Adele, Grammy for best new artist in 2008, doesn’t like to rest on her laurels. Rather than build on the success of her hit R&B disc 19, the British singer will try something new for her new record.
The 21-year-old Londoner, who was awarded best pop singer in 2008 for the song Chasing Pavements, was inspired by her visits to the Southern United States–so much so that she’s decided to do a 190-degree turn into Country music.
She says Rolling Stone magazine: "I got addicted to this Wanda Jackson hits album," the singer told Rolling Stone. "She’s so cheeky and so raunchy. She’s kind of like the female Elvis: really sexual, not afraid to embarrass herself."
Her prolonged stay in the American South has etter appreciation for country music: "I "I never was a fan of it growing up, because we don’t really have it in England," she says.
Back home last fall, the singer began to include a country-music flavour in her music.
Adele then recorded his second album in Malibu, California. She’s set to launch her country-accented record in September.