Fans were gutted when Adele announced she was taking a break from music last summer – but it seems she’s got other plans up her sleeve, including a surprise career move
Since the final performance of her sold-out two-year Las Vegas residency in November last year, Adele has pretty much disappeared from the spotlight.
This year she’s only been spotted publicly twice, at an LA Lakers game with her sports agent fiancé Rich Paul in January and April. And she reportedly likes to frequent the Pinky Ring Lounge in Vegas in the Bellagio Hotel, which was dreamt up by pop star Bruno Mars to offer a ‘one of a kind cocktail lounge curated by an entertainer for your entertainment pleasure’.
Fans were gutted when the 37-year-old announced a ‘big break from music’ last summer, telling a crowd in Munich, where she performed a string of 10 gigs: “I will not see you for an incredibly long time. I just need a rest, I have spent the last seven years building a new life for myself, and I want to live it now.”
She also told German broadcaster ZDF: “My tank is quite empty at the minute. I don’t have any plans for new music at all. I want a big break after all this and I think I want to do other creative things just for a little while. You know, I don’t even sing at home at all. How strange is that?”
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Though it was thought Adele, who is already mum to 13-year-old Angelo, was keen to start a family and have a baby girl, if possible, with partner Rich Paul, who it’s unclear if she has secretly married following her divorce from ex Simon Konecki.
Now there are reports she has other plans up her sleeve. And it’s said she has “purposefully” been keeping a “strict” low profile “more than ever” – perhaps to pursue a long-held ambition to teach, which she wanted to do before she became famous.
The Daily Mail’s Dolly Busby claims: “Before fans get carried away with the baby speculation, I am told the Hello singer is also studying for a degree in English Literature. The online course could help her fulfil her pre-fame ambition of becoming a teacher.”
A school pal previously revealed that Adele was not set on stardom when they were studying together at the famous BRIT School in Croydon, South London as teenagers. He said: “We weren’t all there to become famous – we were there because we loved music. Adele loved music and singing, but wanted to be a teacher – and I don’t even think a teacher of music and singing.
“But then it all fell into place for her as an artist. A friend made her a MySpace account and uploaded demos and it all went from there. I remember the next week she got a £25,000 advance in her bank account. It was mad.”
During an Audience With Adele that aired in 2021, the star also spoke of her teaching ambitions and admiration for a Ms McDonald, a “cool and engaging teacher” – not realising she was there in the ITV studio.
Adele said: “She left in year eight, but she got me really into literature, I’ve always been obsessed with English and obviously now I write lyrics. She was so cool, so engaging, and she really made us care, and we knew that she cared about us and stuff like that.” So it brought the house down when the pair were emotionally reunited on stage.
She’s since hinted that teaching is what she wants to do with her life now. In a 2022 fan Q&A in LA, she revealed: “If I hadn’t made it singing, I think I would be an English Lit teacher. I definitely think I use my passion for English lit in what I do. I wish I’d gone to university and had that experience, but I will do it online with a tutor. That’s my plan for 2025, just to get the qualification.”
Last month it was reported Adele was “finally ready” to write her autobiography, so she could be putting that degree to use, not that she’s any stranger to telling her own stories.
A source told The Sun: “She’s always said no. Finally she is ready and it will be Adele in her own words — beyond the headlines. As well as taking in her rise to fame in music, it will touch on her upbringing and her personal life.”
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Source: Mirror
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