Nicole Kidman
ADÉLA
PRIMA (2026)
ADÉLA, Uffie, Blake Slatkin +3
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Summary
"Nicole Kidman" pairs a chopped sample of God's Gospel Angels' 1986 gospel track "In My Father's House" with trap-inflected electropop production from Dylan Brady and Blake Slatkin. Released as the fourth single from Prima in September 2026, the song became the first by a Slovak artist to reach the US top ten and peaked at number 3 on the Billboard Global 200.
Musical Analysis
"Nicole Kidman" runs on a four-chord minor loop typical of contemporary trap-pop, but the layered gospel sample adds harmonic richness that the chord progression alone doesn't supply. The absence of a conventional dominant (B or B7) keeps the harmony from ever…
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History
Adéla wrote "Nicole Kidman" after attending a Golden Globes party in January 2026. While getting ready for the event, she wore a corset she described as "so tight" that she felt like the actress Nicole Kidman — a feeling that became the song's central lyric. S…
“Dylan Brady, known for his work with 100 gecs, brought a chiptune-soul production style that critics compared to golden-era Kanye West”
Full Musical Analysis
"Nicole Kidman" runs on a four-chord minor loop typical of contemporary trap-pop, but the layered gospel sample adds harmonic richness that the chord progression alone doesn't supply. The absence of a conventional dominant (B or B7) keeps the harmony from ever fully resolving, which suits the track's looping, hypnotic production style. Dylan Brady's arrangement stacks the chords with distorted synth textures that obscure traditional voice leading, pushing the harmony into textural territory rather than functional progression.
Adéla wrote "Nicole Kidman" after attending a Golden Globes party in January 2026. While getting ready for the event, she wore a corset she described as "so tight" that she felt like the actress Nicole Kidman — a feeling that became the song's central lyric. She developed the track with co-writers Julia Michaels, Uffie, Billy Walsh, Blake Slatkin, and Dylan Brady, building it around a sample of "In My Father's House" from the 1986 gospel album Praise Him by God's Gospel Angels.
"Nicole Kidman" pairs a chopped sample of God's Gospel Angels' 1986 gospel track "In My Father's House" with trap-inflected electropop production from Dylan Brady and Blake Slatkin. Released as the fourth single from Prima in September 2026, the song became the first by a Slovak artist to reach the US top ten and peaked at number 3 on the Billboard Global 200.
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Song DNA
Genre
Pop
Era
Modern
Mood
Euphoric
Tempo
Upbeat
Key
Minor
Texture
Layered
Sound
Synth-heavy
Feel
Syncopated
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Statistics
2.7M
Plays
236K
Listeners
951K
Genius Views
12
Annotations
100%
Popularity
3:01
Duration
4/4
Time
Credits
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From the album PRIMA
