I have never heard of ADÉLA, but her new single "KGB," her first new music of 2026 and a glimpse of her forthcoming debut album, features some heavy hitter producer credits — 100 Gecs' Dylan Brady, Blake Slatkin, the Dare. It's provocative and catchy. The verses remind me of Bruno Mars' "Uptown Funk" pre-chorus, and I can't put my finger on the chorus — maybe Daft Punk. The new single follows the 22-year-old Slovakian's debut EP The Provocateur, which came out last August.
"KGB" comes with a striking Rachel Dunkel-directed music video. Along with the single's title, the video features references to the Soviet Union. A statement at the end of the visual insists that this is not an endorsement:
GROWING UP IN SLOVAKIA, IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO ESCAPE THE HARMFUL INFLUENCE OF THE SOVIET UNION. "KGB" AND ITS VIDEO ARE NOT AN ENDORSEMENT OF THE ORGANIZATION OR THEIR ACTIONS, BUT AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF WHERE I'M FROM. I DO NOT SUPPORT THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT AND STAND WITH THE PEOPLE OF UKRAINE.
The lyrics also speak to ADÉLA's, née Adéla Jergová, upbringing. "You want a pop star with a big bra for them big hits/ I wanna pop off so these bigmouths can’t say shit / I was like eight, working the nightshift to learn English," she sings. "I’m like a spy, I studied this shit, call me the KGbiiiiiitch."
Watch the video below.
"KGB" is out now on Capitol.
