The Adults is a "collaborative name" used for two different recording projects led by New Zealand musician and Shihad frontman Jon Toogood.
Beginning as a solo project of Jon Toogood's, the original Adults involved many established New Zealand musicians, including Shayne Carter, Julia Deans, Anika Moa, Tiki Taane and Ladi6.
[5][6] The 2018 album Haja was released as The Adults in order to secure the participation of Warner Music after the recordings were made.
He originally didn't plan to sing any vocals of his own, but negotiations with Warner Music led to him being heard on two songs.
Entitled Haja: Incorporating Aghani Al-Banat into a Western Popular Music Recording Project,[12] which formed part of his study towards a Master of Fine Arts.