{"id":2181813,"date":"2026-10-06T15:02:20","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T12:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2181813"},"modified":"2026-10-06T15:02:20","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T12:02:20","slug":"chartbreaker-why-everybody-wants-to-root-for-adela","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2181813","title":{"rendered":"Chartbreaker: Why \u2018Everybody Wants To Root For\u2019 AD\u00c9LA"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tAD\u00c9LA is aware that there\u2019s some irony to \u201cAin\u2019t in LA,\u201d the breakout single from her September debut album, PRIMA<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\n\tOf the 2010s-esque pop anthem that rejects the romanticization of fame through the bold declaration that the City of Angels isn\u2019t all that, the 22-year-old Slovak star giggles when she notes that \u201cAin\u2019t in LA\u201d was, in fact, recorded in Los Angeles. \u201cI was kind of fatigued with celebrity culture,\u201d she says, smirking before acknowledging another underlying contradiction. \u201cThen I have a song called \u2018Nicole Kidman.\u2019 \u201d (Both have since reached the Billboard Hot 100, with the former becoming her first-ever entry in August and later reaching No. 27 on the chart dated Oct. 3, while the latter surged to a No. 11 peak the same week.)<\/p>\n

\n\tMost ironic, though, is that AD\u00c9LA herself has become one of the stars she shrugs away from idolizing on \u201cAin\u2019t in LA.\u201d Growing up thousands of miles away from the Hollywood sign in Bratislava, Slovakia, AD\u00c9LA spent her childhood studying American pop stars and had posters of Miley Cyrus, Ariana Grande and Britney Spears adorning her bedroom walls. She\u2019s only ever wanted to be a performer, she says, and has put in the work to back it up: For years, she trained as a ballerina by day and took lessons to learn English at night.<\/p>\n

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AD\u00c9LA photographed on September 18, 2026 at Brooklyn Steel in Brooklyn.<\/span>Luisa Opalesky<\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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\n\tIn 2023, she got her biggest chance to join their ranks, competing on HYBE x Geffen\u2019s Dream Academy<\/em>, the YouTube competition series that led to the formation of KATSEYE. After her elimination, she pursued a solo career, releasing heart-racing dance-pop singles such as \u201cHomewrecked\u201d and \u201cSuperscar\u201d in 2024 and signing with Capitol Records the following year. Then, this spring, she opened on tour for Demi Lovato.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe momentum snowballed into July single \u201cAin\u2019t in LA,\u201d which combined with a standout debut at Lollapalooza in August, further stirred anticipation for the rising pop star\u2019s PRIMA<\/em>. And with that hit in tow, plus \u201cNicole Kidman\u201d \u2014 released as the project\u2019s fourth single the same day it arrived in full \u2014 the album entered the Billboard 200 at No. 4. This year alone, AD\u00c9LA has accumulated more than half a billion global on-demand streams, according to Luminate.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cShe\u2019s become somebody everybody really wants to root for,\u201d co-manager Sam Jacobson from Good World Management says. \u201cI think people got into the lore and realized, like, \u2018Oh, s\u2013t, she really built herself from the ground up and got herself to America, and [\u201cAin\u2019t in LA\u201d] is a song that speaks to her mom and her family and to everybody else who has big dreams.\u2019 It\u2019s an amazing message that a lot of people can relate to.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\tBefore the studio session that led to its creation, AD\u00c9LA couldn\u2019t stop thinking about her roots, especially after coming across an old photograph of her mom as a teenager \u2014 who also once dreamt of moving to L.A. and making it big \u2014 sitting in front of her own collection of pop-culture posters.<\/p>\n

\n\tAfter hours spent working on different material, AD\u00c9LA, still with the photo in mind, asked the room \u2014 which included co-writers Theron Thomas, Blake Slatkin, Dylan Brady and Billy Walsh \u2014 if they could try one more idea. \u201cAin\u2019t in LA\u201d came together effortlessly from there (the picture even inspired the lyrics, \u201cMadonna on the wall next to Destiny\u2019s Child\u201d) with Thomas contributing the special ingredient: a chopped-and-screwed intro that calls back to Cyrus\u2019 \u201cWe Can\u2019t Stop,\u201d which he also co-wrote back in 2013.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWe were definitely talking about that 2010s feel, and I told them how much I\u2019d love to [emulate it],\u201d AD\u00c9LA recalls of the similarities to Cyrus\u2019 hit. \u201cI was also listening to a lot of early A$AP Rocky. Something about that era excited me. I was, like, \u2018We need to bring that back.\u2019 \u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\tReleasing the song, however, came with a little more friction. After noticing an overwhelmingly positive fan response to her performing the then-unreleased track on tour with Lovato \u2014 in pointe shoes, a nod to her upbringing \u2014 she wanted to drop it as a single right away. But her team was uncertain.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI remember I had this feeling, like, \u2018Man, this song means so much to me,\u2019 \u201d AD\u00c9LA recalls. \u201cI called [Jacobson], and I was like, \u2018I made this song. No one\u2019s that stoked about it, but I\u2019m super stoked.\u2019 \u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI don\u2019t think it was a debate over the song [itself],\u201d clarifies Good World founder and co-manager Brandon Creed. \u201c[It was] more rollout tactics and what\u2019s the right timing and what\u2019s going to come after. The rollout game has changed. There\u2019s a lot of debate and discussion around every move.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tUltimately, AD\u00c9LA\u2019s team chose to trust her instincts \u2014 and it has paid off big time. Since its official release, the track has been used more than half a million times on TikTok by fans across the world, including one posted by none other than Kidman, who paired her first-ever video on the app with the track. The actress has also sung AD\u00c9LA\u2019s praises since the confidence-boosting namesake track arrived in early September.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIt\u2019s just wild watching [her] movies, being like, \u2018This person, for some reason, is doing charity work and supporting me,\u2019 \u201d AD\u00c9LA jokes. \u201cThe fact that she embraces me is such an honor \u2014 I have trouble processing it still.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\t\u201cAin\u2019t in LA\u201d is at the heart of AD\u00c9LA\u2019s ongoing tour through North America and Europe, which finds her in and out of regular nine-hour rehearsals, on top of constant press. She\u2019s come a long way since her Dream Academy<\/em> exit, at which point she tearfully shared a vital message to other KATSEYE hopefuls, as captured in the Netflix docuseries Pop Star Academy<\/em>. \u201cIf you get it, that\u2019s great, but you don\u2019t need it. You\u2019re great on your own.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe fact that AD\u00c9LA\u2019s chart success now exists alongside KATSEYE\u2019s is just the latest piece of proof that she was right in that moment \u2014 not that she needed vindication. \u201cI never in my mind doubted that it would happen,\u201d she says assuredly. \u201cI don\u2019t know if that\u2019s conceited to say, but \u2026 I feel like I have heart, and I have something to say.\u201d<\/p>\n

A version of this story appears in the Oct. 3, 2026, issue of Billboard.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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