{"id":5938,"date":"2025-10-22T18:38:35","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T18:38:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unlockingsite.com\/?p=5938"},"modified":"2025-10-27T12:29:36","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T12:29:36","slug":"adelas-fame-comes-as-no-surprise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.unlockingsite.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/22\/adelas-fame-comes-as-no-surprise\/","title":{"rendered":"AD\u00c9LA\u2019s Fame Comes As No Surprise"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u201cThis career is actually happening,\u201d AD\u00c9LA<\/u><\/a> (Ad\u00e9la Jergova) tells me, stonefaced over Zoom from her Los Angeles apartment. She just got back from her sold-out mini tour, which produced a cornucopia of viral videos of her now small, but growing fan base singing along to every word like she\u2019s already a Billboard chart topper.<\/p>\n

\u201cI’m going to sound pretty arrogant saying this, but there’s a big sense of, \u2018We\u2019re here early,\u2019\u201d she says of her fans. \u201c[They] want me to win so badly, and they’re also so excited to be there in the small rooms right now, because the goal is to do much bigger rooms one day.\u201d<\/p>\n

It does feel inevitable that the Slovakia-born, LA-based pop star will be leveling up to bigger stages soon. She alludes to some plans, her self-described \u201ceastern European bluntness\u201d showing for just a moment: \u201cThere’s these things lined up and realistically, I’m going to kill all of [them] \u2026 I’m not going to let myself not<\/em> do well.\u201d<\/p>\n

The skyward trajectory feels destined today, but nothing was certain after she was one of the earliest girls eliminated from K-pop label HYBE and GEFFEN\u2019s global girl group competition and audition process, which was documented in a popular Netflix documentary series, The Debut: Dream Academy<\/em>. The epic musical process ultimately produced the culturally dominant global girl group, KATSEYE<\/u><\/a>, whose megawatt success could inspire envy in those who didn\u2019t \u201cmake the cut.\u201d<\/p>\n

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AD\u00c9LA is clear, though, that the group wasn\u2019t meant for her.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy best friends are in that group,\u201d she says, referring to members Daniela, Lara, Manon, Megan, Sophia, and Yoonchae. \u201cI know how it functions \u2026 If I would have made it into the group, I would be really unwell mentally. It wouldn’t be in the right place for me. I wouldn’t be on the correct path.\u201d She cites the disconnect as being related to the level of corporate control, which defines the group\u2019s creativity and day-to-day activity.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I did the Dream Academy <\/em>stuff, that was not the real representation of me, because you get told what to do,\u201d AD\u00c9LA shares. \u201cOn the show, they choose the outfits for you, they’re like, \u2018Be like this,\u2019 so when [Dream Academy<\/em>] started, and we started to get attention, it did not penetrate my psyche. I was like, \u2018This doesn’t really feel like mine.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Now, though, her creativity is all hers. Either way, she is a world away from the relatively safer veneer of the girl group. The cover of her debut EP, The Provacateur, <\/em>shows her peeing in a dim alleyway. Its breakout song and video, \u201cSexOnTheBeat<\/a>,\u201d is a Suspiria<\/em>-esque swirl of sweat and bodies. Its most striking image is its last, when AD\u00c9LA smiles doe-eyed at the camera a la <\/em>Mia Goth\u2019s hungry, needy grin in Pearl<\/em>. It’s a quiet moment, but a loud display of ambition. Its vulnerability implicates the viewer as voyeur<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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