celeb news Adele: I chose to reject the idea you have to be constantly relevant to be successful

[anti-bitch]

Adele just received the Sherry Lansing Leadership Award at the Hollywood Reporter's annual Women in Entertainment gala.

 

You can see the whole speech below, but I think this part of it is worth highlighting.

 

"The real reason that I only have four albums is that my son is 11 years old. So if you do the math, that means right at the height of "21," I fell pregnant. To many that would be, and it was, considered a career suicide. However, always one to go against the grain, it was there and then that I chose to reject the scarcity of success, and the idea that you have to be constantly relevant to be successful. And that perhaps, just maybe, I could be a hit both on and off the stage. And you never guess what, I f*cking got away with it. And why? Because of all the sacrifices that the women before me had made. It's because of them that I have every right to be the boss at work and the boss at home. So, thank you!"

 

The above quote part starts at around 4:35 minutes mark in the video.

 

 

Edited December 7, 2023 by anti-bitch

[family.guy123]

Family woman with a beautiful family  nothing negative can be taken from this quote. Love her giving credit to the Women before Her

[KatyPrismSpirit]

shes shading taylor

[kexin]

she’s always been so kind and graceful. 

[Strawberry Bubble]

She is really authentic and honest about what she truly loves 

[VerdantHue]

We can tell jk jk. I can honestly understand where she's coming from and she is already successful.

[Cheers]

Adele: "I underperformed"

[KeshaSwift]

Her personality is everything 

[Simple]

The speech is 10/10, love her but release more albums plz

[barbiegrande]

Tbh, the gap between her albums doesn’t feel as long these days. Beyonce took six years, Ariana’s taken three, Rih has taken eight years. I guess Adele kinda normalized long absences at the height of your fame

[Bad_vocal_technique]

It’s only toxic gays who are chart obsessed anyway. 

[Bussea]

wait her son is 11 now???? oh my god where did time go  why did i think he was like 5

[anti-bitch]

3 minutes ago, Cult Leader 𐕣𐕣 said:

wait her son is 11 now???? oh my god where did time go  why did i think he was like 5

Yeah, Adele was heavily pregnant when recording Skyfall in 2012, lol. And yet most people have never seen even one picture of him.

[Namie-Knowles]

55 minutes ago, Bad_vocal_technique said:

It’s only toxic gays who are chart obsessed anyway. 

Spilled 

[Digitalism]

I mean If I could I would work every 4 years too 

[OrgVisual]

Exactly. We need to appreciate women who value her family as well as career too. 

[navykesha]

Taylor has both  

[Steve Johnson]

[OrgVisual]

7 minutes ago, navykesha said:

Taylor has both  

Was she pregnant? She had a son? Did you comment before even reading the OP? 

[IceSpice]

Oop

[navykesha]

4 minutes ago, Sept said:

Was she pregnant? She had a son? Did you comment before even reading the OP? 

No but she has a beautiful lover 

[gloamingtheplain]

3 hours ago, Cheers said:

Adele: "I underperformed"

She literally said before 25 happened that she didn’t care that she took such a long break, because she doesn’t care about reaching 21 levels of success. 
 

So of course when 30 comes around, 6 years later, there was very much a high risk she would once again fail to match 21/25 and she very much didn’t care. She took those risks knowing that was on the cards and chose not to worry about staying as relevant.

 

If she was pushing re-releases, back to back projects, never ending singles, that would be something to shade her with. She dropped two singles and bounced. 

Edited December 8, 2023 by gloamingtheplain

[GagaChina]

Adele is graceful and wait for her next project

[BrandNewBrandon]

She's so sweet 

[dussel_06]

She’s right. Not all people can handle extreme success and fame.