Pop singer Adela hits the stage in Nashville, muse Nicole Kidman's home

In her biggest hit, Adéla sings about one of Nashville's finest: Nicole Kidman. On Sept. 21, the fast-rising pop singer finally got to sing the track for a ravenous crowd in Music City, Kidman's home base. While the actress couldn't make her way to Adéla's Basement East show — Kidman is currently on

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In her biggest hit, Adéla sings about one of Nashville's finest: Nicole Kidman.

On Sept. 21, the fast-rising pop singer finally got to sing the track for a ravenous crowd in Music City, Kidman's home base.

While the actress couldn't make her way to Adéla's Basement East show — Kidman is currently on a whirlwind press tour promoting her upcoming film, "Practical Magic 2" — a sold-out audience ate up every second of the singer's set.

The 22-year-old singer and dancer, born Adéla Jergová, released her debut studio album "Prima" earlier this month.

Adéla's songs are colored by her relentless training ballet, her Slovak upbringing (it's not every day you hear a pop banger called "KGB" about studying English late into the night), and chasing global pop stardom

after immigrating to the U.S.

The record debuted at No. 4 on the U.S. Billboard 200.

When her song "Nicole Kidman" caught traction on TikTok, it ushered Adéla into a whole new level of fame, virtually overnight.

But Adéla's longtime stans know her from the 2023 Netflix docuseries "Pop Star Academy: KATSEYE," which followed the creation of KATSEYE, a global girl group formed by HYBE and Geffen Records.

Adéla didn't end up making the cut to be in the group — its creators felt a solo career might fit her better. Only three years later, she has lived up to their predictions.

Adela performs at The Basement East Monday, Sept. 21, 2026, in Nashville, Tenn.

At the Nashville show, the girls, gays and theys showed up decked out in pink, the color of Adéla's hair, filling the 575-capacity venue to the brim.

As her thrashing electronic bangers pulsed, Adéla transformed the small rock club into a nightclub.

She also combined modern pop sensibilities with prima-ballerina energy, a pink ballet barre anchoring the stage.

Throughout a 15-song set list, Adéla and her four backup dancers moved from pliés to gyrations, relevés en pointe to wild hair tosses, and pirouettes to some of the dirtiest dance moves (and streamiest lyrics) you can think of.

It was a campy, energetic blend of pop music and theater, like if Britney Spears went Broadway.

Adela performs at The Basement East Monday, Sept. 21, 2026, in Nashville, Tenn.

The show's pinnacle came at the encore. Before she began singing, Adéla told the crowd she wanted to manifest some things for herself.

"I like to feel talented, iconic, like a Hollywood star ... some sort of iconic movie star. What's your guys favorite actress these days?" she asked the crowd.

"Nicole Kidman!" everyone shouted. "Who?" she asked, prompting the crowd to scream again.

"Did you say Nicole Kidman? Me too. That's really weird!"

She launched into the track, the audience chanting along: "Every single night / I pray that my t**s are sitting right / Moulin Rouge / My corset is so tight / Babygirl in control / I feel like Nicole."

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And yes, Kidman has heard the track. She's fully embracing it.

"She's so talented. Go and see Adéla," Kidman said at a recent appearance on "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon."

"I can't believe it ... in her video she did all the films I've done, half of them I can't even remember, so it was really good," Kidman joked.

In the track's music video, Adéla recreates some of the most famous scenes from Kidman's films, including "Moulin Rouge!," "Babygirl" and "Eyes Wide Shut."

She even does her own spin on Kidman's AMC ad, which led one audience member at the Nashville concert to show up dressed in Kidman's signature suit from the ad.

Beyond the hit about Nashville's silver screen queen, Music City showed up and showed out for the Slovak pop newcomer, whose other hits include "Ain't in LA," "Red Bottoms" and "SUPERSCAR."

Next time Adéla's in town, it will surely be on a much larger stage.