U-Emeli Sandé ubuyela endimeni yomculo ngemuva kweminyaka emine, ne-albhamu entsha ebizwa ngokuthi 'Intermission'. Lo msebenzi omusha womculi nombhali wamaculo waseBrithani uzoba umlandeli we-'Inguqulo Yethu Yezehlakalo' (Feb. 2012), i-albhamu eyamenza waduma futhi wakwazi ngayo ukuzuza ukubuyekezwa okuhle nezindondo eziningi, njenge-Critic's. Ama-Choice Awards. kuma-BRITs ka-2012 kanye ne-albhamu Engcono Kakhulu Yonyaka ngo-2013.
Ngomhla zingama-25 kuNcwaba, uSandé wabelane ngamazwibela e-albhamu yakhe ezayo ku-akhawunti yakhe ye-Twitter, kanye nomyalezo: "Hola umoya, khipha umoya, khulula futhi uzivumele uthole intethelelo". Ngemva kochungechunge lwamahlaya Lo mculi waseBrithani ukuqinisekisile ukuthi u-'Hurts' uzoba eyokuqala ku-'Intermission', i-albhamu ezokwethulwa ngoSepthemba 16.
I-'Hurts' iyi-ballad eyakhiwe ngu-Emeli ngokwakhe nabaculi u-Mac & Phil (Miguel, Naughty Boy). Ngalo msebenzi lo mculi uphawule kwabezindaba wathi: “Nginqume ukukhipha ingoma ethi ‘Hurts’ njengengoma yokuqala ngoba ngibona sengathi le ngoma imele yonke into ebengikubalekela kudala ukuyisho. Akungabazeki ukuthi i-catharsis yangaphakathi. Ihlanganisa yonke into ebengifuna ukuyisho phakathi nayo yonke le minyaka edlule, nokuthi angisafuni ukuqhubeka ngiyonga ”.
Umsebenzi omusha ukhombisa isigaba somuntu siqu sikaSande ngemuva kokungcweliswa kwakhe emhlabeni jikelele, okusobala ukuthi bekungeyona i-roses, njengoba evuma engxoxweni yakamuva lapho alandisa khona ukuthi, ngemuva kokuqeda uhambo lokwethula i-albhamu yakhe yokuqala, wayekhathele futhi wezwa ingcindezi endaweni yakhe eseduze: “Ngiyazi ukuthi lokhu kungase kuzwakale kumangalisa, kodwa ngalezo zinsuku ngangifuna ukunyamalala ebalazweni. Ngazizwa ngicindezelekile futhi ngaba nomuzwa wokuthi konke lokhu kufanele kume ngandlela thize. Ngangazi ukuthi kufanele ngisabele kanjani ngokuhamba kwesikhathi futhi, kancane kancane, yonke into yaqala ukuxega kancane kancane. Uma ngibheka emuva, ngangizizwa sengathi ngingaphakathi kwe-pressure cooker esezoqhuma. Ngenhlanhla ngangazi ukuthi kufanele ngiwabeke nini amabhuleki futhi ngizibheke ngaphakathi ukuze ngibone ukuthi ngingubani ngempela. Kube yisifundo esikhulu kunazo zonke engisifundile empilweni yami, ukuzizwa ngikhululekile nami, ngalokho engikumelayo kanye nezinkolelo engizivikelayo ".
I-Hurts' 16th September#Ibuhlungu pic.twitter.com/4cMHuUEv1f
- Emeli Sande (@emelisande) 5 September ka-2016