슬로바키아의 팝 모먼트에는 이제 얼굴이 생겼다. 바로 Adéla다. 그녀의 사운드는 90년대와 2000년대 초반 팝에 반짝이고 호화로운 라이프스타일의 광택을 입힌 것으로, 이전 EP The Provocateur의 거칠고 산업적인 결이랑은 거리가 멀다. 그녀가 만들고 있는 댄스플로어는 브라티슬라바의 한 공간이다. "Nicole Kidman"은 이 도시의 한 게이 클럽에서 촬영됐는데, 그녀가 어렸을 때 지나다니던 지하에 숨겨진 곳이었다. 그리고 그녀는 이 음악이 슬로바키아의 퀴어 리스너들이 자신들이 보인다고 느끼게 하려는 거라고 말한다. 현지에서도 같은 정신이 Aldea Club의 Millennials Night 같은 파티에 살아 있다. 성별에 따라 입장료가 다른, 죄책감 없는 히트곡 파티로, 남성은 8유로, 여성은 무료다. Adéla는 자신의 스타일을 "약간 혼란스럽다"고 표현하며, 22살 소녀의 감성에 맞춰져 있다고 말한다. 그리고 그런 느슨함이 바로 이 음악을 춤추기 재미있게 만드는 요소다.
먼저 "Nicole Kidman"을 재생해봐. Spotify에서 바이럴됐고, "baby girl in control, I feel like Nicole"이라는 가사는 꽉 찬 룸에서 다 같이 따라 외치는 그런 라인이다. 그다음에는 "Ain't in LA"로 가봐. Billboard Hot 100에서 27위까지 올랐고, 뮤직비디오는 슬로바키아 뿌리를 강조하며 성공이 로스앤젤레스 사람들만의 것이 아니라는 메시지를 담고 있다. 그녀의 데뷔 앨범 PRIMA는 Billboard 200에서 4위로 데뷔했다. 10월 8일 로스앤젤레스 Fonda Theatre 공연은 매진됐고, 발레에서 영감을 받은 안무, 핫핑크 댄스 레일, 핑크와 레드 조명으로 꾸며졌는데, 그 무대 에너지가 음반에서도 느껴진다.
앞으로 뭐가 나올지 지켜봐. The Red Bottoms Tour는 미국 일정을 돈 뒤 유럽으로 이어지고, Capitol Records와의 계약은 이 신에 진짜 뒷배가 있다는 뜻이다.
I feel like Doja should jump on this and do a Collab, please tell me I'm not the only one who hears it 😌✨️
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@hopelessromanticcccc
Where she at bro
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@qaisbhatt1
frrrrrr that's so trueeee
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@NinjaSpan
Not hating on Adéla specifically, but this is such a clear example of how the industry still runs on the same formula for women.
Almost every successful young female pop artist ends up in the same place: hyper-sexualized visuals, body-focused choreography, lyrics about sex appeal, and then the whole thing gets sold as “empowerment” or “owning her sexuality.” We’ve reached a point where mainstream pop marketing relies on adult-industry levels of explicit exposure just to capture attention, blurring the line between a music video and explicit content.
Meanwhile male artists can be sexy, dominant, or whatever without being reduced to the same constant body-as-product presentation. The double standard is still massive, we just rebranded it so it’s harder to criticize (and if you dare call out the double standards in the music industry regarding the sexualization of men versus women (and that women sexualize themselves or are sexualized more, you're called a 'prude' or 'jealous.').
Sexuality isn’t the problem. Pretending this pattern is total liberation is.
Edit: So question is - do we ACTUALLY choose completely by our own will to sexualize ourselves? Self-objectification is when you feel like you want to sexualize yourself, but it’s actually the result of years of media conditioning. You start seeing your body the way the media trained you to - primarily as something to be looked at and desired - and it starts to feel like your own authentic preference.
Research shows this isn’t just “personal taste.” Repeated exposure to sexualized media leads people to internalize that outsider’s perspective. Over time it can feel natural, even empowering, while quietly shaping how you value yourself.
Even if intention is different, her videos and imaging still reinforce the same idea to young impressionable audience - that women are bodies first.
The problem is women are still more likely to be presented as body first. I think it still reicforces the same ideas and it influences young women that women should be bodies and sexy (to men) first to have value. I'm not trying to sh. on women that sexualize themselves, I'm merely criticizing the societal standards imposed on us women.
And studies prove this, here's one of the most recent ones:
A 2025 automated analysis of 9,799 music videos spanning four decades found that women artists are more likely to be sexualized in their own videos. Gender inequalities in sexualization have persisted even as women’s overall visibility increased somewhat. Older studies cited in this research found women sexualized up to roughly 10 times more often than men on measures like sexual attire, body exposure, sexualized dancing, and being the object of sexual advances.
*Didn't know much about Adéla before I've seen this video, so recently I watched some interviews of her and other videos and I actually like her persona and her confidence and her expression. I'm saying both can be true - women should OF COURSE be free to express themselves in sexual way if they feel like it (although a lot of time through industry's or media pressure and internalization of the male gaze) and at the same time we can call out the industry's or capitalistic system's double standards between men and women.
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@velmiern
Fr you don't need to show your body to convey the message that you're empowered
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@AmolAmrit
So true!
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@StanAllKpopGroups13
All the Nicole Kidman references in this music video:
Eyes Wide Shut (1999) - Scene where she slips off her dress
To Die For (1995) - Purple lingerie scene
Birth (2004) - Bathtub scene and birthday cake scene
Moulin Rouge (2001) - Scene where she sings fabulously on a swing
The Possessed (2017) - Scene where she dances on the smashed cake
Babygirl (2024) - Plate of milk scene and scene where she stands facing the wall
Nicole Kidman for AMC (2021) - Scene at the movies
She studied this shit!
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@ILove_XLOV
Call her the KGB 😉
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@TheDude4077
I think her carrying the candles in the dark is referencing “The Others”
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@parkjihoonae
I'm glad you embrace your natural pink hair
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@sugarrush450
@KpopWelovee girl.
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@sugarrush450
@Stanforpresident are you naive enough to believe this? lmfao this has been a common copypasta used by so many people/bots in youtube for getting likes
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@wendyspixels
In the span of two days this song has changed me drastically. I dyed my hair, pierced my nipples, cut off my family and stole every ysl lipgloss in Sephora. Thank you Adela.
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@ee_elena
GIRL
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@NinaMorovic
Iconic diva!!
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@austiiee1953
Being rejected from Hybe x Geffen was the best thing that could have happened to her, she is phenomenal
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@itsPrettyGiovana
Ikr, her songs are better then katseyes to be honest
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@Nhienn_4
@itsPrettyGiovanareal like i can’t imagine Adéla singing hottie frutti or pinky up😭
Edit: i don’t hate Katseye it just i hate the company 😢
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@itzzevrry
Here before Adela gets her first Number 1 single and album
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@Daydreamertilltheend
She’s gonna be huge
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@ciaronsvlogs
She got her no.1 in PHILIPPINES
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@ferretsuuu
this is gonna be my mantra while I get thu this fuckin stage 4 lung cancer. thanks for giving me a calm mantra song to keep with me.
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@kagrimreaper
u got thIS!!!!!!!!
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@NORIX1234-m7v
I hope you get thru it I’m praying for you 😢😢 and you’re definitely going to beat it
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@Adolla-d1w
Raising awareness about what happened at Cornell. A woman was sexually assaulted by 7 men over 7 hours, while a group chat included 57 fraternity members. Messages about her were shared in the chat, and the case has raised serious questions about why more people did not step in to help. She deserves to be heard, supported, and treated with respect. Her story matters, and people need to know what happened. GUYS PLEASE COPY PASTE THIS INTO AS MANY SHORTS AS YOU CAN‼
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@maryjjaneeee
Bro...not the fucking place. Weird
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@BlackLanternTomas
Yeah, that's not what happened. Official documents and the girls own statements say as much. She was willing and even orchestrated more after it.
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@justafangirl9016
There’s something so refreshing about a woman embracing her sexuality and expressing it entirely on her own terms, rather than for the male gaze.
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@utkarshdev2637
@u@user-uc2cx1kw3f bruh its from the movie babydoll which nicole kidman is in.. the name of this song lmfao do your homework pls
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@dianeckrusel2614
No..
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@livdrafts
SHE IS HUNGRY FOR THAT MAIN POP GIRL TITLE, I’M SO PROUD OF HER 💖💖💖
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@saylor.shines
OMG HI LIV IM SUCH A BIG FANN!!
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@mandarins_9194
Yep and this album is a BANGER!! NO SKIPS! 😊💝
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@mercurymoone
The Dream Academy Judges were right, you being soloist was the path you belong.. LOVE YOU ADÉLA JERGOVA !! 💖
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@osnapitzezy
Right some people are just meant to be soloists so they can have creative expression and are in control like Nicole hehe
I feel like Doja should jump on this and do a Collab, please tell me I'm not the only one who hears it 😌✨️
♥ 35,716Where she at bro
♥ 257frrrrrr that's so trueeee
♥ 72Not hating on Adéla specifically, but this is such a clear example of how the industry still runs on the same formula for women.
♥ 56,502Almost every successful young female pop artist ends up in the same place: hyper-sexualized visuals, body-focused choreography, lyrics about sex appeal, and then the whole thing gets sold as “empowerment” or “owning her sexuality.” We’ve reached a point where mainstream pop marketing relies on adult-industry levels of explicit exposure just to capture attention, blurring the line between a music video and explicit content.
Meanwhile male artists can be sexy, dominant, or whatever without being reduced to the same constant body-as-product presentation. The double standard is still massive, we just rebranded it so it’s harder to criticize (and if you dare call out the double standards in the music industry regarding the sexualization of men versus women (and that women sexualize themselves or are sexualized more, you're called a 'prude' or 'jealous.').
Sexuality isn’t the problem. Pretending this pattern is total liberation is.
Edit: So question is - do we ACTUALLY choose completely by our own will to sexualize ourselves? Self-objectification is when you feel like you want to sexualize yourself, but it’s actually the result of years of media conditioning. You start seeing your body the way the media trained you to - primarily as something to be looked at and desired - and it starts to feel like your own authentic preference.
Research shows this isn’t just “personal taste.” Repeated exposure to sexualized media leads people to internalize that outsider’s perspective. Over time it can feel natural, even empowering, while quietly shaping how you value yourself.
Even if intention is different, her videos and imaging still reinforce the same idea to young impressionable audience - that women are bodies first.
The problem is women are still more likely to be presented as body first. I think it still reicforces the same ideas and it influences young women that women should be bodies and sexy (to men) first to have value. I'm not trying to sh. on women that sexualize themselves, I'm merely criticizing the societal standards imposed on us women.
And studies prove this, here's one of the most recent ones:
A 2025 automated analysis of 9,799 music videos spanning four decades found that women artists are more likely to be sexualized in their own videos. Gender inequalities in sexualization have persisted even as women’s overall visibility increased somewhat. Older studies cited in this research found women sexualized up to roughly 10 times more often than men on measures like sexual attire, body exposure, sexualized dancing, and being the object of sexual advances.
*Didn't know much about Adéla before I've seen this video, so recently I watched some interviews of her and other videos and I actually like her persona and her confidence and her expression. I'm saying both can be true - women should OF COURSE be free to express themselves in sexual way if they feel like it (although a lot of time through industry's or media pressure and internalization of the male gaze) and at the same time we can call out the industry's or capitalistic system's double standards between men and women.
Fr you don't need to show your body to convey the message that you're empowered
♥ 227So true!
♥ 123All the Nicole Kidman references in this music video:
♥ 1,593Eyes Wide Shut (1999) - Scene where she slips off her dress
To Die For (1995) - Purple lingerie scene
Birth (2004) - Bathtub scene and birthday cake scene
Moulin Rouge (2001) - Scene where she sings fabulously on a swing
The Possessed (2017) - Scene where she dances on the smashed cake
Babygirl (2024) - Plate of milk scene and scene where she stands facing the wall
Nicole Kidman for AMC (2021) - Scene at the movies
She studied this shit!
Call her the KGB 😉
♥ 50I think her carrying the candles in the dark is referencing “The Others”
♥ 23I'm glad you embrace your natural pink hair
♥ 84,067@KpopWelovee girl.
♥ 37@Stanforpresident are you naive enough to believe this? lmfao this has been a common copypasta used by so many people/bots in youtube for getting likes
♥ 33In the span of two days this song has changed me drastically. I dyed my hair, pierced my nipples, cut off my family and stole every ysl lipgloss in Sephora. Thank you Adela.
♥ 16,113GIRL
♥ 1,313Iconic diva!!
♥ 320Being rejected from Hybe x Geffen was the best thing that could have happened to her, she is phenomenal
♥ 15,593Ikr, her songs are better then katseyes to be honest
♥ 511@itsPrettyGiovanareal like i can’t imagine Adéla singing hottie frutti or pinky up😭
♥ 357Edit: i don’t hate Katseye it just i hate the company 😢
Here before Adela gets her first Number 1 single and album
♥ 14,521She’s gonna be huge
♥ 161She got her no.1 in PHILIPPINES
♥ 96this is gonna be my mantra while I get thu this fuckin stage 4 lung cancer. thanks for giving me a calm mantra song to keep with me.
♥ 12,524u got thIS!!!!!!!!
♥ 459I hope you get thru it I’m praying for you 😢😢 and you’re definitely going to beat it
♥ 275Raising awareness about what happened at Cornell. A woman was sexually assaulted by 7 men over 7 hours, while a group chat included 57 fraternity members. Messages about her were shared in the chat, and the case has raised serious questions about why more people did not step in to help. She deserves to be heard, supported, and treated with respect. Her story matters, and people need to know what happened. GUYS PLEASE COPY PASTE THIS INTO AS MANY SHORTS AS YOU CAN‼
♥ 5,197Bro...not the fucking place. Weird
♥ 99Yeah, that's not what happened. Official documents and the girls own statements say as much. She was willing and even orchestrated more after it.
♥ 36There’s something so refreshing about a woman embracing her sexuality and expressing it entirely on her own terms, rather than for the male gaze.
♥ 2,985@u@user-uc2cx1kw3f bruh its from the movie babydoll which nicole kidman is in.. the name of this song lmfao do your homework pls
♥ 178No..
♥ 20SHE IS HUNGRY FOR THAT MAIN POP GIRL TITLE, I’M SO PROUD OF HER 💖💖💖
♥ 24,309OMG HI LIV IM SUCH A BIG FANN!!
♥ 40Yep and this album is a BANGER!! NO SKIPS! 😊💝
♥ 19The Dream Academy Judges were right, you being soloist was the path you belong.. LOVE YOU ADÉLA JERGOVA !! 💖
♥ 4,304Right some people are just meant to be soloists so they can have creative expression and are in control like Nicole hehe
♥ 171She's Best New Artist Grammys 🩷
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