Adéla
In a landscape often bound by convention, ADÉLA doesn’t just make pop music — she distorts it, challenges it, and makes it feel larger than life, yet always rooted in unfiltered emotion. The 21-year-old Slovakian singer’s propulsive, dance-addled early singles feel like dispatches from the frontlines of fame and ambition, throwing withering side eye at a world that doesn’t want to see a mold-breaking woman win — a dramatized yet deeply personal reflection of her own impressive journey. Growing up, ADÉLA often felt at odds with her homeland’s conservative values. She kept her childhood dream of becoming a pop star to herself, instead channeling her natural talent and work ethic into a professional ballet career by age 11, while secretly studying U.S. culture obsessively. She taught herself English by watching YouTube, tracked down Olivia Rodrigo’s vocal coach for lessons, and channeled her pent up energy into songwriting. In 2020, ADÉLA took the leap to L.A. to compete for a spot in a global girl group — a years-long process documented in Netflix’s Pop Star Academy — before getting eliminated. With no clear path forward, but inspired by her heroes Beyoncé and Lady Gaga, she entered a period of reinvention and emerged sharper, hungrier, and fully in control of her vision. Today, ADÉLA is hands-on in every aspect of her work from video treatments and choreography to costuming and makeup — something she can credit not only to her self-made education, but also the question she asked while rebuilding: What does ADÉLA, the artist, want? “I just want to encourage people to be themselves,” she says. Unquestionably, ADÉLA is leading by example.
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Adéla
In a landscape often bound by convention, ADÉLA doesn’t just make pop music — she distorts it, challenges it, and makes it feel larger than life, yet always rooted in unfiltered emotion. The 21-year-old Slovakian singer’s propulsive, dance-addled early singles feel like dispatches from the frontlines of fame and ambition, throwing withering side eye at a world that doesn’t want to see a mold-breaking woman win — a dramatized yet deeply personal reflection of her own impressive journey. Growing up, ADÉLA often felt at odds with her homeland’s conservative values. She kept her childhood dream of becoming a pop star to herself, instead channeling her natural talent and work ethic into a professional ballet career by age 11, while secretly studying U.S. culture obsessively. She taught herself English by watching YouTube, tracked down Olivia Rodrigo’s vocal coach for lessons, and channeled her pent up energy into songwriting. In 2020, ADÉLA took the leap to L.A. to compete for a spot in a global girl group — a years-long process documented in Netflix’s Pop Star Academy — before getting eliminated. With no clear path forward, but inspired by her heroes Beyoncé and Lady Gaga, she entered a period of reinvention and emerged sharper, hungrier, and fully in control of her vision. Today, ADÉLA is hands-on in every aspect of her work from video treatments and choreography to costuming and makeup — something she can credit not only to her self-made education, but also the question she asked while rebuilding: What does ADÉLA, the artist, want? “I just want to encourage people to be themselves,” she says. Unquestionably, ADÉLA is leading by example.
