ADÉLA Releases Debut Album “PRIMA”

Slovic singer-songwriter ADÉLA, who rose to fame as a contestant on the reality show Dream Academy in 2023, has released her debut album PRIMA through Capitol Records. 

PRIMA captures a young woman stepping into her power, moving full speed ahead toward her lifelong dream of pop stardom, and documenting every step along the way through song.  

Alongside the album release is a new music video for the track “Nicole Kidman,” directed by Hannah Lux Davis. The music video, like its title, is filled with references to some of the Oscar-winning actress’s most iconic roles in films such as Eyes Wide Shut, Moulin Rouge, Birth, and Babygirl, as well as her AMC Theatres commercial. 

ADÉLA shares, “Somehow, I got invited to a Golden Globes event. I’ve never been in a movie, but I got all glammed up, put into a dress, had my hair done, and I looked really good. My hair was super bouncy, and my corset was so tight that I thought, ‘I feel like Nicole Kidman right now’. I actually watched ‘Eyes Wide Shut,’ and became obsessed with her. To me, she is ‘the’ movie star.” 

Her debut EP, The Provocateur, knocked down the industry gates with industrial pop hits.  PRIMA is a three-dimensional picture of her artistry. It blends the sound of a 22-year-old girl who’s having the time of her life with more serious, vulnerable songs. 

I want this album to sound exactly like a 22-year-old girl,” she states. “A lot of shit’s happening in my life—which is the nature of being a young woman. At my age, you either hear, ‘She’s really deep,’ or, ‘She’s funny and doesn’t take anything seriously.’ I tried to express both sides. I mixed the hard with the soft, the vulnerable with the swag of it all, and the muscular beats with the feminine energy. I did exactly what I wanted to.

On PRIMA, the pop princess flexes her ability to differentiate herself while also paying homage to the artists that first introduced her to the world of pop on her debut album. On the Cashmere Cat-produced “I’m The Man,” she uses an intro reminiscent of an early Ariana Grande production, but lets her lyricism do the real work as she takes traditional gender constructs and turns them inside out, reframing relationships through her lyricism and a lens like no other. 

ADÉLA is hitting the road this fall for her first-ever headline tour, hitting the United States, Canada, Mexico, the UK, and Europe. 

LISTEN TO PRIMA