Adele back in the studio

According to The Sun, the Oscar-winning songstress is back making sweet music with the likes of producers/songwriters James Ford and Kid Harpoon - who have worked with Florence Welch, Jessie Ware and Arctic Monkeys.

A source told the tabloid: "Adele wants to move with the times and is trying to make her new record sound as edgy as possible.

"The team she's assembled is first rate and she's confident they can help match the success of her first two albums.

"It's no easy task as the world will be desperate to hear it."

Last month, it was claimed that Adele was set to record a swing duet with her pal Robbie Williams, with a source telling The Sun: "They are great friends and talked at length about doing something together when she was in LA with him ahead of the Oscars last month.

"They threw some ideas around but haven't decided exactly what song they'd like to work on, things are in the early stages."