With her new album 25 due for release on November 20, Adele is probably the planet's biggest pop star and admits: "It's very easy to give in to being famous."
She maintained a low profile in recent years, but now the 27-year-old singer is popping up everywhere. After selling 30 million copies of her previous album, 21, she became a global phenomenon.
“It’s very easy to give in to being famous," she says. "Because it’s charming. It’s powerful. It draws you in. Really, it’s harder work resisting it. But after a while I just refused to accept a life that was not real.”
Adele has spent her twenties going from anonymity in her native London to worldwide adulation. As well as having to adjust to that reality, she's also had to deal with how her fame affects others.
"In some ways I think it's everyone else that changes," she says. "Even more so than the person who becomes famous."
She explains, “When I walk into a room full of people that I don’t know, they stop talking. And I understand that. I get it. Because I've done it myself in the past.
"It’s just . . . If I go up to someone and ask what they do for a living, they’ll say, ‘Oh, that’s not very interesting, compared to what you do.’ But it is interesting. I'm interested.
"It's real life, and I want to chat about it. Let’s chat about it today and let’s chat about it again tomorrow.”
