The Provocateur

The Provocateur
EP by
Adéla
Released22 August 2025 (2025-08-22)
Genre
Length19:57
Label
Producer
Singles from The Provocateur
  1. "Homewrecked"
    Released: 13 September 2024
  2. "Superscar"
    Released: 25 October 2024
  3. "MachineGirl"
    Released: 28 February 2025
  4. "DeathByDevotion"
    Released: 11 July 2025
  5. "SexOnTheBeat"
    Released: 17 October 2025[1]

The Provocateur is the debut extended play (EP) by Slovak singer-songwriter Adéla. It was released by Capitol Records and Polydor Records[2] and distributed by UMG Recordings on 22 August 2025. To promote the EP, Adéla embarked on The ProvocaTour in October 2025.[3]

Background and release

After competing and being eliminated in the 2023 Hybe and Geffen Records reality competition series Dream Academy alongside 19 other girls[4] and appearing in the Netflix documentary Pop Star Academy: Katseye,[5] Adéla began a career as a solo artist. On 13 September 2024, she released her debut single "Homewrecked," On 25 October 2024, she released her second single, "Superscar." Ones to Watch describes the song as "deliciously catchy" with an "intoxicating pop beat."[6] On 28 February 2025, Adéla released "Machine Girl," a Grimes-produced pop track. On 11 July 2025, she released "DeathByDevotion" and announced the release date for the EP. On 13 August 2025, she announced she was pushing the release date from 15 August to 22 August to add an additional track to the EP.[7]

On August 22, the EP was released alongside a music video for "SexOnTheBeat". Its cover art, which depicts Adéla urinating in the street, was described by Vogue and Harper's Bazaar as seeming to pay homage to Sophy Rickett's "Pissing Women" photography series.[8][3]

7" vinyl records were released for SexOnTheBeat and Superscar, while the EP was released on CD.

Track listing

The Provocateur track listing
No.TitleLyricsMusicProducer(s)Length
1."Superscar"
  • Jergová
  • Kruger
  • Knoche
  • Benayon
Knoche3:14
2."Sex on the Beat"
  • Jergová
  • Benayon
  • Chapman
  • McLaughlin
  • Hickey
Zhone2:46
3."Machine Girl"
  • Jergová
  • Benayon
  • Dylan Harrison Lubin
  • Grimes
  • Sam Catalano
  • Jergová
  • Benayon
  • Harrison Lubin
  • Grimes
  • Catalano
  • Harrison Lubin
  • Grimes
  • Benayon
  • Slush Puppy
2:36
4."Homewrecked"
  • Jergová
  • Benayon
  • Jergová
  • Benayon
  • Jergová
  • Benayon
  • Harrison Lubin
  • Riley Aki
2:54
5."Go"
  • Jergová
  • Starace
  • Missal
  • Brady
  • Brady
  • Y2K
2:45
6."Death by Devotion"
  • Jergová
  • McLaughlin
  • Brady
  • Hickey
  • Benayon
  • Jergová
  • McLaughlin
  • Brady
  • Hickey
  • Benayon
  • Brady
  • Benayon
  • Zhone
3:16
7."Finally Apologizing"
  • Jergová
  • Brady
  • Slatkin
  • Healey
  • Brady
  • Slatkin
2:21
Total length:19:57

Notes:

  • "Sex on the Beat" is stylised as "SexOnTheBeat".
  • "Machine Girl" is stylised as "MachineGirl".
  • "Death by Devotion" is stylised as "DeathByDevotion".
  • "Finally Apologizing" is stylised as "FinallyApologizing".

Credits adapted from Tidal.[9]

Personnel

Musicians[9]

  • Adéla – vocals (all tracks), vocal programming (track 1), background vocals (track 3), engineering (track 4)
  • Alex Chapman – background vocals (track 2)
  • Zhone – drums, keyboard, mixing (track 2), programming, engineering (tracks 2, 6), vocal production (track 6)
  • Grimes – background vocals (track 3)
  • Y2K – bass, keyboard, percussion, programming, engineering, vocal production (track 5)
  • Dylan Brady – bass, percussion (track 5), keyboard (tracks 5, 7), programming (tracks 5, 6), vocal production (tracks 5,6), engineering (track 6)
  • Blake Slatkin – keyboard, synthesizer (track 7)
  • Lucy Healey – electric piano (track 7)

Technical

  • Jack Kennedy – mastering (track 1)
  • Nico Fabito – mixing (tracks 1, 3–4), mastering (track 4)
  • Grant Knoche – programming, engineering (track 1)
  • Dale Becker – mastering (tracks 2–3, 5–7)
  • Sam Catalano – programming, engineering (track 3)
  • Liam Benayon – engineering (tracks 3–4), programming (track 4)
  • Dylan Harrison Lubin – programmer (track 4)
  • Geoff Swan– mixing (track 5–6), engineering (track 7)
  • Matt Cahill – mixing (track 7)

References

  1. ^ "SexOnTheBeat 7". ADÉLA Official Store. Retrieved 23 August 2025.
  2. ^ "Adéla has forged her own path to stardom". Hunger. 11 July 2025. Archived from the original on 15 August 2025. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
  3. ^ a b Calfee, Joel (3 October 2025). "Adéla Wants to Be Among the Pop Star Greats". Harper's Bazaar. Archived from the original on 3 October 2025. Retrieved 3 October 2025.
  4. ^ Mehrotra, Kriti (21 August 2024). "Adéla Jergova: Where is the Pop Star Academy Trainee Now?". The Cinemaholic. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
  5. ^ Delgado, Sara (14 October 2024). "Pop Star Academy's Adéla Was 'Heartbroken, Not Shattered' After Elimination". Teen Vogue. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
  6. ^ "Adéla Shares Her Own Pop Star Story in "SUPERSCAR"". Ones to Watch. Retrieved 14 July 2025.
  7. ^ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 13 August 2025.
  8. ^ Hess, Liam (23 August 2025). "Adéla Was Born to Be a Pop Star". Vogue. Retrieved 25 October 2025.
  9. ^ a b Adéla - The Provocateur, 15 August 2025, retrieved 24 August 2025
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