ADÉLA

From Bratislava to the audition room

Born and raised in Bratislava, Slovakia, Adéla Jergová trained seriously in ballet before pushing towards music in her late teens. The first global sighting came via The Debut: Dream Academy – the 2023 HYBE x Geffen talent project that formed KATSEYE. She was eliminated after the first mission in mid‑September 2023, but the series minted her name and backstory for pop’s internet‑age audience. Teen Vogue’s coverage of the project and contestants places her among those who parlayed the exposure into a solo plan rather than another contest. Wikipedia’s record of Dream Academy confirms her elimination and the November 2023 finale that introduced KATSEYE.

The opening moves: singles and a provocation

ADÉLA’s first official single, Homewrecked, arrived on 13 September 2024. Teen Vogue’s weekly roundup flagged it that month as the Slovak contestant’s step into solo work. A late‑October/early‑December one‑two with Superscar followed, including an independently released video that began to codify her taste for stark visuals and tightly drilled choreography; the official video is timestamped December 2, 2024 on YouTube.

Momentum and collaborators arrived in early 2025. MachineGirl dropped on 28 February 2025, co‑produced by Grimes and featuring the Canadian artist in the video – a detail repeated across interviews and discographies, from Notion to Numéro. Through the spring she teased a first body of work, then on 11 July 2025 issued DeathByDevotion as a single, with an EP release date announcement. The Provocateur landed on 22 August 2025 via Capitol/UMG with the video for SexOnTheBeat, which multiple outlets (Nylon among them) reported included a Christina Aguilera cameo. Apple Music and Universal’s territory sites list the EP and its track roll‑out; AllMusic and MusicBrainz carry matching release metadata. Vogue’s feature on release week framed The Provocateur’s imagery – including a nod to Sophy Rickett’s subversive 1990s photography – as a statement of intent rather than shock for its own sake.

2026: the pivot to PRIMA

The tempo changed this spring. On 17 April 2026 she put out KGB on Capitol Records with an ornate video and a press note via Universal Music Canada; Apple Music lists a 16 April US time‑stamp, standard for global midnight releases. Summer brought Red Bottoms on 12 June 2026 and Ain’t In LA on 22 July 2026, the latter doubling as a signpost for her debut album’s sound. Universal Music Brasil’s July note confirmed the album title as PRIMA and underscored the run of magazine attention she’d accumulated across 2025.

On 12 August 2026, ADÉLA sat for an hour‑long conversation on Elton John’s Rocket Hour; Apple’s episode card and podcast schedule list the date and billing. Two weeks later, Apple Music’s album page for PRIMA confirmed an 11‑track, 31‑minute release due 4 September 2026 on Capitol/UMG, with the three summer singles embedded as anchors. The editorial text there – including her “prima ballerina” framing of the title – is one of the few on‑record explanations of the album’s concept and its shift from the industrial club textures of The Provocateur to something closer to the sleek pop she says she loved as a pre‑teen.

Learning the job on the road

Her live education in 2026 has been public and quick. From April through May she opened arenas for Demi Lovato on the It’s Not That Deep Tour across North America. Venue pages in Minneapolis and Chicago, Live Nation’s tour announcement and arena listings confirm dates through the US spring with ADÉLA billed as special guest. Fan timings from the Orlando opener on 13–14 April indicate a 30‑minute support set before Lovato’s 90‑minute headline, consistent with arena‑tour practice.

Festival season then gave her daylight tests in front of large general‑admission crowds. At Lollapalooza in Chicago on Sunday 2 August 2026, Time Out’s set‑time grid and SeatGeek’s compiled schedule put ADÉLA on the T‑Mobile Stage from 3:00–3:45pm; setlist.fm’s page for the day lists Boys, Ain’t In LA and Superscar among the songs played. Four weeks later she crossed to Berkshire for Reading Festival on Friday 28 August 2026, where Time Out’s schedule listed a 3:15–4:00pm slot at The Gallery; setlist.fm records the stage and start time. UK site Dork filed a live review from Reading noting a packed tent and a through‑line that began with KGB and closed on Superscar, and several festival round‑ups echoed the sense that she’d translated internet notoriety into an in‑person fanbase that turns up early.

Where she stands as PRIMA arrives

With PRIMA dated for 4 September 2026, ADÉLA enters album week with summer festival proof and a US headline run behind her. Ticketmaster’s ADÉLA hub shows a club itinerary that begins on Wednesday 9 September at Saint Andrew’s Hall in Detroit, then moves through mid‑size rooms including Royale in Boston (14 September), 9:30 Club in Washington, DC (15 September), Theatre of Living Arts in Philadelphia (17 September) and a two‑night stand at Brooklyn Steel (18–19 September). Further shows follow in Nashville (21 September), Atlanta (22 September), Austin (24 September), Dallas (25 September), Seattle (29 September), Salt Lake City (2 October), Denver (3 October) and two nights at The Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles (8–9 October). AXS lists a companion slate across the same window and confirms Canadian stops in Toronto and Montréal mid‑September. Live Nation’s schedule and Ticketmaster’s international pages also flag Reading/Leeds and a late‑August Netherlands festival; AXS and Live Nation carry European club dates into January 2027, including Sentrum Scene in Oslo on 31 January 2027.

Critical consensus is still forming around the new material, but the singles have found oxygen. Nylon’s Soundcheck column highlighted Red Bottoms upon release; Universal’s press notes for KGB stress the shift into autobiographical writing; and July’s Ain’t In LA announcement on Nylon detailed the album’s 4 September date and its framing as a coming‑of‑age account. Meanwhile, fan chatter around the Demi run – visible in Ticketmaster’s user reviews and pop‑fan subreddits – consistently calls out the dance‑led performance and her ability to hold a large stage without a deep catalogue. That will be tested in smaller rooms from 9 September, where a set can stretch beyond the 30–45 minutes of spring and summer slots and where PRIMA’s sequencing – 11 tracks in 31 minutes – gives her scope to anchor the night around the three 2026 singles and the punchier corners of The Provocateur.