Say “Hello” to All the Men Adele Has Dated Through the Years

Send her love to a new lover. In October, the “Easy On Me” singer revealed to British Vogue that she and sports agent Rich Paul are, in fact, a new couple after months of speculation among fans. “Yes, we’re together. We’re very happy,” she told the publication. They have seemingly been dating since the beginning of 2021 and were first seen together at Game 5 of the NBA Finals in July. Adele and Paul later became Instagram official when she posted a photo of them together at a wedding in September.

Adele and the rapper Skepta are both from Tottenham, which may explain their friendly history dating back to 2011. Amid Adele’s divorce from Simon Konecki in 2019, speculation swirled she and Skepta had begun dating. The rumours took off when she and Skepta had a flirty exchange under one of Adele’s Instagram posts in June 2020. Four months later, talks of them being an item circulated again, but Adele put them to rest after hosting Saturday Night Live. “I’m going back to my cave now to be the (single) cat lady that I am,” she joked in her October 2020 Instagram post after the show. While this relationship was never confirmed, fans still believe they were romantically involved in some capacity. They think Skepta’s lyrics about dating someone way more famous than him in his 2020 song “Mic Check” may be about Adele.

In 2011, Adele started dating British entrepreneur Simon Konecki, the CEO of the non-profit organisation that funds brings clean water solutions to countries in need called Drop4Drop. He accompanied Adele to the 54th Grammy Awards in February 2012. Adele gave birth to their child, Angelo, in October 2012. Although it was thought that she tied the knot with Konecki in 2016 (she called him her husband in her 2017 Grammy album of the year award acceptance speech), Adele later confirmed to British Vogue that they didn’t tie the knot until 2018. However, their marriage was short-lived as they separated in 2019 and finalised their divorce in 2020. The exes share custody of their son and maintain a good relationship. However, most of her 30 album will be about divorce and the effect it had on Angelo.

There were men Adele dated before she made it big. In fact, they inspired some of the songs on her first two albums, 19 and 21.

The inspiration behind Adele’s debut album, 19, was her first big heartbreak. In a 2008 interview with The Guardian, she revealed she dumped the anonymous boyfriend via text. “When I broke up with my boyfriend, I did it by text. ‘Babe, I can’t do it no more.'” He inspired her breakout song, “Chasing Pavements” and wanted royalties from the album because it was mostly about him.

Adele’s fans dubbed the man who inspired her hits “Rolling In The Deep,” “Set Fire To The Rain,” “Someone Like You,” and “Turning Tables” (whom she presumably dated from 2008 to 2009) Mr. 21. In an interview with Out, Adele said that she “would have given up her career, friendships, and hobbies to be with him.”