:sips truth tea:

Honestly, enough is enough. 5+ years is ridiculous of a wait for an album. For those trying to “spill facts”, 4 years in 2000s/1990s/1980s was the max gap between albums a major record label would allow. The exception being Enya taking 5 years and she plays every instrument on the damn album. Adele ain’t playing no harps and percussion. Even Motown almost dropped Stevie Wonder for wanting more than 4 years in the eighties.

So unless you’re Sade and don’t care or Whitney and can’t actually put out an album, you cannot expect the label machine and fan base to wait 5+ years for your album.

It’s a very bold move to think your music will be relevant half a decade later or people will still care. Ask everyone from Aretha to Tina to Janet to Norah Jones, who put out albums even when they weren’t ready/didn’t feel like it. Don’t believe me, look at the max gaps in their discography. Most of the standard contract made had clawback a after 4 years on cost towards recording/production, etc. I don’t blame the labels. What’s to say your 5 years old/half decade old stale music will stick? I’m not sure why Adele thinks she’s special.