Nge-albhamu entsha ka-Adele ethi '25', ebeka isonto layo lesine elilandelanayo phezulu kwamashadi e-Billboard, umculi uvela ku-December 28, 2015, indaba yekhava evela ku-Time Magazine. Lo mculi ukhombisa iso lakhe lekati elisayinayo ngenkathi egqoke ijazi elibomvu ezithombeni ezifakwe ilensi ka-Erik Madigan Heck.
Engxoxweni yakhe, ukhuluma ngabaculi abadalulwe ngokweqile. U-Adele uyaqala, “Angijikijeli muntu ngomthunzi… kodwa uma usunezinyanga eziyisithupha wakha, ungalindeli ukuthi ngizoba khona ngosuku lokuphuma kwe-albhamu yakho, ngoba nginesizungu. Akunandaba ukuthi kuyamangalisa kangakanani. Ukhiphe izingoma eziyisikhombisa. Ngiyizwile i-albhamu. Ngikuzwile konke ofuna ukukusho ngakho. Ngikuzwe emsakazweni wonke. Ungalindeli ukuthi ngeke ngilahlekelwe yintshisekelo ngaphambi kokuthi kwenzeke."
Uphinde wakhuluma ngokunqamula izinkundla zokuxhumana uma eqopha, esho ngokungananazi. “Kufanele ngibhale kanjani irekhodi langempela uma ngilinde ukuthandwa ingxenye yesigidi esithombeni sika-f-ing? Lokho akulona iqiniso.”