Adele used to not appreciate her natural voice. Despite being a singer, the “British nightingale” was afraid of the feeling of standing on stage.

According to Elle, there is not much information about Adele’s life behind the scenes, because the singer always keeps it private. Even the video of her dancing at the Oscars after-party in April was taken down after going viral on social media.

Adele last appeared in front of the audience in October 2020 on her first time hosting the show Saturday Night Live. It was not until her 33rd birthday on May 5 that the Hello singer rarely revealed her private moments.

Adele has money and fame at the age of 33. Photo: Elle.

At the age of 33, Adele has established a musical career that is distinctive and cannot be confused with anyone else. Behind that success are facts about the female singer that not all audiences know.

Almost lost her voice because of smoking

Adele’s voice belongs to the contralto range – female bass, with singing mainly in chest voice. Experts say that the “British nightingale”‘s voice is not exactly deep and full, but causes strong sobbing at low notes.

According to Classic FM, Adele has a vocal range of two intervals, one note and one semitone (C3 to Eb5). She masters the deep and solid mid-range, with weight. Adele conveys emotions by knowing how to compress and release breath, but does not exaggerate the lyrics.

Adele sings better after surgery. Photo: The Guardian.

However, Adele did not take care of her voice, even almost losing her natural voice due to heavy smoking. There was a period when she lost her voice, had to continuously cancel shows and miss awards ceremonies.

“It was like someone put a screen in front of my throat,” Adele told The Rolling Stone about the difficult time. She shared that her 2011 throat surgery was successful, but it took her 2 months to rest and limit talking for about half a year to ensure the wound fully healed.

After the surgery, Adele’s voice not only returned to normal but also sounded better than before. Doctors said Adele’s vocal range had been extended by 4 notes.

The singer confided: “That surgery made me realize that my voice was different. I could sing more easily in difficult notes that I never thought I would try before.”

Quitting a show because of a boyfriend

Many singers emerged from the YouTube platform, then attacked the music market such as Justin Bieber, Billie Eilish. Adele was also known as an online phenomenon, but she started from MySpace. When she was still in school, her friends arbitrarily posted Adele’s songs on this social network and helped her become famous.

Entering the art world, Adele has achieved continuous success and the frequency of the female singer’s activities since 2006 has been very high. Fans are worried that if she continues to perform, her health will decline.

The singer canceled the show to spend time with her lover. Photo: The Sun.

In 2008, the Rolling In the Deep singer announced that she had canceled her tour across the US, surprising the audience. However, when they learned the truth, many people burst out laughing.

According to Nylon magazine, Adele agreed to cancel her million-dollar tour just to spend all her time with and taking care of her boyfriend. She told the media about this in an embarrassed tone: “At that time, I didn’t think much. I just wanted to be with him. I couldn’t believe what I had done.”

Adele confirmed that she regretted canceling the show and called herself “ungrateful”.

In the years that followed, Adele’s show cancellations were no longer unusual. However, this was not due to love affairs.

Suffering from stage fright

According to Stylist, Adele is remembered for her hits Rolling In the Deep, Someone Like You, Hello… and countless other confident and explosive performances. However, Adele actually suffers from stage fright.

She recalled to Rolling Stone: “After the show in Amsterdam, I left the emergency exit feeling extremely nervous and panicked. And in Brussels, I threw up on someone.”

Regarding the feeling of singing at the Live in New York City show many years ago, the Hello singer said: “I saw the crowd and my limbs were falling apart. After the second or third song, I was chills. I was restless, moaning, complaining and I was always trying to get rid of that feeling.”

Adele is afraid of the feeling of standing on stage. Photo: The Sun.

Adele refused to open a tour because of the obsession with the feeling of standing in front of hundreds of thousands of people. She was also afraid of applause because it made her vulnerable. The singer also did not know why.

Speaking at Mount Smart Stadium, the singer said: “Touring is not my strength. I don’t know if I should tour anymore. The only reason I tour is for you, my dear fans.”

Adele described that her heart wanted to burst when standing on stage. Health and mental problems also prevented the singer from agreeing to the invitation to advertise for the Glastonbury music festival.

Studies show that the cause of stage fright is due to negative emotions from family, friends, colleagues; self-consciousness about appearance, voice, singing or any defect in oneself. Adele has never talked about this in depth.

What Adele dislikes

According to Elle magazine, Adele inherently hates the feeling of flying. The noise of the plane engine when taking off and landing makes the singer uncomfortable. But because of the nature of her job, Adele has no better choice.

The Mirror reported that psychologists have pointed out that Someone Like You is the perfect song to calm the nerves on the plane. “The ballad’s tempo is 67 beats per minute, not much different from the human heart rate per minute. The harmonious timbre of the song helps to soothe the feeling of anxiety in the air,” the source wrote.

That is also the reason why Adele often plays her own hit song to listen to whenever she has to travel by this means of transport.

2020 is considered a remarkable change in Adele’s appearance. The female singer has lost a total of 45 kg, her appearance is noticeably thinner.

Responding to the media, Adele’s manager said that the singer decided to lose weight to have the health to raise her children, as well as to mark some change after the divorce incident. At this time, readers found the contradictory statement that Adele once declared: “I swear I will never be skinny.”