Sending my love to your new projects: Adele says she's taking a “big break” from music after playing shows in Las Vegas and Munich this summer.
The Grammy-winning superstar told German broadcaster ZDF that her “tank is pretty much empty” and she has no plans for new music “at all.” The comments come as she prepares to launch a 10-show concert in Munich on August 2 and as she wraps up her “Weekends With Adele” residency in Sin City.
“I want to have a big break after all this and I think I want to do other creative things for a while,” the 36-year-old singer said. “You know, I don’t even sing at home. How weird is that?”
The British balladeer, who rose to fame with the 2008 hit “Chasing Pavements,” added that she misses everything about life before fame.
“I think probably the thing I like the most is being anonymous,” she added (via the BBC). “I like being able to make music all the time, whenever I want, and people are receptive and like it. That’s pretty unimaginable. But fame is something I absolutely hate.”
“The fact that people are interested in my songs and my voice is pretty wild. I don’t think that will ever be normal. So it’s worth the balance.”
A representative for the singer did not immediately respond to The Times' request for comment Wednesday.
Adele released her fourth and most recent studio album, “30,” in 2021 and took up residence at Caesars Palace’s Colosseum instead of touring. While she was expected to launch the residency in January 2022, she unexpectedly canceled it a day before it was set to open. She blamed the COVID-19 pandemic and supply chain issues at the time, later explaining that the postponement was because her “artistic needs” weren’t being met. She said the show was “soulless” and “lacked intimacy” inside the 4,000-capacity Colosseum theater.
The “Hello” and “Rolling in the Deep” singer finally launched “Weekends With Adele” in November 2022 and extended the tour twice. She has played 45 weekends and 90 shows so far. The curtain on the residency will close in November.
“Even though it's a very manageable number of spectators, it was really an emotional exchange,” she told ZDF. “I'm sure I'll feel even more like [that] “Every night after the shows in Munich, but it’s a positive thing, it’s an exchange of energy.”
The powerhouse singer has frequently made headlines during her career, and in February she had to cancel some shows due to illness. More recently, she got into an argument with an audience member who shouted “Pride sucks” at one of her shows in June. The singer, who had called out the heckler for being “ridiculous”, told ZDF that everything now makes her angry.
“Absolutely everything,” she said. “I’m 36 years old. I’m old now and I’m in a bad mood.”
In Munich, the number of spectators could be increased by 18 times for each show, and the superstar could sing at the tailor-made Munich Fair in front of a crowd of 74,000 each night. In January, she announced the exit with just four shows, but later added six extra dates due to “unprecedented demand”.
Before her Las Vegas residency began (and long before she extended it), the British superstar said she planned to take a break from music and perhaps study English literature or pursue acting. Since then, she has repeatedly expressed interest in expanding her family with boyfriend Rich Paul, whom she has occasionally called her “husband.” She has also said she wants to give her son Angelo, whom she shares with ex-husband Simon Konecki, a sibling.
However, during a show in January, she said she might be open to touring again after completing a sequel to “30.” But, as she told a fan in the audience, she was in no rush to get started on that either.
