Inside Music with Melinda Newman

Adele reveals the latest on her next studio album backstage at the Grammys

How she really feels about the Oscars

By Melinda Newman Sunday, Feb 10, 2013 9:19 PM

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We may have to wait for a new Adele’s follow-up to the multi-Grammy winning “21,” but she’s at least thinking about it.

“I’m not very far along at all,” she said backstage at the Grammys after winning best pop solo performance for “Set Fire To The Rain (Live).” “I’m having lots of meetings, I’ve been in L.A. the whole time since the [Golden] Globes and I will be until the Oscars. I’ve been having lots of meetings. I’ve been out of the loop for a year and a half. I’ve been singing my baby nursery rhymes, so I don’t really know what’s cool and what’s not. I'm definitely going to visit Paul Epworth and stuff like that.”

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Juggling motherhood with her career has been tiring, but not stressful. “I’ve been up since 6 a.m. so I’m quite tired, but it’s nice,” she said. “I haven’t been as stressed out. you have to prioritize what you stress about and worry about when you have a child, so it’s kind of been like getting my hair and makeup is usually a blast, but I was like “get off, get off’.”

As she was being rushed off the stage, someone asked her how she felt about the Oscars, and in true Adele fashion, she said “I’m shitting myself.” She’s nominated for best original song for “Skyfall.” The Oscars are Feb. 24.