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"I was so embarrassed," the "Someone Like You" singer told
U.S. talk show host Ellen DeGeneres in an interview recorded on
Wednesday and to be broadcast on Thursday.
"I cried pretty much all day yesterday," said Adele, a six-time
Grammy winner in 2012. "I don't feel like it could go that much
worse than the Grammys, though."
Monday's Grammy Awards marked the biggest appearance for the
27-year-old singer in four years. It followed the release in
November of "25," which broke U.S. sales records and quickly
became the best-selling album of 2015 with worldwide sales of
some 15 million. The November release made it ineligible for
Grammy consideration on Monday.
Accompanied by just a piano on the Grammy stage in Los Angeles,
she sang her new single "All I Ask." But the performance was
marred by technical issues when a microphone fell onto the
piano's strings, and she turned in an uncharacteristically shaky
performance, hitting sharp and flat notes.
Adele told DeGeneres she heard immediately that the song was not
going well and wished she had stopped and started again.
"Next time I have any sound issues, I am gonna stop. I'll be
like, sorry that's not working for me. If we have time to do it
again, let's do it; otherwise, bye!," she said.
She also acknowledged feeling more pressure now to perform well
than a few years ago. "The more successful I get, the more
pressure there is, really," she said.
Adele starts a nine-month-long, sold-out European and North
American tour on Feb. 29.
(Reporting By Jill Serjeant; Editing by Jonathan Oatis)
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