As detailed above, Adele drew inspiration for "Rolling In The Deep" from an ex-boyfriend fresh on her mind. As the story goes, when Adele went on her debut "An Evening with Adele" tour, she met a man 10 years her senior who would later become her boyfriend, per Fandom. The ex, who has been widely referred to as "Mr. 21" by Adele's fans (and was outed as Alex Sturrock by The Mirror) is said to be the muse of 21.
Things were initially good between the two. "He made me an adult. He put me on the road that I'm traveling on," Adele told Rolling Stone. "Most of my life was my career, but I had this little side project that was us. And it made me feel really normal again ... because I was becoming ... a bit f*****n' crazy." (This seems to be reflected in the pre-chorus of the track: "The scars of your love remind me of us /They keep me thinkin' that we almost had it all.")
However, according to the singer, their relationship eventually went downhill. "It just stopped being fun," she continued. She says he was " ... not romantic. He never took me to Italy. I took him to Italy. I booked it all." The relationship ended in 2011, and her Grammy-winning album 21 was certainly a cathartic way for the singer to say "f*** you" to the man she once loved.
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