Adéla Was Born to Be a Pop Star

If you’re in a public place and about to hit play on Adéla ’s video for “Sex on the Beat,” consider turning down the volume first. The visual begins with the 21-year-old Slovak pop star—her hair dyed pastel pink, her eyebrows bleached—appearing to simulate an orgasm in front of a shrine to pop music in her bedroom. (Written out in hot pink masking tape? “Sex = pop.”) She then tunes into a YouTube masterclass led by a Christina Aguilera—“Harness your sexuality and become pop royalty in eight weeks!” Aguilera croons—before launching into an eye-popping dance routine, choreographed by Doechii collaborator Robbie Blue , that sees her undertake the raunchiest aerobics routine you’ve ever seen, partly on top of a man dressed as an office worker with an eyepatch. Underpinning it all, though