Adele shares candid behind the scenes snaps from Easy on Me video

Adele gave fans a glimpse behind the scenes of her latest music video Easy On Me on Sunday night, as it’s revealed her latest track is outperforming the whole Top Ten combined.

The superstar, who released her first single in five years on Friday, posted a series of photos to her Instagram account, taken on the set of the video.

She used the social media post to pay tribute to the music video’s director, her long-time collaborator Xavier Dolan. 

Celebrating: Adele gave fans a glimpse behind the scenes of her latest music video Easy On Me on Sunday, as it’s revealed her latest track is outperforming the whole Top Ten combined

The fun photos see Adele beaming as she holds onto the Canadian creative, while another black and white shot sees the pair laughing in between takes outside the Quebec, Canada house where the video is set.

Dressed in a brown leather jacket and orange polo neck, Adele is also seen sitting inside the house as Xavier repositions her ready to start shooting. 

Xavier and Adele renuited for the Easy On Me video, five years after collaborating on the singer’s 2015 video Hello.

Adele captioned the snaps: ‘My big, always and forever love, my creative soul mate @xavierdolan ♥️.’

‘Soul mate’: She used the social media post to pay tribute to the music video’s director, her long-time collaborator Xavier Dolan

It’s been revealed that Easy On Me has already shifted 70,000 copies in the first 48 hours of its release and is already outperforming the whole UK Top Ten combined, with the track looking certain to hit the top spot on Friday.

The singer’s closest competitor and current number one, Sir Elton John and Dua Lipa’s collaboration, Cold Heart, sold 64,000 copies in seven days according to the latest chart figures. 

Easy On Me is expected to have the biggest opening week for a song on the Official Singles Chart this year

Speaking as the video, which has been streamed on YouTube over 62.4million times, and single were released on Friday, Xavier told Just Jared that he had always been ‘hoping’ to reunite with the superstar.   

‘For me, there’s nothing stronger than artists reconnecting after years apart. I’ve changed. Adele’s changed,’ he explained. 

Reflecting on the fact that the video begins in the same house the duo used to shoot the video for Hello,; he continued: ‘And this is an opportunity to celebrate how we’ve both evolved, and how we’ve also both remained faithful to our dearest themes. It’s all the same, but different.’