“Like, ‘Maybe I should write another.’ Just because music is my therapy. “There were moments when I was writing these songs, and even when I was mixing them and stuff like that, where I was like, ‘Maybe I don't need to put this album out,’” she tells Apple Music’s Zane Lowe.
This album is something that clearly required a few deep breaths for Tottenham’s most celebrated export. “Right then, I’m ready,” Adele says quietly at the close of 30’s opening track, “Strangers By Nature.” It feels like a moment of gentle-but firm-self-encouragement.
