Adele sets ‘25’ release date

This week, Adele announced that a new album was ready -- and that she was “sorry it took so long, but, you know, life happened.�

Now the wait is nearly over. “25� has a final release date on XL/Columbia Records: Nov. 20.

The singer made the announcement with an Instagram post featuring the above image (she didn’t say if this was the “25� album art). The 11-track album’s first single, “Hello,� will be released Friday with a new video directed by Xavier Dolan.

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Adele previously debuted a few seconds of “Hello� in a brief TV promo during a broadcast of the British version of “The X Factor.� Before announcing a release date, she detailed the album’s emotional core in a long note to fans:

“My last record was a break-up record, and if I had to label this one, I would call it a make-up record. ... I’m making up with myself. Making up for lost time. Making up for everything I ever did and never did.�

Adele’s “21� was the best selling album of the decade. Since then, her most recent music was the theme to the James Bond film “Skyfall,� for which she won an Academy Award for Best Original Song.

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