LOS ANGELES (AP) — The aspect of Adele’s new video that seems to be getting the most attention is not that it’s a new song, or that she sounds great and looks beautiful. It’s that she’s using a flip phone. Director Xavier Dolan tells the Los Angeles Time it’s driving him crazy that Twitter users are zeroing in on the flip phone. Dolan says he doesn’t like filming modern phones or cars because when you see them in movies, it reminds you that you’re in reality. He says if he films an iPhone or a modern car, it feels like he’s making a commercial. He says the phone booth in the video is much more important symbolically than whether Adele also is using a Samsung or an AE9.

UNDATED (AP) — Adele’s “25” album will probably be the last one named for her age. She tells Apple’s Beats1 Radio she has a ritual of buying a notebook and writing her age in the front, so she knew for a long time her next album would be called “25.” She says her albums have been like photos recording eras in her life, but she doubts she’ll go through any profound changes from here on out. Plus, she says, she’ll be really old. She predicts her next album will simply be called “Adele.” ”25″ will come out November 20.

NEW YORK (AP) — Elton John went with tried-and-true allies for his upcoming album, “Wonderful Crazy Night.” Drummer Nigel Olsson has been playing with John since he hit it big in the late 1960s, and guitarist Davey Johnstone first played with John in 1971. The songs on the album were co-written by lyricist Bernie Taupin, John’s friend and collaborator for 48 years. “Wonderful Crazy Night” is John’s 33rd studio album. It will come out February 5. The first single, “Looking Up,” is out today.

NEW YORK (AP) — You can get the first listen of Adele’s new album starting today. The video for her first single, “Hello,” is out today, and the single is available for digital sale and streaming. Adele’s third album, “25,” will be released on November 20.

UNDATED (AP) — Enough teasing: Adele really is going to release another album. Adele tweets if her last album was a break-up record, the next one will be a make-up record. She says she’s making up for lost time, for everything she did and for everything she never did. She expresses regret that when she was younger, she kept wanting to be older instead of living in the moment. The album will be called “25,” but she doesn’t give a release date. She apologizes for it taking so long but she adds, “You know, life happened.”

UNDATED (AP) — Cory Wells of Three Dog Night once said when he first heard “Joy To The World,” he hated it. Wells said in a July 2013 AP interview he thought it was a children’s song, and it was only when they started working on it that he saw the potential. Wells died unexpectedly at the age of 73 Tuesday in Dunkirk, New York, according to the band’s Facebook page. A cause of death was not given. Wells sang lead on “Never Been To Spain” and “Shambala,” as well as on the number-one hit “Mama Told Me (Not To Come).” He had said he used to try to sing that one like Randy Newman, since it’s Newman’s song, but he later decided it was better if he just sang it like himself. Three Dog Night singer Danny Hutton says Wells was “an incredible singer” and “a great performer” who could sing anything. Former Three Dog Night singer Chuck Negron tweeted an old photo of Wells and the caption, “I will miss you,” with a heart.

LAS VEGAS (AP) Erykah Badu has been named host of the Soul Train Awards. Bruno Mars, Mark Ronson and The Weeknd lead the way with five nominations each. The Soul Train Awards will tape on November 6 in Las Vegas and air on BET on November 29.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — People who saw Justin Timberlake get inducted into the Memphis Music Hall of Fame got a little more than the traditional song and dance — they got to see Timberlake singing and dancing — in the style of a couple of some R&B legends. He did vocal impersonations of Al Green and Otis Redding. He also performed with Sam Moore of Sam & Dave and exchanged jokes with “Tonight Show” host Jimmy Fallon — who handled the intro for Timberlake’s induction.