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While Adele rarely makes a mistake on-stage, she's the first to admit that her Grammys performance was far from perfect.
"During changeover and the ad break, the microphones fell onto the piano strings, which is what the guitar noise was – some people thought it was Bieber rehearsing but it wasn't him," the singer explains on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" on Thursday. "And it just kinda put the whole thing off, really."
The Grammy winner says she knew exactly what was wrong, but wasn't able to fix it.
"I knew where the mic was and I wanted to turn around and lift it up, but I froze," she reveals. "But I actually felt like it went well. In the room they actually sorted the problem and I'm always a bit pitchy anyways. I am! It's emotion. It's emotion. When I'm flat and I'm sharp I'm just emotional but it was fine."
"I wanted to tell everyone straight away because it seemed to be a lot of confusion about what it was. I was embarrassed," she adds. "I woke up the next morning to people in England being like, 'We still love you, don't worry,' and I was like, 'I didn't ask you if you still loved me, but thanks.' I was so embarrassed."
Not only was she embarrassed, Adele also admits that she cried all day on Tuesday.
"In fairness I would have cried if it went really well as well," she says. "If it was a stand out performance, I would have cried as well. I always cry."
So, what did she learn from her mishap? "If it wasn't live TV I would have busted a joke, but because it was TV, I couldn't make it my own. I couldn't make the disaster my own," she tells Ellen. "Next time I will. 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!"
Gotta love her attitude!
Check out the clip above to see her Grammy performance, and watch the video below to hear what she said about her son, Angelo!
After the interview, the talk show host had her prank some employees at a Jamba Juice on the Warner Bros. lot with Ellen in her ear. Check out that video to see why the workers thought she was totally crazy!
