Adele Had an Emotional Breakdown When Recording ’21’ in Malibu

British singer Adele has revealed that she became overwhelmed when she arrived in Miami to record her huge hit album ’21’. The award-winning artist arrived at the very famous recording studio ‘Shangri-La’ and couldn’t believe that she was in the same place where some legendary artists have also recorded. Adele ended up having a breakdown and had to walk off her emotions on the beach in order to get her head around it – she just couldn’t believe it and found the experience overwhelming:

‘The first day I had a breakdown. I lost it and started crying and had to go for a walk on the beach to sort myself out. After that, I was fine though I still had the odd moment. Between a take, Rick would talk to his engineer and say, ‘Remember when we had this problem with Johnny Cash?’ Then one day Kid Rock dropped by to do a vocal for something while I was outside having a fag. It all felt like an out-of-body experience.”

When touring for her previous album, Adele also comments that she panicked a little when trying to pen more material. She says that she just couldn’t concentrate while on the road, even though she has always wanted to write while touring – it just turned out to be something she couldn’t do:

”I always hoped I could write when I was on tour but I couldn’t do it. ‘How did I cope? I didn’t. I f***ing panicked.”