To Be Loved

Adele's Welsh dad Mark Evans and mum Penny Adkins split up when she was two years old. Evans returned home to Wales, leaving Adele's mother to bring her up alone. Adele wrote this piano ballad about her need to be loved due to the absence of her estranged father.

When Adele married her long-term partner, Simon Konecki, she hoped for the strong family unit she never had as a child. I built a house for love to grow I was so young that it was hard to know Initially, when the couple started drifting apart, Adele wished to maintain the marriage for the plain reason of being loved. After a while, the singer realized she needed to end the relationship for her own good. To be loved and love at the highest count Means to lose all the things I can't live without Let it be known that I will choose to lose It's a sacrifice but I can't live a lie Let it be known, let it be known that I tried Adele took ownership of her mistakes and promised herself she will come out the other side of her heartache stronger. I took some bad turns that I am owning I'll stand still and let the storm pass by Keep my heart safe 'til the time feels right

Adele recorded the track for 30, an album centered on her divorce from Simon Konecki. Ahead of the release of the record, she shared a video of her singing the intimate song in her living room.