Adele has admitted that she would be "mortified" if any of her ex-boyfriends penned songs about her.

The singing star has developed something of a reputation for writing top tunes off the back of heartbreak and relationship frustration.

But she isn't so keen on having the same done back to her, it seems. Speaking to NBC, Adele said that she would hate to be the subject of a forlorn breakup song - and reckons that anonymity, which she grants to her own song subjects, would be lost. When asked about having her relationship details public, she said:

"I'd f****** s*** myself. I'd be mortified. But also if they wrote songs about me, they'd be: 'This song's about Adele'. I've never given any names ever, but everyone's going to know this song's about me. No-one actually knows who my songs are about."