Adele Previews First New Music In Three Years, From New Album, '25', During 'X Factor' Adverts
Adele Previews New Music THIS IS NOT A DRILL, PEOPLE!
Daniel Welsh— The Huffington Post UK
We can’t be the only ones still a little bit in shock that there was A BRAND NEW ADELE SONG right in the middle of Sunday night’s ‘X Factor’, right?
OK, so it wasn’t a full song, it was a short teaser, but it’s still the first music we’ve heard from Adele since 2012’s ‘Skyfall’ and that is definitely cause for a minor panic.
The new snippet was played in the middle of Sunday’s ‘X Factor’ Six Chair Challenge, making us really, really pleased we held off putting the kettle on until ‘Downton Abbey’.
Conveniently, the new song’s lyrics sound almost as if Adele is re-introducing herself, after a long time away from the music industry, as she sings: “Hello… it’s me. I was wondering if after all these years you’d like to meet.”
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Soulful as ever, she then adds: “They say time’s supposed to heal you, but I ain’t done much healing.”
Rumours are rife about the album, which is sure to be one of 2015’s biggest hits, and is currently thought to be called ‘25’, in keeping with her previous releases, ‘19’ and ‘21’.
Among the producers thought to have worked on the album include Ryan Tedder, Danger Mouse and Paul Epworth, while Britney Spears and Katy Perry’s go-to songwriter Max Martin is also reported to have had a hand in the release.
Shall we, erm… shall we just listen to it again?
Amazing.
Style Evolution: Adele
November 2007(01 of15)
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Adele performing on stage at the Union Chapel (credit:PA)
January 2008(02 of15)
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Adele performing in concert at the Bloomsbury Ballroom (credit:PA)
February 2009(03 of15)
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British singer-songwriter Adele poses for a portrait (credit:PA)
February 2009(04 of15)
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Adele holds the best female pop vocal performance and best new artist award... (credit:PA)
June 2009(05 of15)
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Adele arrives at the Glamour Women of the Year Awards (credit:PA)
September 2009(06 of15)
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Adele performs at the VH1 Divas show (credit:PA)
February 2011(07 of15)
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Adele poses for a portrait (credit:PA)
March 2011(08 of15)
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British singer Adele arrives at the Echo Music Awards (credit:PA)
August 2011(09 of15)
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Adele arriving at the MTV Video Music Awards (credit:PA)
September 2011(10 of15)
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Adele arriving for the 2011 Barclaycard Mercury Music Prize (credit:PA)
February 2012(11 of15)
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Adele arriving at the 54th Annual Grammy Awards (credit:PA)
February 2012(12 of15)
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Adele accepts her Grammy award for record of the year for Rolling in the Deep (credit:PA)
February 2012(13 of15)
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Adele at the Brit Awards (credit:PA)
January 2013(14 of15)
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Adele at the 2013 Grammy Awards with her award for Skyfall (credit:PA)
February 2013(15 of15)
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Adele arrives at the 2013 Oscars (credit:Getty Images)