ADELE: EASY ON ME

After an agonizingly long delay, Adele has finally reemerged with new music. It's understandable that the singer would want to take a break following the massive, global success of her Grammy-Award winning album, "25" but I didn't imagine it would take five years. The British singer first created some buzz last year when she made an appearance on an October episode of "Saturday Night Live" as the host. Yet surprisingly, she was not the musical guest and ultimately had nothing new to promote.

Then last week, Adele dropped a new single, "Easy On Me". This low-key, soulful ballad reteams the singer with Greg Kurstin, the co-writer and producer of "Hello", the low-key, soulful first single from "25". On the surface, this may not feel like much of a stretch and a relatively safe re-entry back in to the pop-music scene yet it's still a powerfully effective, welcome return. The emotionally moving song deals with a plea to her child to be easy on her as she tries to get a handle on their lives together post-divorce.

The music video for "Easy On Me" also has a feeling of continuation with Canadian filmmaker, Xavier Dolan, who was behind the clip for "Hello", returning to direct this new song. Utilizing the same location and black & white cinematography, Adele now is moving out of the house and drives off in a truck, with sheet music papers flying out of its windows.

And with "Easy On Me", Adele has broken the Spotify and Amazon Music single day streaming records. This is the first taste of Adele's fourth studio album which will be titled, "30", a continuation of naming her albums after the age when she begins the recording. The album, due out on November 19th, will examine the changes in the thirty-three year old singer's life; the divorce from her husband, Simon Konecki, motherhood, the challenges of fame, moving in to adulthood and perhaps the dramatic change in her physical appearance. In addition to Kurstin, previous collaborators from "25", Max Martin and Shellback will provide production assistance on the forthcoming album along with some new partners, award-winning, Swedish composer, Ludwig Göransson, Inflo of the British music collective, Sault and Tobias Jesso Jr. There will also be a concert special airing on CBS on November 14th called, "Adele: One Night Only" which will feature an interview of the singer by Oprah Winfrey.