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ADAM LAMBERT WRITES A WRY LOVE NOTE TO AMERICA AFTER ADAM LEVINE’S ‘VOICE’ COMMENTARY
by Cassandra Rose May 30, 2013 11:13 AM



On Tuesday night (May 28), ‘The Voice‘ mentor Adam Levine saw two of his team’s contestants voted off the show by viewers, causing him to mutter “I hate this country” — something that caused a major ish-storm when it was picked up by microphones.

In response to this, former ‘American Idol‘ contestant (and current judge hopeful) Adam Lambert — whose name is often confused with Levine’s — had a little fun with the controversy.

Of course Levine was just voicing his frustration with the way viewers voted, not the entire country, but because it doesn’t take much to offend some people, he’s had to engage in a public tour of contrition to appease those who called for his firing from ‘The Voice.’ Some even hilariously wanted him deported (which, you know, isn’t an option for an American citizen like Levine).

As Levine told Us Weekly, “I obviously love my country very much and my comments were made purely out of frustration [and] personal dissatisfaction with the [voting] results.” He also wrote a whole series of tweets to school the humorless and the too-literal.

The day after Levine uttered those infamous words, the always-mischievous Lambert poked fun at the constant confusion between them and wrote:


Adam Lambert ✔ @adamlambert
I love this country!
2:10 PM - 29 May 2013


Some of his followers were confused by the seemingly out-of-the-blue proclamation, but others knew exactly where it came from:

The Spindleshay @thespindleshay
“@adamlambert: I love this country!” <--- how to tell the difference between lambert and levine lol
2:12 PM - 29 May 2013


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As much as it makes me cringe with jealousy to say this, I think P2 is on his way to becoming a household name. Why? Because I can't turn around without hearing his songs and from what I have been reading, he is getting international interest/gigs (England, France, Rock in Rio). He has a smash hit, another possible one on its way, and a soon-to-be platinum album. He has achieved success outside of the bubble. At a recent family gathering, "Home" came on the TV, and people starting singing along and my 20 something niece was saying "Oooh, I love this song". I recently got together with girlfriends I had not seen in years, and one of them started flailing about P2 much in the same way I do over Adam. None of them give Adam the time of day.

IMO, Adam lost some credibility by not getting a platinum album in the US, which is still the #1 market. At least that is the most prevalent comment I see when haters try to assert that he is a flop. They don't care about international sales. Can't tell you how many times I've seen comments that Scotty is more successful than Adam merely because he has a platinum album. Almost platinum is just not good enough. And I think he could have easily gotten it had Cumulus stations added his songs the same time everyone else did. WWFM could have easily been a smash and IIHY could have at least been platinum, which would have fueled sales for the album. With two big hit singles, he would not be perceived by some as a one hit wonder (another thing haters like to bring up although not technically true) and I think PDs would have been more likely to play him during the TP era. Of course it didn't help that the choices of singles weren't the best but I heard some mediocre songs become hits just because they were played over and over again just based on who the artist was. Anyway, JMHO, YMMV.

A little bit of luck , a dose of good talent, a catchy line and  some good timing... let the Universe be on board.

Christopher Ameruoso ‏@chrisaphoto 
Gr8t shoot with @adamlambert yesterday 4 Elvis tribute book out late 2013 A L was a pleasure to wrk with behind pic pic.twitter.com/G5B42udbqg