Adele has gone on record to declare her love for Beyoncé. In her new cover story for Vanity Fair, she says that Queen Bey has been part of her life since hearing Destiny's Child's "No, No, No" when she was 11. "She's my Michael Jackson," Adele told the magazine.
In fact, Queen Bey loves Adele just as much, telling Vanity Fair "When Adele sings you can hear that it's coming from an unfiltered honesty and purity. She creates songs that go deep and expose pain and vulnerability with her soulful voice. She takes you places other artists don't go to anymore—the way they did in the '70s." On top of that, Bey adds that Adele is "funny as hell and her comebacks are legendary" as well as "the most humble human being I've ever met."
Plenty of other topics are covered in the sit down, including the making of Adele's breakout 21 album. It turns out that Adele was pretty drunk while writing that entire album that included hits like "Someone Like You" and "Rolling in the Deep."
"I was completely off my face writing that album, and a drunk tongue is an honest one," Adele revealed. "I would drink two bottles of wine, and I would chain-smoke. Then I'd write the lyrics down and the next morning think, Fuck, that's quite good. Then I'd find the melody."
The singer says her habits have changed a lot since the time writing that album. "I used to love to be drunk, but as I got more famous I would wake up the next morning and think, What the fuck did I say and who the fuck did I say it to? I never had blackouts, but when you’re drunk and you go to a party, you'll talk to anyone. 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, and I don't have time to fall apart like I did then."
Of course, her new perspective is largely due to having her son, Angelo. "Since I've had my baby, I'm not as carefree as I used to be. I'm scared of a lot of things now because I don’t want to die; I want to be around for my kid."
You can read Adele's full Vanity Fair cover story right here.
