Adele announces second album details

Adele has announced the name and release date of her eagerly-anticipated second LP.

The Grammy-winning singer will release 21 - the follow-up to her 2008 debut 19 - on January 24.

"It's different from 19 - it's about the same things but in a different light," she explained in a press release. "I deal with things differently now. I'm more patient, more honest, more forgiving and more aware of my own flaws, habits and principles - something that comes with age I think.

"So fittingly this record is called 21. The whole reason I called my first album 19 was about cataloging what happened to me then and who I was then - like a photo album you see the progression and changes in a person throughout the years."

The album was largely produced by Red Hot Chilli Peppers collaborator Rick Rubin in Malibu, California and Florence and the Machine cohort Paul Epworth in Kensal Rise, London.

It will be preceded by the single "Rolling In The Deep" - described by Adele as a "dark bluesy gospel disco tune" and co-written by the singer with Epworth - on January 16.

The 21 cover art appears below:

Originally posted by Captain Planet

So, should we be expecting 23 in 2013, given the world doesn't end of course?

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