With signature pink hair, incredible moves, and electric pop production, Adéla is on her way to becoming a superstar. She has been making quiet waves in the female pop industry for the past year. She was the MTV Push Artist for October 2025, and will be opening for Demi Lovato on her It’s Not That Deep Tour from April to May 2026, when I expect her to capture major public interest. I have been streaming her EP The Provocateur nonstop, so let me introduce you to Adéla Jergová, a 22-year-old Slovak singer-songwriter and your newest pop obsession.
While you may not be familiar with Adéla (yet), you may have heard of the group where she got her start: Katseye.
Katseye is a global girl group that makes K-pop–style music. Their 2023 single “Touch” went viral on TikTok, they were lead dancers in the Gap “Milkshake” ad, and they were just nominated for Best New Artist at the 2026 GRAMMY Awards. The group was created as a collaboration between Hybe, a South Korean entertainment company, and Geffen, an American record label, introducing international audiences to the performance style and fan involvement that characterizes the K-pop industry. After an open casting call with over 100,000 submissions, 20 girls from across the globe were chosen as finalists to be in the group. These possible members did dance, vocal, and performance training with the labels for one year, then were introduced to the world in a competitive online reality show. Three rounds of team performances were filmed and posted to YouTube and Weverse, and fans across the globe were able to vote for their favorite girl after evaluating each performance and learning about the contestants’ backgrounds and personalities through social media content.
19-year-old Adéla was one of the trainees. Unfortunately, she was eliminated after the first round for placing last in fan voting, not gaining enough support from her home country of Slovakia as compared to other members from the Philippines or Brazil. Six trainees made it through, and they are who the world knows as Katseye.
The entire process was turned into a (quite controversial) Netflix documentary called Pop Star Academy: KATSEYE. Here, we learn about Adéla’s goal of representing Eastern Europe on the global media stage and watch her become a mentor and older sister to many of the other trainees. This is where I was introduced to Adéla. I became a fan of Katseye after they released “Gnarly” and fell deep into their rabbit hole, watching Pop Star Academy and learning more about the trainees on social media.
In the documentary, Hybe x Geffen President Mitra Darab says after Adéla’s elimination, “We see Adéla as a solo artist. I think that was something that we saw even in training and development with her. So when we saw the fan voting, we felt that they were seeing what we always knew.”
And thank god they had that vision. As people say, rejection is redirection, and Adéla took that to heart. “I’m not gonna give up, even though this is not the path for me,” she says in Pop Star Academy.
A year after her elimination, Adéla released her first song, “Homewrecked.” It received good reviews, and she went on to release two more singles, “Superscar” in October 2024 and “Machine Girl” in February 2025. The latter was produced by artist Grimes, who was interested in working with Adéla after hearing her first single on TikTok.
Adéla signed with Capitol Records this past May, and on August 22, 2025, she released her first EP, The Provocateur. It features seven songs, which make up her entire discography. The three previously-released singles are joined with new tracks “SexOnTheBeat,” “Go,” “DeathByDevotion,” and “Finally Apologizing.” I love every single song on this EP, but if I had to choose favorites, they would probably be “Go” and “Superscar.”
Adéla’s musical style is pure pop, with upbeat production that grounds all of her tracks. The EP touches on various themes about dance, fame and feminine sexuality. For example, Adéla delivers a biting critique of the entertainment industry in “Superscar” and alludes to her background in ballet in the “DeathByDevotion” music video. She also references the internet backlash she faced after the KATSEYE documentary was released in “Finally Apologizing.” “You only get to know me parasocially,” she sings. “There’s parts of me I need to show you personally.”
Adéla made her performance debut with a four-show headlining tour, playfully named The ProvacaTour. The sold-out shows were a hit among fans, drawing in celebrities such as Demi Lovato, Troye Sivan and Rachel Sennott to the New York City performance.
Adéla’s hunger for fame is undeniable, but she channels it into absolute power and control. Her ‘it factor’ is off the charts, and she has a firm grasp on her image and brand: two key features of a successful pop star. I’ve seen many online say she reminds them of an early Lady Gaga, performing in basement shows with stage presence like it’s a crowd of 50,000.
Adéla’s discography may be small, but it’s definitely worth checking out if you enjoy artists like Lady Gaga, Addison Rae, Tate McRae, Charli xcx, or Beyoncé—one of Adéla’s musical influences. Now that you know a little more about Adéla, go give her a listen!