Adele has confirmed her new album will be entitled ‘25‘.
“When I was 7, I wanted to be 8,” she’s said on Twitter. “When I was 8, I wanted to be 12. When I turned 12 I just wanted to be 18. Then after that I stopped wanting to be older. Now I’m ticking 16-24 boxes just to see if I can blag it! I feel like I’ve spent my whole life so far wishing it away.”
“Always wishing I was older, wishing I was somewhere else, wishing I could remember and wishing I could forget too. Wishing I hadn’t ruined so many good things because I was scared or bored.”
“Wishing I wasn’t so matter of fact all the time. Wishing I’d gotten to know my great grandmother more, and wishing I didn’t know myself so well, because it means I always know what’s going to happen. Wishing I hadn’t cut my hair off, wishing I was 5’7″. Wishing I’d waited and wishing I’d hurried up as well.”
The LP follows 2008 debut ‘19‘ and its successor ‘21‘, the latter of which has become one of the biggest independent albums of all time since its UK release on the XL Recordings label in January 2011.