What makes pop stars want to step out of the limelight? | Deborah Orr

Adele may have been joking about taking five years off, but Lily Allen did opt out of the pop bubble, and it's not so hard to see whyThe awesomely successful young pop star, Adele, announced this week that she was going to take five years off to focus on her personal life. She has since backtracked on the idea, but such talk of withdrawal from the limelight does invite comparison with the hopefully temporary retirement of another lauded singer-songwriter, Lily Allen.Never has it been more ap...

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