Adam Lambert Signs a Record Deal With Warner Brothers
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It’s confirmed. Adam Lambert has signed a major label record deal with Warner Brothers, reports Billboard.
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“The next day, Warner Bros. contacted us, which I thought was pretty amazing and it was a kind of relief,” Adam told Billboard. “It was just a scary thing to make that announcement to the world.”
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“So I scheduled a meeting with Max Martin and Shellback. We started talking about life, politics, fashion, everything under the sun,” Adam recalled. “They said, ‘You seem different, Adam,’ and I said, ‘I feel a little different.’ And I just asked them for their help.”
Martin and Shellback are executive producing Adam’s next studio album, the first under the singer’s new multiple-album deal with the label. The set is due out in early summer. Expect a single in April.
“Shellback and I first realized in 2009 that a voice and talent like Adam Lambert’s doesn’t come around very often,” said Martin in a statement to Billboard. “We loved the experience and hoped our paths would cross again. So, when Adam came to us with a new opportunity to work together, we leapt at it and even suggested a deeper relationship where we would get the chance to really help define Adam’s music over a whole album. We teamed up with the perfect partner in Warner Brothers and can’t wait for everyone to hear the dynamic album. We are really proud of it and hope you like it as much as we do!”
“I wanted something more internal and more grounded. A little less with the theatrical and the camp and the presentation.,” Adam said of the new direction his music is taking. “I wanted to bring it in a bit more. Being on the road with a British rock band, and being in London a lot this year, rehearsing with them and doing TV gigs, I think that has affected my sound and where we are headed with it.”
An album full of Max/Shellback literally can't be anything other than magnificent. "If I Had You" and especially "Whataya Want From Me" are both perfect.
An album full of Max/Shellback literally can't be anything other than magnificent. "If I Had You" and especially "Whataya Want From Me" are both perfect.
Exactly what I'm thinking. I've wanted forever for Adam to blow up but his albums always felt like something was missing. Max Martin and Shellback have been slaying relentlessly recently, I don't expect that to change anytime soon.
Let's hope they serve some Cuckoo, Runnin', and Music Again realness.
I'm actually so excited that it's coming this soon. Both his albums were very solid, but I know what he means about being so theatrical and camp. Seems like he's simply focused on putting out good (probably pop) music this time around.
There are a few songs on both that are bops, no doubt.
His Metacritic average is 68, that's very good I want dynamic stuff like Runnin and art like Kickin In x) and catchy bops like If I Had you and ballads like Whataya Want from Me
I'm so happy for him I was satisfied that he at least was touring with Queen and getting all those rave reviews, but I always wished he had found more commercial success the first time around. Glad that he's apparently done with the theatrics (or at least that's what he says). I hope he has learned to be more GP-friendly. I don't think the GP has a big issue with him being gay but with the fact that he was so insistent about it. Excited that he has Max Martin backing him up.
His Metacritic average is 68, that's very good I want dynamic stuff like Runnin and art like Kickin In x) and catchy bops like If I Had you and ballads like Whataya Want from Me
Both are absolutely flawless, though.
I want dynamic stuff like Runnin and art like Kickin In x) and catchy bops like If I Had you and ballads like Whataya Want from Me