Adele reveals Drake influenced her to finally release '30'

Simon Emmett

Adele has set record after record with her groundbreaking album, 30, but she revealed in a new interview that we never would have heard it had it not been for “Hotline Bling” rapper Drake.  

Speaking to Rolling Stone on Thursday, the “Easy on Me” singer admits it was once very possible the album would have never seen the light of day because of its pandemic-related delays.  

After 30‘s release was pushed back by over a year, Adele began flirting with the idea of never releasing it because it chronicled a set chronological point in her life — her divorce from husband Simon Konecki.  The Grammy winner felt every delay further distanced her from that time, and