While speaking withVogue, Adele explained her growth as an artist over the course of her four studio albums.
“On ‘25,’ I was obviously sober as anything, because I was a new mum.
“So there were so many answers I just couldn’t give him … that he would understand.”
“Oh what have I done yet again?”
she sings, in heartbreak.
“Have I not learned anything?
Then, the chorus demonstrates Adele’s struggle to simply hold on.
During her discussion with Oprah, Adele revealed the meaning behind the track.
“But it was just exhausting to keep going with it.
The process of a divorce.
The process of being a single parent.
… And it just, I felt like not doing it anymore.”
