On 10 February 2013 , Adele confirmed that she was in the very early stages of her third album and was having meetings while staying in Los Angeles for the 85th Academy Awards . Initially recording sessions for '' 25 '' were unsuccessful , in which Adele suffered from writer 's block . Adele rescheduled the album 's recording stating she did not feel " ready " , but returned to the studio when her son was eighteen months old , which inspired her to write an album about motherhood . In an interview on BBC One , it was revealed that a whole album about being a mother was written and scrapped because she thought the material was " too boring "
85th Academy Awards
85th Academy Awards
25 (Adele album)