it was written, the rumoured title makes sense. Another flurry of speculation on the title emerged when Adele posted a photo of herself on Twitter with the caption:]()
It's going to be called 25: Amazon Italy accidentally uploaded pre-order details of a new Adele album, which showed temporary album art entitled 25, which was screen-grabbed by DIY Magazine. With the singer's previous albums being titled with the corresponding age at which it was written, the rumoured title makes sense. Another flurry of speculation on the title emerged when Adele posted a photo of herself on Twitter with the caption: "Bye bye 25! See you again later this year x" on her 26th birthday.
![Paul Epworth is involved again: Although nothing has been officially confirmed, there are definitive signs from both sides pointing to the collaborators working together again. Back in 2013 when asked about the progress of the new album by Billboard, she said,]()
Paul Epworth is involved again: Although nothing has been officially confirmed, there are definitive signs from both sides pointing to the collaborators working together again. Back in 2013 when asked about the progress of the new album by Billboard, she said, "I'm definitely going to visit Paul Epworth and stuff like that again." The producer remained shady on the topic, explaining, "The album will come when it's ready."
![She's not about to relinquish control: And why on earth would she? Adele warned her fans from the start that they would have to wait a few years for another album. In an interview with NRJ Radio in 2012 she claimed:]()
She's not about to relinquish control: And why on earth would she? Adele warned her fans from the start that they would have to wait a few years for another album. In an interview with NRJ Radio in 2012 she claimed: "If I didn't write my own songs, I'd be out next week with a new album. I have to take time and live a little bit. There were a good two years between my first and second albums, so it'll be the same this time." Try double that.
![There's a hell of a lot to live up to: The album has been born alongside undoubted pressure, with predecessor 21 breaking records left, right and centre. It's sold well over 30 million copies worldwide, and has gone 16x Platinum in the UK and 11x Platinum in the US.]()
There's a hell of a lot to live up to: The album has been born alongside undoubted pressure, with predecessor 21 breaking records left, right and centre. It's sold well over 30 million copies worldwide, and has gone 16x Platinum in the UK and 11x Platinum in the US.
