ADÉLA turned a red-carpet feeling into a pop single with “Nicole Kidman,” and the song has since grown far beyond the night that inspired it.
The Slovak singer wrote the track after attending a Golden Globes event, getting glammed up, and thinking she felt exactly like the actress . She later watched *Eyes Wide Shut* and became fixated on Kidman as the definition of a movie star .
What makes the record work is how it uses Kidman as a mood rather than a biography. The chorus leans on *Moulin Rouge!* and *Babygirl* references, with lines about a tight corset and feeling in control . Dylan Brady and Blake Slatkin produced it, and the writing team includes Julia Michaels and Uffie . The result sounds playful and theatrical, closer to a confidence mantra than a tribute.
Then the song escaped the album. A Chanel event during Paris Fashion Week produced a clip of Kidman herself lip-syncing alongside Dua Lipa, Pedro Pascal, and Kristen Wiig, and it spread fast . Madonna followed with her own TikTok using the track . By October, “Nicole Kidman” had reached No. 9 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 3 on the Billboard Global 200, with tens of millions of streams in a single week .
The late-night debut sealed the run. ADÉLA performed it on *The Tonight Show* with choreography nodding to *Moulin Rouge!*, then told the audience the song changed her life .
Press play on “Nicole Kidman” and tell me whether this one earns its viral moment.
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