Ad\u00e9la Asked Nicole Kidman First Before Using Her Name in Song
Adéla asked Nicole Kidman for permission before releasing a song called 'Nicole Kidman'.
The Slovak pop singer contacted Kidman's team ahead of release to ask whether she could use Kidman's full name as the title. Kidman agreed. Adéla described the exchange in an interview with Pop Crave, as reported by Billboard.
That order is central to the story. The request went in first. The approval came back before the single reached listeners. For anyone coming to the track without context, the title is not a late surprise or an inside reference revealed afterwards.
The account of the conversation was published on 22 September. Pop Crave carried the original interview, with Billboard reporting its contents the same week. Adéla said the message went to Kidman's representatives in advance, and the answer was yes.
The title puts a well-known name front and centre, which is why the advance check matters. Using a real person's name, especially a full name, can raise questions about consent and credit. Adéla said she addressed that directly with Kidman's team rather than leaving it open to interpretation.
Kidman has since backed the song in public. After the release, she reposted Adéla's music video for her own followers to see. She also spoke about the track on social media and featured the song in her own posts, giving it visibility well beyond a new-music audience.
A repost may sound small, but it sends the video to a different set of followers. In this case it meant a pop release travelling through an actor's feed, where many viewers would meet Adéla for the first time. That kind of crossover is organised around attention as much as sound.
Support had surfaced before that online activity. During a fan interaction at a movie premiere, Kidman said she was 'absolutely' a fan of Adéla, according to People. That moment was reported in late August. Adéla's account of the permission conversation followed in September.
What makes this stand out is how public the whole exchange has remained. The ask happened privately through Kidman's team. Everything since has played out where fans can follow it, from reposts to premiere remarks to interview answers. For fans, this means there is no mystery about where the title came from or how its namesake feels about it.
