Adele Discusses The Inspirational ‘Never Been Kissed’ And How She Met Ryan Tedder

Adele gave several comical anecdotes while sitting down for a track-by-track video rundown of her new album 21, which was released in the UK this week and is due out in the States on February 22. In particular, she talked about the song “One And Only,” which, Adele points out, is about a male friend she hasn’t been romantically involved with but is convinced she’ll marry one day.

“When I wrote the middle eight—it’s really cheesy,” she laughs. “The night before I wrote the middle eight I watched Never Been Kissed, with Drew Barrymore in it.” Uh oh.

The 22-year-old British songstress went on to explain how she got inspiration from the high school-themed 1999 romantic comedy.

“You know at the end when she describes being kissed as the whole world slows down and goes in slow motion, everything else goes blurry… I kind of see it like that,” she says in the song-by-song preview video. “Whenever I hear the bridge it really is sort of like that, and it’s quite epic. I mean, I don’t think Never Been Kissed is a particularly epic movie…”

Hey—speak for yourself, lady!

Adele also discussed how she came to work with Ryan Tedder on 21 track “Turning Tables” after a chance meeting.

“The Grammys in 2009—we were both staying in the same hotel,” she says. “I got in the elevator with about a hundred heart balloons. Then Ryan got in as well and all he could hear is my cackle, which I think has become a bit infamous. And he was kind of searching through the balloons to find me, and we were like, ‘Amazing. We’ve definitely got to work together now’.”

Back in December 2009, Ryan Tedder talked to us about collaborating with the UK songstress. “I’m working with Adele right now, who’s inspiring me like crazy. I hadn’t written a song in about a month, literally, until yesterday. The less I write, the better the songs are.”

Elisabetta Canalis Learns on CNN She'll Never Be Mrs. Clooney

When George Clooney sat down for an interview with CNN's Piers Morgan, he made it clear to the world that he doesn't want to get married again. Too bad he forgot to mention this to longtime girlfriend, Elisabetta Canalis.

"I hate to blow your whole news story, but I was married," George told 'Piers Morgan Tonight' on Friday. "Yeah, so I've proven how good I was at it, and I just ... I'm allowed one," the 48-year-old actor-philanthropist said referring to his marriage to actress Talia Balsam from 1989 to 1993.

"Elisabetta had no idea he was going to say that," a friend of the Italian beauty tells me. "She thought she was going to be the girl who would finally get George to settle down and put a ring on it. She was totally surprised."

Even the star's dad, Nick, who was in the same interview, seemed surprised by his son's answer on plans to walk down the aisle again, telling George, "I want you to think about that. I want you to think about ... we've been married ... Nina [George's mom] and I've been married 51 years."

However, friends tell me despite what George might say in public, Elisabetta won't take no for an answer. "If he doesn't ask her to marry him soon she will ask him," an insider tells me. "And if he says no, well there are plenty more fish in the ocean."

Good look finding another fish that looks like George!