Adele celebrates turning 'thirty free' with stunning new portrait

Adele is all smiles in a new black-and-white portrait shared on her 33rd birthday.

The singer celebrated her birthday on 5 May and took to Instagram sharing a new photo set.

Following the black-and-white shot, the Grammy-winning artist shared a photo of herself smiling in the water, while a third picture sees her doing a twirl in a beautiful, flowy dress.

She appropriately captioned her post: "Thirty free."

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Adele has been inactive on social media in recent months; her last gig was last year when she hosted Saturday Night Live.

Fans think, however, she could be gearing up to release new music. One humorously wrote in the comments section of her post: "Is this the album announcement or..."