
And I was just, you know, really honest with him about it, thank God. She continued: “I associate him with the breakdown of my marriage.

And I couldn’t because I was still recovering from the breakdown of my marriage.” “So it was more that this person was asking for me to throw myself into it. Even if you feel ready, it’s a gaping, open wound whether you leave or you’re left. It wasn’t right, leaving a marriage and then dating a year after. I couldn’t be consistent, and neither could he. There was someone that I have loved – not been in love with, but been so fond of, and have been for years – but I was unable to pretend that I wasn’t in my own storm.

In response, Adele explained that the song was written long before she met Rich, and made the revelation that it was about a mystery love interest who she “couldn’t be consistent” with.ĭiscussing the song, Adele began: “I wasn’t dating anyone. Speaking to The Face, the British singer was asked how navigating a new relationship post-divorce influenced her songwriting on I Drink Wine, which features the lyric “making memories in a storm”. The Easy On Me hitmaker, who is now happily dating sports agent Rich Paul, revealed how she “couldn’t give herself properly” to a potential suitor as she recovered from her split.

Adele has revealed how she had to walk away from a secret relationship a year after her marriage to Simon Konecki broke down.
