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==Background==
==Background==
It was reported in January 2012 that Adele was dating charity entrepreneur Simon Konecki since the summer of 2011, when she met him. It was announced later that year that she and Simon were expecting their first child together.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-moms/news/adele-is-pregnant-2012296|title=Adele Is Pregnant! |work=[[Us Weekly]] |date=29 June 2012 |accessdate=21 October 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.adele.tv/blog/424/i-ve-got-some-news|title=I've got some news...|date=29 June 2012|accessdate=23 October 2015|author=Adele}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/news/adele-pregnant-with-first-child-16179230.html |title=Adele pregnant with first child |newspaper=[[Belfast Telegraph]] |date=29 June 2012 |accessdate=23 October 2015}}</ref> On 19 October 2012, Angelo James Konecki was born to the pair, catalyzing Adele's hiatus from music.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eonline.com/news/434046/adele-s-baby-boy-angelo-see-photos-of-his-adorable-face|title=Adele's Baby Boy Angelo: See Photos of His Adorable Face!|publisher=[[E!]] |date=26 June 2013 |accessdate=23 October 2015|first=Brett|last=Malec}}</ref>
Following the release of ''[[21 (Adele album)|21]]'', Adele took a hiatus from music and was considering quitting the music industry all together, stating she thought it was better to "go out on a high." Her hiatus from music was catalyzed after the birth of her first child in October 2012.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-moms/news/adele-is-pregnant-2012296|title=Adele Is Pregnant! |work=[[Us Weekly]] |date=29 June 2012 |accessdate=21 October 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/474548/adele-gives-birth-to-baby-boy-reports |title=Adele Gives Birth to Baby Boy |newspaper=Billboard |date=21 October 2012}}</ref> However, after meeting with producer [[Greg Kurstin]], she stated she had a "breakthrough" and says new music "poured right out of me".<ref>[http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/146974/adele-speaks-out-on-siriusxm-beats-radio-1-hello-e Adele Speaks Out On SiriusXM, Beats Radio 1, 'Hello' Explodes Worldwide]</ref>
Following the release of ''21'', Adele considered quitting the music industry, stating she thought it was better to "go out on a high."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uproxx.com/music/2015/10/adele-21-quit-son-hello/|title=Adele Considered Quitting Music After ’21’|publisher=UPROXX|date=23 October 2013|accessdate=23 October 2015|first=Alex|last=Galbraith}}</ref> However, writing resumed and new material was eventually fleshed out.


Prior to the album's release, ''25'' was listed as one of the most anticipated albums of 2015. ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'', [[Fuse (TV channel)|Fuse]], [[The Sydney Morning Herald|SMH]] and numerous others placed the album at number one on their list, with the latter stating "if Adele releases her third album in 2015, she could dominate the year."<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/most-anticipated-albums-of-2015-adele-to-led-zeppelin-via-kanye-west-20150106-12ijeu.html |title=Most anticipated albums of 2015: Adele to Led Zeppelin, via Kanye West |publisher=SMH |date=6 January 2015 |accessdate=2015-10-23}}</ref> Prior to the album's official announcement, music journalists and fans speculated that the album would be titled ''25'' continuing the age theme from Adele's previous releases ''[[19 (Adele album)|19]]'' and ''[[21 (Adele album)|21]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/photos/6406578/30-most-anticipated-albums-of-2015 |title=30 Most Anticipated Albums of 2015 |publisher=Billboard |date=30 December 2014 |accessdate=2015-10-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.fuse.tv/2015/01/30-most-anticipated-albums-of-2015 |title=30 Most Anticipated Albums of 2015 |publisher=Fuse |date=13 January 2015 |accessdate=2015-10-23}}</ref> On the eve of her 26th birthday in May 2014, Adele posted a message via her Twitter account which prompted media discussion about her next album. The message, "Bye bye 25... See you again later in the year," was interpreted by outlets including the ''Billboard'' and [[Capital (radio network)|Capital FM]] as meaning that her next album would be titled ''25'' and released later in the year.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/6077490/adele-new%20album-25-twitter-tease | title=Adele Teases '25' Album On Twitter? | publisher=Prometheus Global Media | work=Billboard | date=5 May 2014 | accessdate=24 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.capitalfm.com/artists/adele/news/new-album-25-on-twitter/ |title=Adele Teases New Album '25' On Twitter |publisher=Capital FM |date=5 May 2014 |accessdate=5 May 2014}}</ref>
Prior to the album's release, ''25'' was listed as one of the most anticipated albums of 2015. ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'', [[Fuse (TV channel)|Fuse]], [[The Sydney Morning Herald|SMH]] and numerous others placed the album at number one on their list, with the latter stating "if Adele releases her third album in 2015, she could dominate the year."<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/most-anticipated-albums-of-2015-adele-to-led-zeppelin-via-kanye-west-20150106-12ijeu.html |title=Most anticipated albums of 2015: Adele to Led Zeppelin, via Kanye West |publisher=SMH |date=6 January 2015 |accessdate=2015-10-23}}</ref> Prior to the album's official announcement, music journalists and fans speculated that the album would be titled ''25'' continuing the age theme from Adele's previous releases ''[[19 (Adele album)|19]]'' and ''[[21 (Adele album)|21]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/photos/6406578/30-most-anticipated-albums-of-2015 |title=30 Most Anticipated Albums of 2015 |publisher=Billboard |date=30 December 2014 |accessdate=2015-10-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.fuse.tv/2015/01/30-most-anticipated-albums-of-2015 |title=30 Most Anticipated Albums of 2015 |publisher=Fuse |date=13 January 2015 |accessdate=2015-10-23}}</ref> On the eve of her 26th birthday in May 2014, Adele posted a message via her Twitter account which prompted media discussion about her next album. The message, "Bye bye 25... See you again later in the year," was interpreted by outlets including the ''Billboard'' and [[Capital (radio network)|Capital FM]] as meaning that her next album would be titled ''25'' and released later in the year.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/6077490/adele-new%20album-25-twitter-tease | title=Adele Teases '25' Album On Twitter? | publisher=Prometheus Global Media | work=Billboard | date=5 May 2014 | accessdate=24 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.capitalfm.com/artists/adele/news/new-album-25-on-twitter/ |title=Adele Teases New Album '25' On Twitter |publisher=Capital FM |date=5 May 2014 |accessdate=5 May 2014}}</ref>

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25 is the upcoming third studio album recorded by British singer Adele. It is scheduled to be released on 20 November 2015. The lead single, "Hello," was released on 23 October 2015.[1]

Background

Following the release of 21, Adele took a hiatus from music and was considering quitting the music industry all together, stating she thought it was better to "go out on a high." Her hiatus from music was catalyzed after the birth of her first child in October 2012.[2][3] However, after meeting with producer Greg Kurstin, she stated she had a "breakthrough" and says new music "poured right out of me".[4]

Prior to the album's release, 25 was listed as one of the most anticipated albums of 2015. Billboard, Fuse, SMH and numerous others placed the album at number one on their list, with the latter stating "if Adele releases her third album in 2015, she could dominate the year."[5] Prior to the album's official announcement, music journalists and fans speculated that the album would be titled 25 continuing the age theme from Adele's previous releases 19 and 21.[6][7] On the eve of her 26th birthday in May 2014, Adele posted a message via her Twitter account which prompted media discussion about her next album. The message, "Bye bye 25... See you again later in the year," was interpreted by outlets including the Billboard and Capital FM as meaning that her next album would be titled 25 and released later in the year.[8][9]

Recording

On 3 April 2012, Adele confirmed that her third album would likely be at least two years away, stating, "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." She stated that she would continue writing and composing her own material.[10] At the 2013 Grammy Awards, she confirmed that she was in the very early stages of her third album and was having meetings while staying in Los Angeles for the Oscars.[11][12] Initially recording sessions for 25 were unsuccessful, in which Adele suffered from writer's block. Adele rescheduled the albums recording stating she did not feel "ready", Adele returned to the studio when her son was eighteen months old which inspired her to write an album about motherhood.[13][14] In an interview on BBC One, it was revealed that a whole album about being a mother was written and scrapped because Adele thought the material was "too boring."[15]

Adele stated that the album took a long time to write, saying she didn't think the album was ever going to be finished, continuing to state the process was long.[16] During the initial recording Adele ran out of ideas and lost the ability to write songs, her team encouraged her to go back to the drawing board and keep working on songs.[16] After what seemed like a very arduous process to the singer, who feared she may have lost the inspiration for her writing, the material that eventually became 25 manifested. Adele attempted to begin writing 25 numerous times, but struggled, after taking time off due to motherhood Adele returned to the studio but stated she was not ready to start writing. She then went on to take more time off repeating this process "a couple of times".[17]

Adele continued to suffer with writers block, until she met with producer Greg Kurstin. During the meeting with Kurstin, Adele had a "breakthrough" stating that when she worked with Kurstin "it all poured right out of me".[18] "Hello" was written by Adele and Greg Kurstin and produced by the latter, who also played bass, guitar, piano and keyboards, with Adele being credited as a drummer.[19] "Hello," was written in Chiswick, London, something not normally done by Adele, who said she likes to write her music at home.[20] During the albums recording Adele traveled to Los Angeles in order to give the recording sessions "one last push", during her time in Los Angeles she re-recorded her vocals for "Hello".[21] During the sessions in Los Angeles she also wrote "When We Were Young" alongside Tobias Jesso Jr., the track was written at a rented house where Adele used Philip Glass' piano.[13]

Release and promotion

A release date for 25 was first suggested in early August 2014, when Paul Moss suggested that an album would be released in 2014 or 2015.[22] However, accounts filed by Adele's label XL Recordings in October 2014 ruled out the possibilities of a 2014 release. In August 2015, Billboard reported that Adele's label had intentions of releasing her third studio album sometime in November 2015.[23][24] In October 2015, the album was rumoured to be released on 20 November 2015, after which numerous journalists speculated that other musicians had pushed back their albums in order to avoid chart competition with her, with artists such as Justin Bieber, 5 Seconds of Summer and One Direction releasing their albums before Adele's, so that their sales and chart placements would not be affected.[25][26]

On 18 October, a 30-second clip of "Hello" was shown on UK television during a commercial break on The X Factor. It teased a new song from Adele after three years, with viewers hearing her singing the first verse of "Hello" with its lyrics appearing on a black screen. [27] Three days later, Adele released a letter to her fans through social media addressing the album, in which she confirmed that the album would be titled 25.[28]

Adele stated that the title is a reflection on her age and the frame of mind she was in during that age, describing the time as a "turning point" where she was in the centre of adolescence and adulthood and the start of a time where she would "go into becoming who I’m going to be forever without a removal van full of my old junk."[28] Adele confirmed the next day 25 would be released on 20 November 2015 and revealed its cover simultaneously on Facebook and Twitter.[1][29]

Singles

On 23 October 2015, "Hello" was released as the album's lead single and was made available for purchase and streaming, with its music video released on the same day.[30]

Track listing

25 – Standard edition[1]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Hello"
Kurstin4:55
2."Send My Love (To Your New Lover)"
  
3."I Miss You"
  
4."When We Were Young"
  
5."Remedy"
  
6."Water Under the Bridge"
  • Adkins
  • Kurstin
  
7."River Lea"
  
8."Love in the Dark"
  
9."Million Years Ago"
  • Adkins
  • Kurstin
  
10."All I Ask"
  • Adkins
  • Bruno Mars
  • Christopher "Brody" Brown
  • Philip Lawrence
  
11."Sweetest Devotion"
  • Adkins
  • Epworth
  
25 — Target deluxe edition (bonus tracks)[31]
No.TitleLength
12."Can't Let Go" 
13."Lay Me Down" 
14."Why Do You Love Me" 
Note

Release history

Region Date Format Label
Worldwide 20 November 2015
XL

References

  1. ^ a b c d "iTunes - Music - 25 by Adele". iTunes Store (US). Apple Inc. 23 October 2015. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
  2. ^ "Adele Is Pregnant!". Us Weekly. 29 June 2012. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
  3. ^ "Adele Gives Birth to Baby Boy". Billboard. 21 October 2012.
  4. ^ Adele Speaks Out On SiriusXM, Beats Radio 1, 'Hello' Explodes Worldwide
  5. ^ "Most anticipated albums of 2015: Adele to Led Zeppelin, via Kanye West". SMH. 6 January 2015. Retrieved 2015-10-23.
  6. ^ "30 Most Anticipated Albums of 2015". Billboard. 30 December 2014. Retrieved 2015-10-23.
  7. ^ "30 Most Anticipated Albums of 2015". Fuse. 13 January 2015. Retrieved 2015-10-23.
  8. ^ "Adele Teases '25' Album On Twitter?". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 5 May 2014. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  9. ^ "Adele Teases New Album '25' On Twitter". Capital FM. 5 May 2014. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
  10. ^ Kaufman, Gil (3 April 2012) "Adele To Release New Single This Year". MTV. Retrieved 19 October 2012
  11. ^ "Adele Talks New Music in Los Angeles". Billboard. 19 October 2012. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
  12. ^ "Adele says she'll record a new album when she 'has something to sing about'". NME. 2 March 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  13. ^ a b "Adele on Her Return: 'I Was So Frightened That No One Cared'". Billboard. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  14. ^ "Adele Scrapped A "Boring" Album About Motherhood Before '25'". Music News, Reviews, and Gossip on Idolator.com. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  15. ^ "Adele premieres 'intimate' new song". BBC News. 23 October 2015. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  16. ^ a b "Rumor Mill - ADELE RULES iTUNES IN 85 COUNTRIES (UPDATE)". HITS Daily Double. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  17. ^ http://www.people.com/article/adele-bbc-radio-2-25-interview
  18. ^ http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/146974/adele-speaks-out-on-siriusxm-beats-radio-1-hello-e
  19. ^ http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6738449/radio-on-adele-hello-she-can-make-you-feel-what-she-feels
  20. ^ "Adele: "My son doesn't like my music, I just sing Twinkle Twinkle"". BBC Radio 2. 23 October 2015. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  21. ^ http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/feature/a675199/adeles-new-single-first-listen-review-hello-is-a-mighty-comeback.html#~ps3kUDT1w1kQvt
  22. ^ Frank, Alex (11 September 2014). "Waiting for New Albums From Rihanna, Adele, Frank Ocean, and Robyn". Vogue. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
  23. ^ Buttterly, Amelia (10 October 2014). "No new Adele album in 2014, according to XL's accounts". Newsbeat. BBC. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  24. ^ "Is Adele's New Album Finally Coming In November?". Forbes. 25 September 2015. Retrieved 2015-10-23.
  25. ^ "Adele's new track: Other artists pushed material back to avoid clash - BBC Newsbeat". Bbc.co.uk. 19 October 2015. Retrieved 2015-10-22.
  26. ^ "Adele's New Album '25' to be Epic Release, Other Artists Advised to Drop Their Records at a Later Date : Entertainment". Latinos Post. 2015-10-13. Retrieved 2015-10-22.
  27. ^ "Adele 'teases new material in TV advert'". BBC. 18 October 2015.
  28. ^ a b "Adele Finally Shares Update on New Album '25': 'I'm Sorry It Took So Long'". Billboard. 2013-02-24. Retrieved 2015-10-22.
  29. ^ Feeney, Nolan (22 October 2015). "Adele Just Shared the Release Date for New Album 25". Time. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
  30. ^ Lynch, Joe (22 October 2015). "Adele Reveals Release Date, Tracklist for '25' Album". Billboard. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
  31. ^ Sullivan, Lindsey (22 October 2015). "Adele's '25' Will Include a Target Deluxe Edition With 3 Bonus Tracks". Billboard. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
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