Adele has opened up about her experiences of being "smothered with love" when she visited her Welsh grandparents while growing up. Appearing recently on Desert Island Discs, the multi-million-selling singer opened up to host Lauren Laverne about her childhood relationship with her dad, Mark and the times she spent in Penarth with his parents and how her grandfather's death, when she was 10, 'traumatised' her.
Choosing tracks like Dreams by Gabrielle and He Needs Me by Nina Simone on the BBC Radio 4 show, Adele lovingly recalled memories of trips to Penarth and how proud her 'grampy' would have been of her career.
"He was a plumber, my grampy and he used to go to work all day and he'd come back and he'd be smelling of like, being a plumber and I loved it," said the singer. "We'd have a cuddle, watch the six o'clock news - a bit dry - or I was baking with my nana and just... yeah, I was spoiled rotten and smothered with love. It just felt like a really great routine. You know, which I've always lacked in most of my life."
