The highly-anticipated new record wasn’t supposed to drop until Friday, November 20, but the entire thing just leaked online and we’re oh so happy about it.
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“Hello” is the opening track of 25, and it ticks all the boxes required by the five-album punter, from the sombre piano chords portending emotional torment, to the carefully-modulated build to a satisfying emotional climax.
The user with the album is calling herself Florence Welch @HausofFrancis.
Everybody wants to get their hands on this album, and it looks someone actually has, and has shared it with the internet.
The 27-year-old had teased “When We Were Young” via a teaser clip days ago.
Madonna hit out at hackers after her album Rebel Heart was leaked ahead of its release date a year ago.
As the Sun writes, “Adele has been fiercely protective of the album, admitting the only person she had played it to in full was her manager Jonathan Dickins”.
Adele’s reps were also forced to deny that Target stores in the USA had been selling the album early after someone tweeted a picture of what appeared to be the new CD.
While promoting her new album and talking about her fear of fame, and sharing bits and pieces of her personal life, she clarified the rumor going around about a duet with Beyoncé. She returns again and again to hooky, short phrases that fall like a sigh (“everything that I love”, “I can’t love you in the dark”) and reinforce the dolorous vibe.
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Adele’s last album, titled 21, came out in January 2011 and went on to sell 4.6 million copies in the United Kingdom and 11 million in the USA, as well as picking up six Grammy Awards and two Brit Awards. So far, the album has produced the single “Hello”, which has topped the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and United Kingdom Singles charts.
