Big time Grammy winner, Adele, is the cover girl for the March issue Vogue Magazine.
Adele gave this interview long before she knew she would take home Grammy’s biggest awards. Check out some highlights below:
On the start of her voice troubles (January, right at the outset of the world promotional tour for 21): “I’ve been singing properly every day since I was about fifteen or sixteen and I have never had any problems with my voice, ever. I’ve had a sore throat here and there, had a cold and sung through it, but that day it just went while I was onstage in Paris during a radio show. It was literally like someone had pulled a curtain over it.”
On realizing the problem with her voice was serious: “That was a hemorrhage, a burst blood vessel on my vocal cord. That healed, I did a tour, and then it happened again at my best friend’s wedding on October 1. I knew my voice was in trouble and obviously I cried a lot. But crying is really bad for your vocal cords, too!”
On other singers who have had throat surgery reached out to her: “John Mayer had it done at the same time as I did and he really helped me be chilled out about it. Roger Daltrey’s had loads of stuff done; Steven Tyler reached out; Elton John. Lots of artists have had problems with their voices, but you don’t know about it. And they are still singing incredibly well in their 50s and 60s.”
On finding out she was nominated for six awards: “I burst into tears when I found out. And I would love, absolutely love, to win. This record is coming to an end, and that would be the final brick on it.”
On her future plans: “I want to evolve as an artist. There’s so much music I don’t know about yet. I want to go on the road with my friends who are artists. I want to go and see things as a fan again. I am a fan, but I can’t remember what it feels like to be a fan anymore. Because I’ve become an artist. I’ve become the artist.”
Photos: Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott