After a six-year hiatus, Adele has finally returned with her fourth album, 30. The LP follows 2008’s 19, 2011’s 21, and 2015’s 25—each named for the age at which she wrote them. Adele started working on the album in 2019 and finished writing it by early 2020, but the pandemic was ultimately to blame for its delayed release.
Featuring production from frequent collaborator Greg Kurstin, Max Martin, Shellback, Ludwig Göransson, and Inflo, 30 primarily chronicles Adele’s divorce from Simon Konecki, with whom she shares one child, Angelo. In an interview with Zane Lowe, the British pop star said making the album was a form of catharsis for her. “It really helped me, this album. It really, really did,” she said. “And I really think that some of the songs on this album could really help people, really change people’s lives.”
Leading up to the release of 30, Adele dropped the single “Easy On Me,” which has since spent four weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. Then, in early November, she unveiled the album’s official tracklist, which includes a guest appearance from jazz pianist Erroll Garner on “All Night Parking.” Chris Stapleton also makes an appearance on the Target exclusive deluxe edition duet version of “Easy On Me.”
*Target exclusive deluxe edition tracks
