{"id":2116381,"date":"2026-08-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2116381"},"modified":"2026-08-28T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T21:00:00","slug":"wonderland-360","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2116381","title":{"rendered":"Wonderland"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n\t\t\tAD\u00e9LA IS GOING FOR PRIMA<\/span>
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Almost a year on from her debut London show, Slovakia\u2019s first global pop princess is making history simply by being herself. With both red bottoms and tutus intact, she\u2019s not just coming correct \u2013 she\u2019s arriving en pointe.<\/h3>\n
\"Ad\u00e9la<\/figure>\n

22-year-old Ad\u00e9la Jergova has come a long way from her short but impactful stint on Netflix\u2019s six-part reality show Pop Star Academy<\/em>. Amongst the docuseries\u2019s line-up of ambitious young girls hoping to become part of HYBE\u2019s next big group, KATSEYE, the then-19-year-old was one of their top contenders. So, it was much to the surprise \u2013 or rather, shock \u2013 of watchers when she was eliminated. The reason? HYBE seniors believed she would be better off as a solo artist. Evidently, they were right.<\/p>\n

At her London show at Tottenham Court Road\u2019s The Outernet on Tuesday 25th August, it was hard to get sight of the stage. Despite her entrance being scheduled for roughly 9pm, the crowd is packed like a huddle of penguins some 90 minutes prior, a uniform of black and white with a streak of pink running through. It\u2019s an upgrade (in every sense) from her two shows last October, round the corner at The Lower Third on Denmark Street. Her hair is a richer hue of pink, she\u2019s switched her black latex ensemble for a double-denim two-piece and there\u2019s a few more songs added to the set list. Most obviously, the crowd has quadrupled in size, if not more so.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Everything about the charting star \u2013 the first Slovakian artist to place in the Billboard Hot 100 \u2013 is purposeful. A fluorescent ballet barre replaces DJ Joshua James and Ad\u00e9la fans roar as if she\u2019s already on stage. Instead, the playlist rolls and on it, anything from the<\/em> pop divas booms through the venue speakers. Rihanna\u2019s \u201cKiss It Better\u201d into \u201cDesperado\u201d before Beyonce\u2019s \u201cDiva\u201d took over, with Cardi B\u2019s \u201cWAP\u201d as a brief interlude. The tone is being set; the party is just beginning.<\/p>\n

Then, as the lights dim to black, a slender-framed, bubblegum-pink haired Ad\u00e9la steps \u2013 forgive me, struts \u2013 onto the stage. As she arrives, offering a \u201cHello London\u201d to a sparkly-eyed crowd, you can see her pointed toes even through her bedazzled Christian Louboutins. From the jump, her hunger is palpable like a professional ballerina about to take final form at the ballet.<\/p>\n

No more than 10 minutes into her set, she debuts a new song off her upcoming album \u2013 suitably coined PRIMA<\/em> \u2013 titled \u201cBoys\u201d. If it\u2019s not a nod to Britney\u2019s \u201cSlave 4 U\u201d, it\u2019s certainly a gesture towards the iconic Princess of Pop. As she sings \u201cI got boys, like I\u2019m in a machine \/\/ I just press the right buttons and they\u2019re going for me,\u201d<\/em> her feistiness is alluring. Paired with dynamic dance moves \u2013 full with consistently sharp d\u00e9velopp\u00e9\u2019s <\/em>and fish dives \u2013 it evokes Spears\u2019 classic 2001 VMAs performance. Ad\u00e9la is cut from the same cloth.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\"Ad\u00e9la<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

Physically, she flits between full 180 body bends and head bounces, commanding the stage with a popstar prowl. Between each track, she saunters around the stage en pointe (literally), as if that is more natural to her than walking with heels on the ground. In fact, everything about the show becomes a direct address to her past; the flashing hot pink screen contrasting the smooth blush satin of her pointe shoes, layered pink tresses instead of a slickback bun, tutu-stamped denim hotpants rather than a leotard. In the Adelaverse, her ballet past can effortlessly coexist in harmony with her popstar future.<\/p>\n

It was around this time last year that Ad\u00e9la released her debut EP \u201cThe Provocateur\u201d, a seven-track project with hits like \u201cSuperscar\u201d and \u201cSexonthebeat\u201d, crowd favourites beyond the streams. For the songs that have only recently been released \u2013 \u201cKGB\u201d, \u201cRed Bottoms\u201d and \u201cAin\u2019t In LA\u201d \u2013 they\u2019re sung, or screamed, with the same passion as her year-old songs. So, as she glides through her 10-track discography \u2013 remixes not included \u2013 effortlessly, the collective enthusiasm remains high.\u00a0<\/p>\n

As the self-professed #SWAGGERINA takes to the stage to perform her standout single, \u201cAin\u2019t In LA\u201d, a pop anthem about chasing an almost forlorn dream, everything about Ad\u00e9la makes sense. One of the best, most reassuring takeaways from the show is that she\u2019s doing things her way without having to sacrifice the traits that make her the star she wants to \u2013 or knows she can \u2013 be. So, even though \u201cthe baddest bitches\u201d may not be in LA, it\u2019s clear that wherever she goes, plenty of them will follow. Ahead of her 4th September-releasing debut album PRIMA<\/em>, as far as pop stars go, Ad\u00e9la is making a (more than) convincing case for first position.<\/p>\n

Words<\/strong> \u2013 Aswan Magumbe<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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