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Hello, Vogue. Grammy-winning singer Adele graces thefashion bible’s upcoming March issue. In her new interview, the Britishsongstress opened up about her relationship with boyfriend Simon Konecki and the couple’s 3-year-old son Angelo.
“My main thing is Mum, then it’s me,then it’s work,” Adele told Vogue. The 27-year-old and herpartner welcomed their first child, Angelo, back in 2012. The artist famously took a three-year hiatus to raise her sonbefore dropping her record-breaking album 25 last fall.
She said, “I think I had to take theright amount of time off to let people miss me.”
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When it comes to her boyfriend and baby boy,Adele admitted they have helped her rid her life of unnecessary drama. “I can’t have anyother junk in my head to worry about as well,” she said. “[Angelo] makes mevery proud of myself. When I became a parent, I felt like I was truly living. Ihad a purpose, where before I didn’t.”
As for her partner, she revealed, “When I met Simon, I knew that something was going to happen.”The former investment banker helped the songbird recover from her surgeryfollowing a vocal hemorrhage in 2011.
However, when it came time for Adele to write songs for her thirdalbum, 25, she said, “I was just shocked that all of a suddenI was 25! But actually I like myself more than ever. I feel so comfortable inmy own skin. I really like how I look, I like who I am, I like everyone that Isurround myself with.”
Adele continued, “Obviously I have insecurities but they don’t hold me back.”
Unlike other artists today, the 2016 Grammy performer admitted she doesn't have it in her to "reinvent [herself] a lot," she added, “to flip in and out of genres and styles and trends.”
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The singer will kick off hernine-month tour at the end of February beginning in Belfast. She said, “I’m onlytouring for the fans, to see the people that changed my life. There’s no needfor me to tour. I’ll always be nervous, worrying whether I’m going to be good enough.And the adrenaline is so exhausting.”
To prepare for the tour, Adele madehealthy life choices including avoiding food and drinks that can damage herthroat, giving up Marlboro Lights that she used to smoke, in addition to“almost” giving up drinking. She explained, “I was trying to get some staminafor my tour so I lost a bit of weight. Now I fit into normal, off-the-shelfclothes—which is a really big problem for me!”
While the singer has developed a habitfor shopping, she admitted that it’s not always glittery gowns for her. When she goesout, Adele revealed, “I look like a bedraggled mother; I look like anyone else.When I’m with my kid I’m in leggings and a jumper and a pair of Conversebecause the grubby little hands are going to mark anything nice.”