Adele Reveals The Correct Pronunciation Of Her Name & Admits Fans Have Been Saying It Wrong

First, it was Rihanna. Now, Adele has revealed that galore of her fans and members of the property person been mispronouncing her sanction for years. While participating successful a Q&A session successful enactment of her caller “I Drink Wine” euphony video, Adele, 34, fielded a question from a instrumentality successful North London, and earlier she got to the reply astir songwriting, the vocalist shared a revelation – her sanction is pronounced “uh-dale,” and present “AH-dale.” “Where’s she from, Enfield oregon something? Love that,” said a jubilant Adele. “She said my sanction perfectly.”

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Adele explained that the event’s host, Benito Skinner aka Benny Drama, asked however to pronounce her name. The absorption is seemingly connected the 2nd syllable successful her name, not the first. From there, Adele answered the fan’s question, portion the remainder of the satellite was near with this caller information.

During the Q&A, Adele besides spoke astir however she volition astir apt not beryllium an EGOT winner. Having secured an Emmy, aggregate Grammys, and an Oscar, each Adele needs is simply a Tony grant for completing the set. Yet, Adele told her fans that she’s “not a monolithic Broadway fan,” truthful she whitethorn not get that last portion of the puzzle. “I’m talking astir musicals though due to the fact that I’ve been seeing a mates of plays but I don’t deliberation I’ve seen enough,” she said, per PEOPLE. She did accidental she mightiness beryllium capable to play Rose successful a revival of Gypsy, having caught a accumulation of the Arthur Laurents musical.

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“I did emotion the relation of the mum successful it. She has a opus erstwhile she was like, ‘I wanted to bash each of this,’ and she’s jealous of her ain girl and she’s truly caught up astir it,” she told her fans. “At 1 bit, she was conscionable a bitch successful it, which I could nail.”

Adele is preparing to finally footwear disconnected her Las Vegas residency. Performances statesman connected Nov. 18, aft delaying the accumulation for six months. The “Hello” vocalist floated the thought of getting an EGOT via Vegas. “I don’t deliberation I’ve seen capable [Broadway] arsenic a grown-up to cognize if I would privation to bash it. I was wondering, ‘Do I conscionable determination the amusement from Vegas to Broadway and triumph the Tony?’ I really similar the dependable of an EGO than an EGOT,” Adele said during the Q&A. “EGO is fun. But ne'er accidental never. If I determination to New York, I get bored, I’ll beryllium connected that signifier successful a blistery second.”