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“I hope that my music brings [queer fans] joy and that thanks to it they feel that someone sees them. What is happening in Slovakia, where the country is heading politically and who is in power now, is a terrible disappointment and I am really sorry. I don't even know what else to say about it, except that next time we have to vote for a better future for Slovakia and we have to fight for it. I live in West Hollywood, where we have one of the biggest Prides in the world. Then I come home to shoot a video in a gay club where I used to go to singing lessons. I used to pass it all the time, but I went inside for the first time only now while filming. And for the first time I also realized that it was no coincidence that it was hidden in a basement and tucked away in a small alley. It was a very strange feeling. I hope that my music will bring at least some positive emotions to queer people in Slovakia and that it will give them a little light in times when they need it.”

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“There are also songs on Prima that I wrote entirely by myself. In that sense, it’s very personal. I’m putting a lot of myself into this album & that’s why I feel like it’s a real representation of who I am.

I wanted [PRIMA] to be a bit chaotic and for it to look like it was created by a 22-year-old girl. I wanted to have everything on the album. Deep thoughts, really stupid thoughts, but also horny thoughts. I also wanted the album to be something the girls from “Spring Breakers” would listen to, and for my 22-year-old self to be impressed and say: ‘Wow, that’s THE Pop Star‘.”

“LA is more of a symbol for "something bigger." I definitely love Los Angeles, but there are a lot of songs that celebrate celebrity culture, and I was a little sick of it. So Ain't in LA is for everyone, and LA is a metaphor for the fact that you don't have to be from a big city to be a bad bitch.”

“Everything I say in it is very literal, and I don’t think that’s the reason why some people were upset. They wanted some kind of metaphor. I wanted the song to be a little funny, but also to be about what the KGB actually was.

At the same time, I put a disclaimer at the end of the video saying that I stand with Ukraine and do not support the KGB. And guess what — along with the song, people also got a history lesson.

Because a lot of Americans genuinely don’t know what the KGB was or what it did.”

“A lot of people have written to me that I'm ugly. That's why I felt like I had to change something about myself, and I did. About a year ago, I had my chin filled and I looked absolutely horrible. I actually looked crazy for almost a year, but it was an experience for me.”

“In the series I Love LA by Rachel Sennott, which satirically portrays the entertainment industry in Los Angeles, there’s an entire scene about this.

I love that series, and a special shout-out to Rachel Sennott, who named my debut album and was with me throughout the entire process of making it.

Of course, I Love LA is a very exaggerated series, but there’s also a lot of truth in it. The topic of authenticity in the entertainment industry is a really big thing in LA. A lot of people here are born directly into it, and then it becomes very difficult to grow up among people who are talented and successful at what they do. It takes away some of your freedom to be yourself because you’re immediately shaped by it.

People who grew up here and also grew up in the entertainment industry care a lot about what other people think of them. That gets in the way and holds back their creativity.

I feel like they often don’t even know who they are, because they spend their whole lives trying to be someone they think they should be. When you’re here and grow up among people who understand the industry, you take their opinions very seriously, to the point where you can lose yourself in them.”

“I’ll be honest, I haven’t experienced one yet. Of course, there are moments when I’m not particularly inspired. I come into the studio and I don’t have anything left to say — but even that can be talked about and used as material for lyrics, even if it ends up being a bad song.

During those days, it’s important to push through, even if you have to force it. Write and write until you eventually write your way out of it. In art, the best things often come from negative circumstances.

For example, one of the songs on PRIMA is an experimental track like that. It isn’t really even a song. It’s basically just my frustration and sadness on a loop. I thought it was cool to put it on the album because it’s real and there is real life in it.”

Text: @patockote; Publisher: @michaelaseewald_v24; Head of Editorial Content & Fashion Director: @milenazhu; Creative Concept & Photo: @michal_pudelka; Art Director: @robert.kov; Styling: @chrishoran20; Talent: @adelajergova; Hair: @laurenpalmersmith; Make-up: @lilly_keys; Nails:@natalieminervanails; Set Design & Props: @niamhannigan; Production: @mirahudecova; Local Production Manager: @brigittegamil; Local Production: @creativepstudio; Local Producer: @rafafarias88; Casting: @jilldemling; Photo Assistant & 1st Technical and Retouch: @thevisionphotos; Styling Assistants: @sanamceline, @isabellejlange & @brandonsosaa; Set Design Assistants: @dittebenjaminsen & @nannagreiersen; Florist: @alenabrophy; Special thanks: @summerstassen

From Bratislava’s Petržalka to West Hollywood. Adéla Jergová, who performs simply as Adéla, didn’t end up in the American music industry by chance. She has known what she wanted from an early age, and failure was never a reason to take a step back. It was her ballet discipline and almost obsessive work ethic that eventually took her to millions of streams, a major label and a career in Los Angeles. Yet she says the biggest challenge isn’t making it to the top, but not losing yourself along the way.

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Adéla is wearing full @gucci look.

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Publisher: @michaelaseewald_v24; Head of Editorial Content & Fashion Director: @milenazhu; Creative Concept & Photo: @michal_pudelka; Art Director: @robert.kov; Styling: @chrishoran20; Talent: @adelajergova; Hair: @laurenpalmersmith; Make-up: @lilly_keys; Nails:@natalieminervanails; Set Design & Props: @niamhannigan; Local Production Manager: @brigittegamil; Production Vogue CS: @mirahudecova; Local Production: @creativepstudio; Local Producer: @rafafarias88; Casting: @jilldemling; Photo Assistant & 1st Technical and Retouch: @thevisionphotos; Styling Assistants: @sanamceline, @isabellejlange & @brandonsosaa; Set Design Assistants: @dittebenjaminsen & @nannagreiersen; Florist: @alenabrophy; Special thanks: @summerstassen

A year after her first appearance, Adéla returns to the pages of Vogue CS, this time opening up about what it’s like to return from L.A. to homophobic Slovakia, why the internet can sometimes put more pressure on women than Hollywood itself, and what it means to live with your appearance, opinions and way of life constantly being commented on. She speaks openly about her identity, her queer fans, life in Los Angeles and why she has no interest in becoming just another pop star who fits neatly into a predetermined box.

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Adéla is wearing full @dior look.

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Publisher: @michaelaseewald_v24; Head of Editorial Content & Fashion Director: @milenazhu; Creative Concept & Photo: @michal_pudelka; Art Director: @robert.kov; Styling: @chrishoran20; Talent: @adelajergova; Hair: @laurenpalmersmith; Make-up: @lilly_keys; Nails:@natalieminervanails; Set Design & Props: @niamhannigan; Production: @mirahudecova; Local Production Manager: @brigittegamil; Local Production: @creativepstudio; Local Producer: @rafafarias88; Casting: @jilldemling; Photo Assistant & 1st Technical and Retouch: @thevisionphotos; Styling Assistants: @sanamceline, @isabellejlange & @brandonsosaa; Set Design Assistants: @dittebenjaminsen & @nannagreiersen; Florist: @alenabrophy; Special thanks: @summerstassen

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