Adele Is Officially Back, Teases New Music During 'X Factor' Commercial Break

Adele teased 15 seconds of new music during a commercial break on 'The X Factor' in the UK.

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Adele has finally broken her silence regarding the long awaited follow-up to the ridiculously successful 21, an album reportedly stacked with collaborations from Pharrell, Max Martin, and Danger Mouse. The elusive megastar teased less than a minute of new music in the middle of a commercial break during a recent episode of The X Factor, immediately prompting Twitter to flex its speculation muscles:

Shortly after shattering the internet, One Republic's Ryan Tedder (a collaborator on the forthcoming album) confirmed that the frustratingly brief clip is in fact Adele:

Though brief, the lyrics certainly serve as Adele more or less reintroducing herself to a world that most certainly hasn't forgotten her:

Hello

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