CEBU, Philippines - After her Grammy triumph Adele has revealed plans to take a five-year break from music to focus on her relationship. The Rolling in the Deep singer wants to focus on spending time with new beau Simon Konecki because when she has prioritized her career in the past it has led to heartbreak.
Asked about her future plans, she told US Vogue magazine : 'If I am constantly working, my relationships fail. So at least now I can have enough time to write a happy record. And be in love and be happy. And then I don't know what I'll do. Get married. Have some kids. Plant a nice vegetable patch.'
The 23-year-old singer said she is a good girlfriend because she likes to cook and laugh. She added, 'I love a bit of drama. That's a bad thing. I can flip really quickly.
“I am not bipolar, but I go from, 'Oh, my God, I love you' to, 'Get the f**k out of my house!' really quickly. And I never sit there and talk about it. I give them the silent treatment. They're like, 'Tell me what I've done so I can say sorry!' What else? It used to be that I loved a drink a bit too much. But I don't drink no more. The good things: I am attentive. I will do anything for my man. I am a good cook. I'm funny!”
Adele made her live comeback following surgery on a throat hemorrhage at the Grammy Awards on Sunday and credits Simon - who accompanied her to the event - for helping her recover from the major procedure.
The 'Someone Like You' singer said: “He's wonderful. And he's proud of me, but he don't care about what I do or what other people think. He looks after me. I don't think I would have gotten through the recovery for my surgery if it hadn't been for him.”
Adele has admitted that her recent vocal ailments had her despairing, but following the operation on her vocal cords, she had the opportunity to take stock of things. Adele describes how she 'cried a lot', while acknowledging that 'crying is really bad for your vocal cords too', and probably didn’t help.
In a triumphant comeback, the ‘Set fire to the Rain’ singer swept the 2012 Grammy awards, winning among others, Album of the Year and Song of the Year. But perhaps her greatest reward was the standing ovation she received as she performed ‘Rolling in the Deep’ — the first time she’d taken to the stage since last October, before her throat surgery.
The Grammy-winner spoke of the reassurance she felt when big name stars such as John Mayer, Steven Tyler and Elton John recommended the services of Boston doctor Steven Zeitels, M.D. He discovered and removed the polyp on her cords. Adele said, “When I met him, I loved [Zeitels] … he made me feel safe.”
Adele’s recuperation following her November surgery helped her to regain perspective on her career. She told Vogue, “It was so fast-paced I could hardly ever remember the bulk of my day. I think I just needed to be silenced. And when you are silent, everyone around you is silent. So the noise in my life just stopped. It was like floating in the sea for the weeks. It was brilliant.”