A slate of A-list celebrities in attendance, including Lizzo, Drake, Tracee Ellis Ross, and Melissa McCarthy. The singer was outfitted in a custom black Schiaparelli haute couture dress, and the special was complete with stunning views of the city as late evening transitioned into night.

The program alternated between intimate moments in Oprah’s rose garden and a prerecorded live performance at Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles. Ten million people tuned in to watch the singer give a tell-all interview to none other than Oprah. Then followed a Rolling Stone cover story and Adele’s first-ever Instagram Live she took questions from fans about her new music and then sent everyone into a frenzy when she played a snippet of her brand-new single “Easy on Me” before its mid-October release date.īut the event that truly heralded her highly anticipated return was Sunday night’s CBS special, titled Adele: One Night Only. In early October, she became the first person to grace the covers of both American and British Vogue in the same month, with accompanying profiles from two different writers and exquisite photo shoots by veteran photographers Alasdair McLellan and Steven Meisel. Now that 30 - the best work of her career thus far - is out Friday, it’s easy to understand why Adele, a reluctant celebrity, has been on such a concentrated media blitz. And that's why you're here.' Her face sports an expression that seems to say Why else would I be doing this? before immediately returning to a bright, warm smile. “And I’d assume that’s the thing you’re most excited about in life right now,” Sabia adds - but before the statement completely leaves his lips, Adele quickly interjects: 'It is. I’m about to put my new album out,” Adele says. “How is Adele doing these days?” Joe Sabia, the interviewer and creator of the series, asks. Less than 30 seconds into Adele’s 73 Questions, a popular Vogue video series, the singer makes the reason for the interview crystal clear.

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