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Adam Lambert talks music, fame and prideThe former San Diego singer and 'American Idol' aum discusses his new album, touring with Queen and being older and wiser at 33.
By George Varga6 A.M.JUNE 21, 2015
Goodbye, glam-rock, guyliner, vocal pyrotechnics and glittery, over-the-top theatrics. Hello, musical maturity and comparative understatement.
That may not have been Adam Lambert’s creative mantra, at least not in those exact words, when he was making his new album, “The Original High.” But the 11-song release, which came out Tuesday, is easily the most assured, sophisticated and carefully calibrated work so far by this Indiana-born, San Diego-bred vocal powerhouse. Or, as he declares in one of his new songs: "I'm a grown-ass man."
Lambert, 33, reinforces his artistic reinvention with his impeccably crafted, less-is-more new songs and his straightforward album cover — a no-frills, black-and-white head shot, with stubble in place of makeup, and not a hint of glitter to be seen.
“I think I had gone down the road of doing campier, theatrical kinds of ridiculous, thematic pop on my past couple of albums,” he said by phone from London, where he was on a promotional tour for “The Original High.” It’s his third solo album of new songs since rising to stardom, after his second-place finish on the 2009 edition of TV’s “American Idol.”
“I wanted to steer it back into ‘realness,’ reality, authenticity and things that were universal concepts everybody could relate to,” he continued. “I just wanted to connect with the listeners in a real way.”
But didn’t his two previous albums reflect Lambert’s musical reality at the time?
“They were a conscious choice to go into that theatrical reality,” he replied.
Lambert hasn’t abandoned his well-honed pop instincts or his penchant for dance-friendly beats. Nor has he suddenly adopted a stripped-down, solo acoustic approach, especially not with “The Original High” having being executive produced by Max Martin, whose most recent credits include bigger-than-life hit records by Taylor Swift, Katy Perry and Maroon 5.
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