{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = The Provocateur | type = EP | artist = Adéla | cover = ADÉLA-TheProvocateurCover.jpg | released = {{start date|2025|8|22|df=y}} | genre = * Pop * house * electronic * hyperpop * dance-pop * electropop * industrial | label = * Capitol | length = 19:57 | producer = * Adéla * Riley Aki * Dylan Brady * {{nowrap|Liam Benayon}} * Grimes * {{nowrap|Grant Knoche}} * Dylan Harrison Lubin * Slush Puppy * Blake Slatkin * Y2K * Zhone | misc = {{Singles | name = The Provocateur | type = EP | single1 = Homewrecked | single1date = 13 September 2024 | single2 = Superscar | single2date = 25 October 2024 | single3 = MachineGirl | single3date = 28 February 2025 | single4 = DeathByDevotion | single4date = 11 July 2025 | single5 = SexOnTheBeat | single5date = 17 October 2025<ref>{{cite web | title=SexOnTheBeat 7 | website=ADÉLA Official Store | url=https://shop.adelaxo.com/products/sexonthebeat-7-signed | ref={{sfnref|ADÉLA Official Store}} | access-date=2025-08-23}}</ref> }} }}
'''''The Provocateur''''' is the debut extended play (EP) by Slovak singer-songwriter Adéla. It was released by Capitol Records and Polydor Records<ref>{{Cite web|title=Adéla has forged her own path to stardom|url=https://hungermag.com/features-section/adela-has-forged-her-own-path-to-stardom|website=Hunger|language=en|date=July 11, 2025|access-date=July 18, 2025|archive-date=August 15, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250815180357/https://hungermag.com/features-section/adela-has-forged-her-own-path-to-stardom|url-status=live}}</ref> and distributed by UMG Recordings on 22 August 2025. To promote the EP, Adéla embarked on The ProvocaTour in October 2025.<ref name=hb>{{cite magazine|title=Adéla Wants to Be Among the Pop Star Greats|url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/art-books-music/a68281421/adela-music-interview-provocateur-ep-first-tour/|magazine=Harper's Bazaar|last=Calfee|first=Joel|date=October 3, 2025|access-date=October 3, 2025|archive-date=October 3, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251003205514/https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/art-books-music/a68281421/adela-music-interview-provocateur-ep-first-tour/|url-status=live}}</ref>
== Background and release == After competing and being eliminated in the 2023 Hybe and Geffen Records reality competition series ''Dream Academy'' alongside 19 other girls<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mehrotra |first=Kriti |date=2024-08-21 |title=Adéla Jergova: Where is the Pop Star Academy Trainee Now? |url=https://thecinemaholic.com/adela-jergova/ |access-date=2025-07-17 |website=The Cinemaholic |language=en-US}}</ref> and appearing in the Netflix documentary ''Pop Star Academy: Katseye'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Delgado |first=Sara |date=2024-10-14 |title=Pop Star Academy's Adéla Was 'Heartbroken, Not Shattered' After Elimination |url=https://www.teenvogue.com/story/adela-jergova-pop-star-academy-katseye-drama-going-solo-interview |access-date=2025-07-18 |website=Teen Vogue |language=en-US}}</ref> 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."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Adéla Shares Her Own Pop Star Story in "SUPERSCAR" |url=http://www.onestowatch.com/en/blog/adela-superscar |access-date=2025-07-14 |website=Ones to Watch |language=en}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Instagram |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/DNSF_gKu1Hm/ |access-date=2025-08-13 |website=www.instagram.com}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hess |first1=Liam |title=Adéla Was Born to Be a Pop Star |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/adela-the-provocateur-ep-interview |website=Vogue |access-date=25 October 2025 |date=23 August 2025}}</ref><ref name=hb />
7" vinyl records were released for SexOnTheBeat and Superscar, while the EP was released on CD.
== Track listing == {{Track listing | headline = ''The Provocateur'' track listing | extra_column = Producer(s) | title_width = 15% | lyrics_width = 35% | music_width = 35% | extra_width = 15% | title1 = Superscar | lyrics1 = {{hlist|Adéla Jergová|Grant Knoche|Becca Kruger|Liam Benayon}} | music1 = {{hlist|Jergová|Kruger|Knoche|Benayon}} | extra1 = Knoche | length1 = 3:14 | title2 = Sex on the Beat | lyrics2 = {{hlist|Jergová|Benayon|Alex Chapman|Brett McLaughlin|Kevin Hickey}} | music2 = {{hlist|Jergová|Benayon|Chapman|McLaughlin|Hickey}} | extra2 = Zhone | length2 = 2:46 | title3 = Machine Girl | lyrics3 = {{hlist|Jergová|Benayon|Dylan Harrison Lubin|Grimes|Sam Catalano}} | music3 = {{hlist|Jergová|Benayon|Harrison Lubin|Grimes|Catalano}} | extra3 = {{hlist|Harrison Lubin|Grimes|Benayon|Slush Puppy}} | length3 = 2:36 | title4 = Homewrecked | lyrics4 = {{hlist|Jergová|Benayon}} | music4 = {{hlist|Jergová|Benayon}} | extra4 = {{hlist|Jergová|Benayon|Harrison Lubin|Riley Aki}} | length4 = 2:54 | title5 = Go | lyrics5 = {{hlist|Jergová|Ari Starace|Donna Missal|Dylan Brady}} | music5 = {{hlist|Jergová|Starace|Missal|Brady}} | extra5 = {{hlist|Brady|Y2K}} | length5 = 2:45 | title6 = Death by Devotion | lyrics6 = {{hlist|Jergová|McLaughlin|Brady|Hickey|Benayon}} | music6 = {{hlist|Jergová|McLaughlin|Brady|Hickey|Benayon}} | extra6 = {{hlist|Brady|Benayon|Zhone}} | length6 = 3:16 | title7 = Finally Apologizing | lyrics7 = {{hlist|Jergová|Brady|Blake Slatkin|Lucy Healey}} | music7 = {{hlist|Jergová|Brady|Slatkin|Healey}} | extra7 = {{hlist|Brady|Slatkin}} | length7 = 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.<ref name=":0">{{Citation |title=Adéla - The Provocateur |date=2025-08-15 |url=https://tidal.com/album/454258296 |access-date=2025-08-24 |language=en}}</ref>
== Personnel == '''Musicians'''<ref name=":0" />
* 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)
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