8.13.12 Japan promo continues

Oh for heaven's sakes.

I love his outfit today, btw! LOL!

SQUEEEEEEEE!!!!!

Great performance of Trespassing. Adam looks gorgeous. The hair. The outfit. Perfection.

So he was a British Citizen after all!

Could they not have told the Olympic Closing Ceremony Committee 24 hours earlier - lol.


Add me to the team 'joke based on new look', for all the reasons mentioned. I don't think he will do this. And I remember well the days when we every few weeks found a new rumor about some silly film role that Adam was firmly booked for. Not happening.


I personally am still on the idol train and while I will settle for whatever is in store for him, I certainly would love, if it were true. Also, it may be quiet on the Adam-as-AI-judge - front right now, because there is nothing new to report, BUT: If Adam does NOT get idol, that press cycle will be huge for him and I predict that it will overshadow a lot of the discussion.

When they were talking about Adam behind the scenes of AI in 2010 and ultimately made other selections, the story that he was even considered (as in suggested or talked about), had not reached the mainstream media yet and it was also another 2 years earlier in his career and probably would have been too early for him in more ways than one, so AI went with different choices and we know how everything turned out. This time, the media has the story that he is being considered since 5 weeks now. If the decision is made against him, this will be a big news cycle and AI will not be the one smelling like roses, Adam will be.

And if Adam and yes it is a capital IF - IF he ends up on the panel, then it is good that the Adam the judge looks different than Adam the contestant did. Seniority may be a bad word in pop music when you try to break into top 40, but it does not have the same effect when we are talking about a judge on idol. It also makes him a bit more 'mainstream palatable', tbh. While the look maintains a certain amount of edge, it also smooths those edges just a tad.

I am less convinced that the look is ideal for Trespassing as a single though. Somehow, black-haired Adam was a bit more convincing as a boundary breaker than silver wolf Adam is, imo. For Cuckoo, it would have worked better.

The good news is, when Adam wants to look different again, he can change it. It is all no problem. I'm not worried.

ETA: HE LOOKED FANTASTIC ON THE SHOW! WUT, WUT, WUT do I read meanwhile about not liking the look? Are you kidding me? Don't agree with those statements at all.

And obviously whoever restocked the shelves is thinking that the sales trajectory will change, so I am not going to get myself up in arms about it now.

I think the future is bright for Adam. But I am a realist.

My response to this post may sound negative but I am anything but negative. IMO Adam can do whatever he wants and I sure hope he does not take advice from me or any other fans. (except for where to get great sushi in Tokyo.)

I love Trespassing, I think Adam is doing a brilliant job of building his personal brand and a global platform for a long-term career. And, most important to me, he is remaining true to himself as a person and as an artist.



On the goals of making "Trespassing a Grammy winner, and a gold then platinum certificate."

There really is no way to "make" music a "Grammy" winner. Adam is in the most competitive genre. With the new categories, it will be harder for Trespassing to get a Grammy nomination than it was for FYE/WWFM. There is no longer a Male Pop Vocalist category.

Here are the categories that Adam seems likely to be on the nomination ballot for and my eval of his chances:

Record Of The Year - longshot
Album Of The Year - longshot
Song Of The Year - longshot

POP FIELD (NO male and female pop vocal awards anymore)
Best Pop Solo Performance
Best Pop Vocal Album - BEST BET IMO

DANCE/ELECTRONICA FIELD
Best Dance Recording - if a song gets a #1-#2 Dance/Club chart ranks + Top 40 hit

Full list of new categories: www.grammy.org/recording-academy/announcement/category-list

**** Most of us have already done the math, so this is not news. Scroll if you do not want to deal with the reality of the numbers. ****

It is unlikely that Trespassing will become RIAA Gold, forget about Platinum. Trespassing would need to triple weekly sales for over two years to go Gold. I can't find history for a similar case of a follow-up album. (Adam has a Gold, almost Platinum album for his last album. He is not unknown and unpromoted.) He probably has to wait for Album #3 or #4.

Trespassing will continue to sell, and if it does 1,000 units a week, it will be Gold in 6 years.

IF Adam gets a major hit from this album, it will generate track sales, not album sales. IF he has two or three monster hits, it could happen.

****** It is not all about Album sales. It is about generating revenue and profits. There are many ways to make money, and Adam's long-term prospects are good. ******

If you want to dream big, the best thing that could happen for Trespassing is for a song Adam co-wrote to be used in a major ad campaign in the US. Short of that, it is just a matter of promoting the album, touring and maybe getting a hit single or two.

If you want to wish for the possible, hope they pick a single that gets a ton of airplay and sells.

Finally, (minority view in Adam fandom) I do not believe that if Adam got the Idol judge's gig that Trespassing would start selling at a high rate. He still will need a couple of hit singles to move the album.

Why do I think this --- because it never happened before. Jennifer Lopez. 2 years of Idol, a #3 hit, and over a year after release, her album "Love?" sold a total of 334,000 copies (US). Steven Tyler had a modest hit with the non-album single "(It) Feels So Good" which sold around 200,000 units. And they are the two most successful Idol judges as recording artists during their tenure.

Judges singles
Paula + Randy (2008) "Dance Like There's No Tomorrow" peak #62.
Paula (2009) "I'm Just Here for the Music" peak #87

No releases as a recording artist: Simon, Ellen and Kara.
Kara was a featured vocalist on a Kelly Clarkson album bonus track in 2011.