The keenly anticipated album, its name and specifics of which are still tightly under wraps, will follow Adele’s monumentally successful 2015 project, 25. Selling over 800,000 copies in its opening week, 25 holds the glorious title as the UK’s fastest-selling album of all time and has left fans eagerly awaiting its follow-up ever since. 

Regarding her new album, the Someone Like You singer previously stated at a close friend’s wedding earlier this year that everyone present should “expect my album in September.” But to the dismay of her gigantic, adoring fanbase, Adele’s longtime manager Jonathan Dickens recently stated that because of the coronavirus pandemic, the album “Is not coming in September, it’ll be ready when it’s ready.”, and will most likely drop sometime in 2021. 

When explaining the reasoning behind the album’s postponement, Dickens maintained that “We’re all in the same boat, you’re doing stuff and then all of a sudden, the world stops”. Dickens also said that Adele’s new album will “come when it’s ready. I cannot put a date on that yet. We have music, but we’re still working.”

Nevertheless, news of the Hello chart topper uniting with Raphael Saadiq for her fourth studio album has given Adele’s excited fans more to look forward to. Boasting high calibre collaborations with the likes of Snoop Dogg, the late great Whitney Houston, and Mary J Blige, Saadiq has produced hits for some of music’s best, as well as cultivating his own thriving solo career. 

Adele is reportedly ecstatic to be working with the former Tony! Toni! Toné! Frontman. With deep admiration for Saadiq herself, Adele “has been a fan of Raphael since she was a teenager”, and “wants her next album to be full of soul, with a more eclectic sound”, thus making hitmaker Saadiq the perfect sonic fit for Adele’s next project. 

No stranger to singing about heartbreak, Adele’s next record could be a cathartic release for the songstress, as it reportedly centres around the demise of her marriage to husband Simon Konecki, whom the singer separated from in April 2019. A source says that “Adele is pouring her heart and soul into this record, including how she feels post-divorce.” So fans can expect another beautiful but heart-wrenching record from the star. 

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Last month, the stupendous vocalist also took to social media tribute to the victims of the Grenfell Tower in London. Writing on Instagram, Adele conveyed her support for the victim’s families the National tragedy, saying “Today, Sunday, is three years since #Grenfell. 72 lives will be forever in our hearts.” The post was met with solidarity from fans and received over 247,000 likes. 

Adele also penned her condolences for the murder of George Floyd on Instagram and showed her support for the Black Lives Matter movement, writing in a post on June 1st: “This is about systematic racism, this is about police violence and inequality. I wholeheartedly stand in solidarity with the fight for freedom.”