Candid: ‘I can slip in and out of depression very easily’
Adele opens up about ‘very dark side’ of her life
Adele says she hasn’t felt depressed since giving birth. PHOTO: FILE
Singer Adele said that she suffered from post-partum depression after the birth of her son and underwent therapy when younger for what she called her “very dark side,” reported Reuters.
The 10-time Grammy winner, known for heart-wrenching ballads such as Someone Like You and Rolling in the Deep, said she had always been drawn to sad music. “I have a very dark side. I’m very available to depression. I can slip in and out of it quite easily,” revealed the singer. “It started when my granddad died, when I was about 10 and while I never had a suicidal thought, I have been in therapy. But I haven’t had that feeling since I had my son and snapped out of my postpartum depression,” she added.
Adele gave birth to son Angelo four years ago. “I had really bad postpartum depression and it frightened me. My knowledge of postpartum — or post-natal, as we call it in England — is that you don’t want to be with your child. You’re worried you might hurt them, that you aren’t doing a good job,” she shared. “But I was obsessed with my child. I felt very inadequate; I felt like I’d made the worst decision of my life. It can come in many different forms,” the singer said.
Adele also acknowledged that her future songs would likely never match those she wrote for her 2011 album 21, which has sold more than 31 million copies worldwide. “I can see from an outsider’s perspective that I will never write songs as good as the ones that are on 21, but I’m not as indulgent as I was then. I don’t have time to fall apart like I did then. I was completely off my face writing that album and a drunk tongue is an honest one,” she said.
Since having a child, Adele said she has quit smoking and now drinks only a couple of glasses of wine a week. The British superstar, who is nearing the end of a 10-month tour to mark her album 25, said that she would be happy if she never had to tour again. “I’d still like to make records but I’d be fine if I never heard the applause again. I’m on tour simply to see everyone who’s been so supportive. I don’t care about money,” Adele, 28, claimed.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 2nd, 2016.
The 10-time Grammy winner, known for heart-wrenching ballads such as Someone Like You and Rolling in the Deep, said she had always been drawn to sad music. “I have a very dark side. I’m very available to depression. I can slip in and out of it quite easily,” revealed the singer. “It started when my granddad died, when I was about 10 and while I never had a suicidal thought, I have been in therapy. But I haven’t had that feeling since I had my son and snapped out of my postpartum depression,” she added.
Adele gave birth to son Angelo four years ago. “I had really bad postpartum depression and it frightened me. My knowledge of postpartum — or post-natal, as we call it in England — is that you don’t want to be with your child. You’re worried you might hurt them, that you aren’t doing a good job,” she shared. “But I was obsessed with my child. I felt very inadequate; I felt like I’d made the worst decision of my life. It can come in many different forms,” the singer said.
Adele also acknowledged that her future songs would likely never match those she wrote for her 2011 album 21, which has sold more than 31 million copies worldwide. “I can see from an outsider’s perspective that I will never write songs as good as the ones that are on 21, but I’m not as indulgent as I was then. I don’t have time to fall apart like I did then. I was completely off my face writing that album and a drunk tongue is an honest one,” she said.
Since having a child, Adele said she has quit smoking and now drinks only a couple of glasses of wine a week. The British superstar, who is nearing the end of a 10-month tour to mark her album 25, said that she would be happy if she never had to tour again. “I’d still like to make records but I’d be fine if I never heard the applause again. I’m on tour simply to see everyone who’s been so supportive. I don’t care about money,” Adele, 28, claimed.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 2nd, 2016.