On 27 August 2015 , '' Billboard '' reported that Adele 's label , XL Recordings , had intentions of releasing her third studio album sometime in November 2015 . Danger Mouse was revealed to have contributed a song , while Tobias Jesso Jr. had written a track , and Ryan Tedder was " back in the mix after producing and co-writing " Rumour Has It " on '' 21 '' . " At the 72nd Venice International Film Festival in early September 2015 , Sia announced that her new single " Alive " was co-written by Adele , and had originally been intended for Adele 's third album . On 18 October , a 30-second clip of new material from Adele was shown on UK television during a commercial break on '' The X Factor '' . The commercial teases a snippet from a new song from her third album , with viewers hearing a voice singing accompanied by lyrics on a black screen
72nd Venice International Film Festival
72nd Venice International Film Festival
Adele