London - British megastar Adele has spoken of her “year of anxiety” that led her to live like a “recluse”, in a rare  interview published in Vogue ahead of the release of her new album “30”. “I thought, I’m just going to lock myself in a house,” she said of her anxiety-fueled retreat from the public glare, which began with two cancelled shows at London’s Wembley Stadium in 2017 due to problems with her voice.

 “That’s what I did. I was very reclusive. It paid off. People are used to me being a recluse,” she said in comments published on the fashion magazine’s website late Thursday, her first major interview since 2016. The 33-year-old singer graces the cover of its US and UK editions this month. It was during what she called her subsequent “year of anxiety” that her marriage to Simon Konecki, with whom she had a son Angelo in 2011, fell apart. “Neither of us did anything wrong,” she said. “Neither of us hurt each other or anything like that. 
“I’ve been on my journey to find my true happiness ever since,” added Adele, who currently lived in Los Angeles.