Adele showed off her stylish side in New York this weekend, as she dressed up in all black for a daytime outing.
The star showed off her slimmed down figure, and added a big hat and sunglasses to the ensemble, after admitting it was "weird" taking a break from music.
The 27-year-old superstar will release her third album 25 on Friday but has acknowledged it was an odd decision to wait more than four years before releasing the collection, even though she believes it was the "right thing" to do.
She said: "I know some people thought I was mad for taking a break. Even I can see it was a bit weird. But I'm glad it happened. I think it was the right thing. It slowed everything down."
The Hello singer sold more than 30 million copies of her 2011 album 21 and while the pressure of creating a follow-up proved to be difficult, it was her three-year-old son Angelo - who she had with her partner Simon Konecki - who encouraged her to make a comeback.
Asked about her motivation to return, she explained to The Observer Music magazine:
"Um. My son. I felt so mega having given birth - the confidence from that, I felt unstoppable. I'm sure most women feel that ... Towards the end of the 21 stuff, I couldn't remember why I was doing it any more. I couldn't answer the question: 'Why am I half way around the world? On my own?'
“But then, after I had my son, I thought, 'Yeah, that's why I did it all.' I felt proud of what I'd achieved with 21 for the first time. And now everything I do, in every channel of my life, is part of a legacy that I'm making for my child. For my children, if I have more.
“I'm not motivated by much, certainly not by money - but I'm motivated by that. I want my child to see his mum running a proper business again. Being a boss again. Hopefully smashing it again."
The star – who is intensely private – was pictured leaving the Tribeca Grand Hotel in New York in a fitted black suit and matching hat. Very chic, Ms Adkins.
She was later seen exiting The Back Room bar on the Lower East Side of the city, where she’s been filming a TV special in NYC and she looks GLOWING.
We can’t wait to hear 25 next week – finally.
