Ngesiqephu sokuqala esiyimpumelelo esimakwe ngokuthi 'Sawubona' yakamuva, bekuyinto evamile lezo zindaba Adele nhlangothi zonke. Kuleli sonto u-Adele ngokwakhe uveze engxoxweni ukuthi ungubani ngenxa ka-Amy Winehouse: “Ukube bekungengenxa yomculo wakhe ngabe angikaze ngihlale phansi ngibhale ukuthi ‘Rolling In The Deep’, ngabe angikho la.. Kodwa izindaba zanamuhla zikude nalo u-Adele okhuluma ngomlando wakhe ukuze akhiphe idiva elikala nobani futhi lingaculi nobani.
U-Adele uhambele inhlolokhono emsakazweni iKiss FM e-England. Lapho ubekhuluma ngokuthi unjani isimo sakhe sokucula nabaphumelele uhlelo lwe-'X Factor UK', nokuthi u-Adele akazimisele ukucula nanoma ngubani nje. Amazwi ka-Adele ayemi kanje: “Konke bekuzoncika ekutheni ngubani ongene kowamanqamu. Uma abaphumelele bewudoti, cha, ngeke ngicule.".
Ngemuva kokunaba ngale ndlela, u-Adele uthathe ithuba lokukhuluma ngokuthi yimuphi umdlali wokugcina angathanda ukucula naye. intandokazi yakhe kwaba U-Ella Henderson, lowo obengowamanqamu wesithupha kuhlelo lwe-'X Factor UK' lwango-2012: "Ngangizocula no-Ella Henderson, ngiyithandile. Kodwa asivumi ngaleso sikhathi. Ngisho ukuthi ngangikhulelwe, ngakho ngangingeke ngikwenze. Kodwa kuyiqiniso ukuthi ukube ubekulo nyaka futhi wafinyelela kowamanqamu, mhlawumbe besizoshiyelana inkundla ».