Adele kungaba ukusebenza kanzima ku-albhamu yakhe elandelayo njengoba kuqinisekiswe umqambi uRyan Tedder, umholi we-OneRepublic, ozobamba iqhaza kuphrojekthi entsha yokurekhoda yomculi waseBrithani. Ngokusho kwabezindaba baseBrithani, u-Tedder wagcona ukuthi u-Adele uzwakala kangcono kunangaphambili ekurekhodweni nokuthi izinsuku zokukhululwa zomlandeli we-21 ayikadalulwa. "U-Adele uzokhipha i-albhamu ngokohlelo lwakhe nohlelo lwakhe, futhi umuntu ozokwazi ukuyigunyaza uma isiqediwe kuzoba nguye, uma esenqume ukwenza lokho."Kusho uTedder.
Amahemuhemu mayelana ne-albhamu elandelayo ka-Adele aqala ukuzwakala phakathi nezinyanga zokugcina zonyaka odlule, ikakhulukazi lapho umculi wodumo. Phil Collins Uqinisekise ukuthi uqamba izingoma zesihlabani saseBrithani. Kuleli sonto uTedder wengeze amahlebezi athi lo mculi usezindlini zokuqopha futhi usebenza no-Adele engomeni entsha ye-albhamu elandelayo.
U-Tedder ngaphambilini wayesebenzisane no-Adele njengombhali ngokubambisana wezingoma ezithi 'Rumor Has It' kanye ne-'Turning Tables'. Abezindaba baphinde baqagula emasontweni adlule ukuthi i-albhamu entsha izophinde kuzoba nokubambisana kwabaculi njengoJames Ford weSimian Mobile Disco kanye nomculi-umbhali wengoma u-Kid Harpoon, owake wasebenzisana noFlorence kanye neThe Machine kanye noJessie Ware.