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OutBoise.com | Issue 10.1 | August 2015
Stripped of that glossy sheen, those
painted nails and the purple mane that
he famously flaunted on his 2009 postAmerican Idol debut, For Your Entertainment, Adam Lambert’s latest album cover
isn’t even in color. His hair still reaches
the same towering heights as his voice
on The Original High, but otherwise, he’s
unadorned.
The glam is gone.
In our recent interview, the Idol alum
comes clean about how a long period of
“overcompensation” – yes, the outfits – led
him to the latest chapter in his life.
People are calling The Original High a
reinvention. Is that how you see it?
It’s not the most far off thing. I consider
it more like a “reframing.” I feel like it’s still
me at the heart of it. It’s still my voice, but
a little more grown up, and I feel like the
sonic frame around the vocals is something new.
Why tweak your sound?
Because repeating myself would be
sacrilege. I will not repeat myself. But I
don’t know – something new. I wanted to
do something fresh, and I wanted to do
something that sounded like my life, and
this is the kind of music that I listen to.
Do your famously passionate fans add
pressure to the creative process?
Because my fans are so loyal and loving,
and they’re so passionate about all the
things that I do, I think that they recognize
that if it’s something I believe in that’s
exciting, they get excited by that. I always
think about the fans, but with this album,
more than ever, I’ve gone inward and
wanted to make music that I have some
integrity with, that meant something to
me.