I Drink Wine

This jazz-influenced song finds Adele doing some self-analysis following her split from husband Simon Konecki. So I hope I learn to get over myself Stop tryin' to be somebody else So we can love each other for free Everybody wants somethin', you just want me Outside pressures are turning Adele into someone she barely recognizes. With the help of a few glasses of wine, the wounded superstar tries to mend her shattered self-esteem. "I took everything so personally at that period of time in my life," she explained to Rolling Stone. "So the lyric 'I hope I learn to get over myself' is like [me saying] 'Once I've done that, then maybe I can let you love me.'"

How can one become so bounded by choices that somebody else makes? How come we've both become a version of a person we don't even like The conversational song finds Adele trying to move on from her marital debris, but anxiety and panic make it hard to focus on her goals. "That song is basically like 50 questions I'm asking myself," she told Audacy's Julia. "It felt like it was the beginning of me coming out."

Adele recorded the song for her fourth album, 30. The record details the breakdown of her marriage, the mental turmoil, and reclamation of self. "I feel like this album is self-destruction, then self-reflection and then sort of self-redemption," she told Vogue. "But I feel ready. I really want people to hear my side of the story this time."