--- description: Adele predicted nearly a year ago that she would restart her performance at the 2017 Grammys. title: Adele Predicted She Her Grammys Restart image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt871f29b067d68c20/6988ba1f656a3f986bbcec37/adele-george-michael.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # See the Moment Adele Essentially Predicted She Would Restart Her Song at the Grammys  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Feb 13, 2017 7:37 PM CUT  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Feb 13, 2017 7:37 PM CUT In the first few moments of debuting a [cover of “Fastlove”](http://time.com/4668499/adele-george-michael-grammys-2017/ "undefined") in tribute to the [late George Michael](http://time.com/4618141/george-michael-dead-wham-remembrance/?iid=sr-link1 "undefined") at Sunday night’s Grammys, [Adele](http://time.com/4669090/adele-beyonce-praise/ "undefined") halted the performance and requested to restart the song from the top. “I can’t mess this up for him,” she explained. But while the unexpected do-over probably came as a surprise to most watching, the _25_ artist basically predicted it would happen nearly a year ago. Following a rendition of “All I Ask” that was plagued by technical difficulties at the 2016 Grammys, Adele spoke about the gaffe during an appearance on _The Ellen DeGeneres Show_. “Next time I have any sound issues I am gonna stop,” she told the host. “‘Sorry, that’s not working for me. If we have time to do it again, let’s do it.'” Watch the clip below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4669508/adele-on-grammys-song/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4669508/adele-on-grammys-song/"},"headline":"See the Moment Adele Essentially Predicted She Would Restart Her Song at the Grammys","datePublished":"2017-02-13T19:37:22.000Z","dateModified":"2026-06-24T06:56:53.595Z","description":"\"Next time I have any sound issues I am gonna stop\"","url":"https://time.com/4669508/adele-on-grammys-song/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Music","grammys","Adele","Grammys 2017"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt871f29b067d68c20/6988ba1f656a3f986bbcec37/adele-george-michael.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt871f29b067d68c20/6988ba1f656a3f986bbcec37/adele-george-michael.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The 59th GRAMMY Awards - Roaming Show","caption":"Singer Adele during The 59th GRAMMY Awards at STAPLES Center on February 12, 2017 in Los Angeles, California.","creditText":"Christopher Polk/Getty Images for NARAS","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4669508/adele-on-grammys-song/","name":"See the Moment Adele Essentially Predicted She Would Restart Her Song at the Grammys"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"This Video Is No Longer Available","description":"\"Next time I have any sound issues I am gonna stop\"","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/fKodeUO6/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2026-06-23T15:00:44.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/fKodeUO6.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4669508/adele-on-grammys-song/","duration":"PT10S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4669508/adele-on-grammys-song/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```