ADÉLA – The Provocateur
Capitol Records’ newest signee ADÉLA (née Adéla Jergová) announces her debut EP The Provocateur due August 15th alongside her new single “DeathByDevotion.”
The latest offering from the 21-year-old singer closely follows her Grimes co-produced single “MACHINE GIRL,” a high-voltage commentary on the spectacle surrounding female conflict. The single arrives alongside a Sinclair-directed music video shot in Berlin.
The Provocateur draws on ADÉLA’s lived experience and lifelong dream of being a popstar. Each track on the forthcoming project tells the dramatized story of a young woman willing to do what it takes to achieve her dreams. The EP sees ADÉLA recount a range of experiences ranging from betrayal, defiance, and exploitation while making it all feel larger than life. “I want to create a world that’s relatable on a human level,” she says when speaking on the forthcoming project, “I want to talk about things that are maybe uncomfortable. That’s who I am also as a person: I’m super blunt and kind of clinical, in a sense. Feelings, both positive and negative, hold the same weight to me.”
The performing arts are nothing new to the 21-year-old singer who first started taking ballet lessons at the age of three in Moscow and later attended elite ballet academies in Vienna and London. Though she remains a true dancer at heart, music’s pull soon became too strong to ignore. Outside of school, she spent hours on end teaching herself English through shows on Disney Channel and celebrity interviews on YouTube. So resilient in achieving her dreams, ADÉLA successfully gained Olivia Rodrigo’s vocal coach as a teacher and continued honing her songwriting skills as a medium of self-expression and processing her adolescence.
She first emerged onto the world stage as a Top 20 finalist for the girl group KATSEYE in the 2020 Netflix series Pop Star Academy, where she quickly rose in the ranks due to her supportive attitude, high-ranking scores, and diligent work ethic. Though ultimately eliminated, ADÉLA emerged hungrier and sharper. Now armed with a pink mane and new music made alongside Dylan Brady, Grimes, Blake Slatkin, and Leland, among others, she’s ready to come into her own with her debut EP coming this Summer.
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