Nge-albhamu entsha ka-Adele '25', ihlalisa iveki yesine ethe tye phezu kweetshathi zeBillboard, umculi ubonakala kwi-28 kaDisemba 2015, ibali lekhava kwi-Time Magazine. Imvumi ibonisa iliso layo lekati ngelixa linxibe i-coatigan ebomvu kwimifanekiso eyenziwe ilensi ngu-Erik Madigan Heck.
Kudliwano-ndlebe lwakhe, uthetha ngabaculi abagqithisiweyo. U-Adele uqala, "Andiphosi mthunzi kuye nabani na ... kodwa xa unokwakha iinyanga ezintandathu, ungalindeli ukuba ndibekhona mhla i-albhamu yakho iphuma, kuba ndidikiwe. Akukhathaliseki ukuba kuyamangalisa kangakanani. Ubeke iingoma ezisixhenxe. Ndiyivile icwecwe. Ndiyivile yonke into ofuna ukuyithetha ngayo. Ndiyivile kwirediyo yonke. Ungalindeli ukuba ndingaphelelwa ngumdla ngaphambi kokuba yenzeke. ”
Uphinde wathetha ngokusika imidiya yoluntu xa esenza irekhodi, ethetha ngokungafihlisiyo. "Ndingabhala njani irekhodi lokwenyani ukuba ndilinde isiqingatha sesigidi sokuthandwa kwifoto ye-f-ing? Asiyonyani leyo.”