Adele shocked fifty of her top fans on Monday when she made a surprise appearance at an exclusive Spotify listening event to celebrate the upcoming release of her new album, 30.
The Someone Like You hitmaker, 33, cut an effortlessly chic figure in a black blazer and matching flares as she sipped on cocktails, sang, and danced with the lucky attendees in Los Angeles.
As the stylish star entered the room her fans erupted with celebration before Adele revealed she had secretly been watching the group as they listened to her album in full ahead of its release this Friday.
Surprise! Adele shocked fifty of her top fans in LA on Monday when she made a surprise appearance at an exclusive Spotify listening event to celebrate the upcoming release of her new album, 30
The star was amongst the guests as they listened to the final two songs on the album and advised them to emotionally prepare themselves before listening to To Be Loved, which she revealed she wrote for her son and may never be able to perform it live.
She added that 30’s final track Love Is A Game has a very 60s vibe and is reminiscent of Marvin Gaye and Amy Winehouse’s music – who is one of her favourite artists and the reason she first picked up a guitar.
The unexpected outing comes after it was revealed that Adele’s upcoming album would include heartbreaking voice notes exchanged with her son Angelo.
Party: The Someone Like You hitmaker, 33, cut an effortlessly chic figure in a black blazer and matching flares as shesang and danced with the lucky attendees in Los Angeles
In an emotional track, My Little Love, the singer includes audio recordings from conversations with her nine-year-old in which he attempts to stop her crying amid her 2019 divorce, which is the key subject of the record.
Adele – who shares Angelo with ex-husband Simon Konecki – sings: ‘I’m so sorry if what I’ve done makes you feel sad’.
In more heart wrenching notes she says ‘Tell me you love me’, to which Angelo replies, ‘I love you, one million per cent. I feel like you like me too.’
Adele continues in the tearful voice notes: ‘You know Mummy doesn’t like anyone else like I like you, right? Mummy’s been having a lot of big feelings lately, I’m confused and I don’t know what I’m doing.’
In more voice notes to her son she says: ‘I love your dad because he gave you to me… I’ve had a bad day, I’m very anxious…
‘I feel very paranoid, stressed, and I’m hungover which never helps. I feel like today is the first day since I left him that I actually feel lonely — and I never do.
‘I just feel really lonely and frightened, and I’m worried I might feel like this a lot.’
Doting dad: Adele dedicated 30 to the son Angelo – who she shares with ex-husband Simon Konecki (picture with Simon in 2013)
In Woman Like Me meanwhile, she sung of Simon: ‘Complacency is the worst trait to have, are you crazy? It is so sad a man like you could be so lazy…
‘All you do is complain about decisions you make / How can I help lift you if you refuse to activate?’
While Adele features her son on her new album, and dedicated the music to him, she revealed this week that her One Night Only CBS special concert was the first time Angelo had ever seen her perform.
The Someone Like You hitmaker took to the stage at the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles in late October to film the show.
While on stage she gushed: ‘This is the first time my son has ever seen me perform!
‘It’s the absolute honor of my life to have you here tonight, baby,’ she added with a smile.
Looking back on the heartwarming moment on Twitter, Adele said she’d ‘never been so nervous in my life’ for her son to watch her live for the first time.
She wrote: ‘It was also the first time my son saw me perform and I’ve never been so nervous in my life!! I hope you like it, tune in tonight at 8:30pmET / 8pm PT on CBS x.’
The star explained that Angelo had previously attended rehearsals with her when the arena was empty, and compared them to a packed show when they had been to see Taylor Swift together.
‘He’s like, “So many people come to her shows,” ‘ she recalled with a laugh. ‘But I make him leave before they all arrive. It was so cute and so funny.’
The Rolling in the Deep singer then told Oprah Winfrey in the accompanying interview that after the release of her first single Easy on Me from the new album 30, her son was taken aback by her popularity.
She said: ‘There was like a hundred thousand people waiting [and] you had all these likes,’ she recalled Angelo saying. ‘Then he was like, ‘People really like you.’ ‘
Adele then discussed her hopes for her son’s future with the chat show host, saying she only wants for him to be a ‘good and happy person.’
‘I don’t expect anything of him,’ she explained. ‘I don’t care what his career is, as long as he’s passionate about whatever it is that he does and that he’s happy.’
In the interview Adele also revealed that adjusting to being a single parent and her divorce was a ‘process’ and ‘exhausting’.
Dedication: While Adele features her son on her new album, she revealed this week that her One Night Only CBS special concert was the first time Angelo had ever seen her perform
