6.1.19 The Ellen Show performance, GQ "The first time" +
Jun 1, 2019 1:27:45 GMT -5
Post by Q3 on Jun 1, 2019 1:27:45 GMT -5
Adam Lambert
Thank you Ellen DeGeneres! I had so much fun performing #NewEyes!! Check your local listings and catch it today!!
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Ready or not, Adam Lambert is making a triumphant return to his solo career. Earlier this month, the singer announced a new era of his music with the bewitching song âNew Eyesâ and teased the upcoming release of his new album Velvet. Now, heâs showing the world what they can expect from his new era.
Lambert appeared on the latest episode of The Ellen DeGeneres Show to perform his new single. Clad in a '70s velvet suit, complete with an oversize purple carnation and some gigantic bell-bottoms, the star crooned his way through the song as the adoring audience cheered along. âEverything gets you high, baby/ I've been so blind without your new eyes,â he sang.
In a recent interview with Hunger Magazine, Lambert detailed his upcoming album, saying that there were plenty of good reasons why it took him four years to finish. âI chose deliberately not to rush,â he said. âI wanted to experiment in the studio and work with writers -- I reached out to people Iâve worked with before and lots of new people I met socially and I just started getting in the studio and coming up with songs.â
Check out Lambertâs performance of âNew Eyesâ on Ellen below:
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GQ Hype
Adam Lambert: âThe first time I experienced homophobia was in the theatre worldâ
Every week, we ask one band or artist a set of quick-fire questions that all start with âthe firstâ, from their first shows and paycheques to the first time they fell in love. Up this week is Adam Lambert, the American Idol contestant turned adopted Queen frontman, who covers everything from the first time he got drunk to what it's like being a gay icon
In the ten years since appearing as a contestant on American Idol, Adam Lambert has achieved more than most musicians do in a lifetime. From a Grammy nomination and a credit on an upcoming animated blockbuster (Playmobil: The Movie), to becoming the first ever openly gay American man to top the US charts, all of his accolades are impressive, but none quite so extraordinary as his work with Queen, who adopted him as a frontman back in 2011. Since, Lambert and the band have toured the world twice over, released a documentary and delivered an explosive performance at this yearâs Oscars. Stepping into Freddie Mercuryâs (white Adidas) shoes may be no mean feat, but as the critical acclaim proves, Lambert pulls it off with all the sass and aplomb youâd expect from one of our eraâs greatest gay icons. And he does it in fierce, patent, black pointed boots.
In honour of the release of Lambertâs latest single, âNew Eyesâ, we managed to catch him during a brief London stopover so as to ask a whole host of questions all starting with the first. From high school drama and the first time he fell in love to fake news and his first show with Queen, the singer gives GQ the download on all his formative experiences...
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The first time you realised you wanted to be a musician...
âWhen I was a kid I was really precocious. I had a lot of energy, I was borderline obnoxious. Lots of ideas, I wanted to play dress up all the time, so they put me in a childrenâs theatre company. So I knew then that I wanted to be a performer and then when I was 14 doing a production of Fiddler On The Roof and I had a big solo where I had to hold this really long note and everyone was like, âOh my God, heâs really good.â That was the first time Iâd realised that I was good at singing, so it was then that I thought, âOh, I like this, maybe Iâm supposed to be doing this.â That was with theatre stuff, but it wasnât until I was in my early twenties that I became really into making my own music, playing around with GarageBand on my computer.â
The first time you played live with Queen...
âThe first time playing with Queen was on the American Idol finale, where they were invited to come on. I had auditioned with âBohemian Rhapsodyâ, so the producers were like, âOh, this would make sense.â Two years later, after Iâd put out my first album and toured, they asked me to come and do a big medley performance with them at the EMAs in Belfast. That was the start of working together.â
The first time you felt properly in love...
"I was 24. I mean, I had definitely fallen in love with plenty of people, but it was a the first time it was reciprocal and I was in a proper relationship. I think I had a lot of unrequited love before that, you know like when you fall in love with your good friend and you don't tell them that you're into them... I had that happen to me a few times, but properly at 24 and it was about a two year relationship."
The first time you got silly drunk...
âWhen I was a senior [Year 13]. I was pretty well behaved in high school. I was involved in all these extracurricular activities, the choir, drama club. And those kids didn't party â not in my school. We were all the nerds. But I got invited to this party, somebody gave me some tequila and I drank a lot of it. I got smashed. And somebody had some pot that we smoked out of an apple â it was a proper high school party, it was all bad. So I got dropped home, got into bed and then I sat up, threw up all over the bed and fell back asleep. I woke up in the morning like, âGross!â, went to my mom and told her what happened. She said, âWhat you want me to do about it? Go clean it up! Take it outside and hose it offâ. So it was lesson learned.â
The first time you realised people see you as a gay icon...
âJust as Idol wrapped up there was all this chatter, magazine articles being written about âis he or isn't heâ, because at that point I wasn't in the closet â Iâd been out since I was 18 â but it wasn't part of the show. They never asked me, it wasn't part of my narrative, not because I asked it not to be or anything, it just wasn't. And then there was all the speculation, pictures that came out of me with my ex. Back then when you were on the show you couldn't talk to the press and we didn't have social media. So as soon as the show was over I addressed it and that was on the Rolling Stone cover. From there it just became part of my story. And at the time, I think because there weren't a lot of openly gay people in the mainstream media â especially the music industry, in America anyway â it was this big deal. The media loved it, it's all they wanted to talk about, which I know now was important. It definitely moved the needle for me and a lot of people. Obviously things are so, so different now, ten years on. To be able to help something greater than myself, that felt good.â
The first time you experienced homophobia...
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âFunny as it sounds it, probably within the theatre world. I would be auditioning to play parts such as the romantic young leading man and it was hard because there was a lot of homophobia in casting. My manager would come back and say âWell, they really feel like you're too light.â I was like, âWhat does that mean?â and they said, well, it means gay. It was difficult because I was in my early twenties trying to come into my own and figure out who I was, all that. And then at the same time I'm trying to get work where I have to be other people and sort of have to downplay that part of myself. It was super confusing because I felt like, âWhere can I express myself?â That's probably one of the reasons I started becoming drawn to music and being my own artist: being able to do things on my own terms.â
The first tattoo you ever got...
âThe eye of Horus of the inside of my right wrist. I got it in an LA tattoo shop, right before I went on American Idol actually. A little bit of protection right before people were due to see me on TV.â
The first time you threw a punch and meant it...
âI'm not really a fighter but I've gotten into a couple of fights. The first big, real fight I got into was in high school and I think it was justified. I was in PE, there was this kid who was kind of a bully and he started to taunt my buddy, the girl I was besties with in the class. Anyway, she told him off and he smacked her in the face. I was raised to believe that you don't hit a girl like that. I mean don't hit anybody, but a man hitting a woman is not OK. I just got so mad. It was the first time I ever felt rage, like that fiery feeling in my chest. I was on autopilot, it was primal, walking towards him, I didn't even know what I was doing. He was like âOh, what you gonna do?â And I just decked him. I hit him so hard in the face and it felt really good. My PE teacher â who I suspect might have been gay â said she wouldn't write me up for it because she knew the guy was an asshole who had it coming, âBut you can't tell anybody I said that.ââ
The first record you ever bought...
âI think it was Mariah Carey Emotions. Oh, and on that same trip, I think I also bought Wilson Phillips, which is super random.â
The first thing youâd do if you were president...
âI would lobby to pass more laws to try to protect people a little bit more. Protect them against certain things like discrimination and hate crimes because of homophobia and racism, whether that's trying try to pass more laws or to put procedures in place to punish those who do it. I would try really hard to combat that.â
The first time you read a piece of fake news about yourself...
âMaybe that I was dating Sam Smith...â
The first time you blew a paycheque frivolously...
âOh, every time. I like to spend money. I spend way too much on clothing and fashion. I've recently gotten so heavily into online shopping. It's dangerous! Way too easy. I love a Dolce & Gabbana suit because it fits off the rack really well. I like Marc Jacobs, a lot of the new Gucci, I love McQueen's tailoring. My business manager actually had to tell me to rein in the clothes spending a couple of years ago.â
The first time you were starstruck...
âWhen I met Madonna and it was because I grew up watching her, so it was just so bizarre, so surreal meeting her as an adult. It was really trippy. She's such an icon, such a part of my pop culture experience as a kid, you know?â
The first karaoke you ever sang...
âIt was Elvis. My parents got me a double cassette deck karaoke machine one year and my grandmother insisted that I get You Sing The Hits Of Elvis Presley. So I would learn these songs, such as âHound Dogâ and âDon't Be Cruelâ, then years later I found out that that wasn't Elvis on there, but a studio singer.â
The first time you put together a stage outfit...
âI'm always in a stage outfit. I remember being a kid and we had season passes to SeaWorld in San Diego. There was a haunted mansion-themed show with sea lions and otters. I insisted that I wear this cape every time we went. When I was a kid, it's like I wanted every day to be Halloween and when Halloween rolled around â this is super American â it was my high holy day.â
The first person that you'd call if you were in real trouble...
âMy mom. Well, actually at this point, I would probably want to save her the freak out, so I might go to somebody else, like a work associate, just to save her the panic.â
Link to original article: www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/adam-lambert-interview-2019?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1559290821
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