In an exclusive interview with Oprah Winfrey, Adele opened up about her divorce after two years of marriage, which inspired the album 30 that it will be released this Friday. The singer also discussed her son, his new flame, his relationship with alcohol and his body image.
Adele’s life has changed a lot in the six years since her last record, 25. The one whose music has accompanied the heartbreaks of so many people has herself gone through a divorce from her longtime companion and father of her son, Simon Konecki. A decision she made after two years of marriage, when she realized that she was struggling to navigate this union. “I said it, in front of three of my friends. I said “I’m not happy. I’m not living, ”” she told Oprah during a lengthy interview accompanied by a secret performance at the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles.
Adele added that she felt “embarrassed” by the failure of her marriage, she who said she was “obsessed” by the idea of the nuclear family. She considers, despite the divorce, that the presence of Konecki and their now 9-year-old son Angelo saved her life, when she could have embarked on dark and self-destructive paths.
She also admitted to having a “complicated” relationship with alcohol, which she stopped consuming after her divorce. “In the beginning, it was probably me who kept the alcohol industry alive. But once I realized I had a lot of work to do on myself, I quit drinking and started working out and doing things that kept me focused. As for her weight loss, about which some media have written a lot, she attributes it first to her anxiety. To help with her panic attacks, she began to exercise regularly, which helped her to have some “discipline” in her daily life.
The British singer opened up about her new romantic relationship with sports agent Rich Paul and her connection to her father, who only listened to his albums shortly before his death. As for the new songs that she will release in a few days, she said that she sometimes wondered if what she said there was “too personal”, but did not want to impose limits in the writing. “Nothing is scarier than what I’ve been through in the last two, three years in private. So I’m not afraid of what people can and can’t learn, ”she told Oprah.
Adele has performed three new pieces, Hold On, Love is a Game and I Drink Wine during his show at Griffith Observatory.