Ahead of the release of "30," Adele gave fans a sneak peek of one of the songs on the album called "To Be Loved." Accompanied by a piano only, Adele belted out the personal ballad in an Instagram post on Thursday. Adele sings the lyrics to the song, which are, "I built a house for a love to grow. I was so young that it was hard to know. I'm as lost now as I was back then. Always make a mess of everything," per Capital FM. Then, Adele moves into the chorus, which clearly references her split from Simon Konecki. "To be loved and love at the highest count. Means to lose all the things I can't live without. Let it be known that I will choose to lose. It's a sacrifice, but I can't live a lie. Let it be known, let it be known that I tried," per Capital FM.
During an interview with NPR, Adele revealed the meaning behind "To Be Loved." "[There] were so many stories that were written about why we broke up, our history, a sort of timeline of events that led up to it — I didn't say anything. I didn't. I rarely respond to tabloid rumors and stuff like that about me. But it was more of me just being like, 'Actually, this is my story, and this is how I felt, and this is how extreme it was.' ... That is really me being like, 'They said this is what actually happened, like what everyone else says, you weren't there. You don't even know us.'"
