Adele Emergency Surgery: Singer 'On the Mend'
Adele has undergone microsurgery on her throat to treat a benign polyp on her vocal chords while in a Boston hospital.
The singer said on her blog, "I'm doing really well, on the mend, super happy, relaxed and very positive with it all."
"The operation was a success and I'm just chilling out now until I get the all clear from my doctors ... I best get back to practicing (sic) my mime show now," she further explained.
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Adele had to cancel her 10-city U.S. tour due to a vocal hemorrhage suffered during her United Kingdom tour. According to her record label, Columbia, Adele was unable to complete the remainder of the tour due to the condition of her throat.
"I have absolutely no choice but to recuperate properly and fully, or I risk damaging my voice forever," Adele wrote on her website, upon finding out the news of surgery.
The Grammy Award-winning singer added, "I have great confidence in believing you know how much this upsets me, how seriously I take it and how truly devastated and annoyed I am by this."
This was not the first time Adele has struggled with her vocal chords, as she had already canceled a few U.S. shows in June after getting laryngitis.
"My voice is weak and I need to build it back up. I'm gonna be starting up vocal rehab as soon as [I can], and start building my overall stamina in my voice, body and mind,” the 23-year-old wrote last month. "I will be back and I'm gonna smash the ball out the park once I'm touring again. I apologize from the bottom of my heart, sincerely I do."
Adele is known for her powerful vocals and talent, and is praised for not trying to go the route of many other music artists, who present themselves as sexualized divas.
"The whole message with [Adele] is that it's just music, it's just really good music," said Richard Russell of XL Recordings to the Guardian. “There is nothing else. There are no gimmicks, no selling of sexuality. I think in the American market, particularly, they have come to the conclusion that is what you have to do.”
Adele's sophomore album, 21, debuted at the top of the charts in more than 10 countries with her breakout hit "Rolling in the Deep" leading the charge. The power of the lead single still has not slowed, despite being released almost a year ago. Billboard named it the biggest crossover hit of the past 25 years.
