Adéla Jergová’s ‘Prima’ Balances Tough and Tender — SkimNews
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- Adéla Jergová was eliminated from Dream Academy, the reality-TV series that produced Katseye, and later performed at Lollapalooza and Reading before “Prima” arrived.
- Prima softens the toughness of last year’s “The Provocateur,” pairing hard beats with lighter pop hooks and a more feminine songwriting touch.
- Dylan Brady and Blake Slatkin executive-produced the album, while the bulk of it was written by them and Adéla with Julia Michaels and Billy Walsh.
- Prima spans Ariana Grande, Charli xcx, and Lady Gaga-inspired pop, plus a sped-up R&B loop on “Nicole Kidman” drawing from “College Dropout”-era Kanye West.
- Adéla Jergová shifts from confrontational badass to breathy seductress to heartbroken girlfriend, with sharply comic lines about dad issues, reciprocity, Nirvana, and Madonna.
- “Ain’t in LA” closes the album with a chopped-and-screwed hook and earns the review’s praise as one of the year’s best singles.
Why it matters: For Adéla, the 22-year-old Slovakian native, “Prima” turns an abrupt exit from Dream Academy into a full-length argument for solo stardom: hard beats and collaborators Dylan Brady and Blake Slatkin support softer pop hooks, sharper songwriting range, and an unusually broad stylistic palette without diluting her confrontational persona.
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