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Adele has spoken about some of the issues she faced when making her third album 25.

The singer opened up about her fears that it would never be finished on The Radio 1 Breakfast Show with Nick Grimshaw this morning (October 23).

"I felt like this was never going to happen, and I was never going to finish this record," she revealed. "It was a long process and I wanted to give up. I thought I'd run out of ideas and lost my ability to write a song.

"My team around me are so amazing. They were very honest saying, 'It's not good enough'. It's important that people are like that."

Despite her initial doubts, Adele added that she is now "excited for people to hear the album", especially a favourite track of hers, 'When We Were Young'.

Whatever the success of the album though, don't expect the singer to be spending too much time in the spotlight.

"I find fame quite frightening and really toxic," she noted. "It's very charming and very persuasive, but also it doesn't last.

"Why do you want to get involved in something which you'll miss so much? And it always goes."

She did, however, admit that one thing has changed - her choice of supermarket: "I shop at Waitrose these days... I still love you Tesco!"