The life of Adele

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"I don't like writing songs when I'm happy. I'd rather be out being happy."  Her songs about heartbreak have moved people around the world. She's back with a new album about her divorce. This is the story of Adele.

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00:00What's my next album going to be based on?

00:02Divorce, babe. Divorce.

00:03Would you like to hear a little snippet

00:06of what I'm singing on that Easy On Me song?

00:09Erm...

00:11Might get in trouble for playing it, but...

00:13But I can't bring myself

00:16To swim when I am drowning

00:26When I was little, I used to speak to myself in the mirror,

00:29holding a hairspray can,

00:31thinking, yeah, thanks for this bit of work, guys.

00:43I used to see tributes in my room every Saturday.

00:45Every Saturday.

00:46Like, the whole two albums.

00:47I had so much stamina when I was little, it was amazing.

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01:13Hello!

01:22I'm a soul singer, and all my songs are about heartbroken love.

01:26Cos I don't like writing songs when I'm happy,

01:29cos I'd rather be out being happy.

01:41Dude, I just keep on chasing pavement

01:47Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

02:00Never mind, I'll find someone like you

02:06I wish nothing but the best on you

02:11I don't really realise it, really, but it's phenomenal.

02:13You know, the success of this album and where it's gone

02:16and where it's taken me is just amazing.

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02:43I'm raising him to respect women, and he knows I'm a powerful force.

02:47He feels it just at home,

02:49let alone when he comes to work with me and he comes everywhere.

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03:03It was such an honour to be involved with it,

03:06and I think Sam Mendes is wonderful, and the script was really exciting.

03:09You know, normally I write about, like, my misery,

03:12and this time I wrote a song according to someone's script,

03:15so that was very exciting and challenging, but very great.

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03:44I felt the pressure writing 25 very, very much.

03:47I actually started when I was writing it with the lyric,

03:50so I'm sure you can imagine the mood that I was in

03:53when I was writing that.

03:55I was miserable.

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04:41What are you most excited about in the future?

04:44I don't know what's going to happen.

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