“I was very conscious not to make 21 again. I definitely wasn’t going to write a heartbreak record ’cause I’m not heartbroken, but I probably won’t be able to better the one I did, so what’s the point?” Ahead of her first album in a few years, Adele Adkins reflects on life and what it’s like trying to follow-up one of the biggest records ever.

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