

I wanted to give up a lot because I couldn't do it.

Initial recording sessions for the album were unfruitful, she recounted: "I felt like I was never going to finish this record. In 2021, a mashup of "Water Under the Bridge" and Megan Thee Stallion's performance of " Body" at the American Music Awards of 2020 became a trend on TikTok.Īdele announced in February 2013 that she was holding various meetings related to her third studio album. Adele performed it for her NBC special Adele Live in New York City, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, and included it on the set list of her concert tour Adele Live 2016. The song reached the top 10 in Israel, Poland, Belgium, and Iceland, and received Platinum or higher certifications in Canada, Mexico, and the United Kingdom. "Water Under the Bridge" received generally positive reviews from music critics, who praised Adele's vocal performance, though some thought it was too loud and criticised some of the production choices. Inspired by her relationship with charity founder Simon Konecki, whom she dated for seven years and married in May 2018, the song has lyrics about forgiveness and details the uncertain and crucial point in a courtship of determining whether one's partner is willing to put in the work to make it succeed. A mid-tempo pop and soul song, "Water Under the Bridge" incorporates influences of 1980s music, R&B, and a gospel choir, over guitars and snare drums. Columbia Records released the song as the album's fourth single on 14 November 2016. Adele wrote it with its producer Greg Kurstin. " Water Under the Bridge" is a song by English singer Adele from her third studio album 25 (2015).
