Adele announces long-awaited return with comeback single, Easy on Me

The musician dropped the teaser on Instagram with a caption that reads “Easy on Me – October 15.”

In the short black-and-white video clip, Adele pops a cassette while driving a car. As a piano ballad plays, she drives along the road while several pieces of sheet music fly out the window.

A new record would mark Adele’s fourth album and first in six years, following 2015’s 25.

Speculation began swirling online that music could be coming last week after the number

30 appeared on billboards and was projected onto famous landmarks around the world – including in Dubai, Ireland, France, Italy and the US.