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Posted by toramenor : ".... the Velvet video has just passed 2 million!! Wow, just as I was watching it. 2,000,475 views"
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PODCAST|@adamlambert called in to talk with @officialellenk about quarantine life, his shopping addiction and #VELVET!
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Adam Lambert Re-Enters Billboard Artist 100 Chart As “Velvet” Makes Top 10 For Album Sales
Adam Lambert’s “Velvet” arrived this past week.
by Brian Cantor
In conjunction with the release of his new album “Velvet,” Adam Lambert returns to the Billboard Artist 100 chart.
Lambert takes #62 on the listing, which ranks the top artists in America based on factors like song consumption, album sales and social media activity. Lambert is celebrating a 7th overall week on the chart; his peak-to-date is #16.
The aforementioned “Velvet” debuts at #8 on the Billboard Top Album Sales chart, which accounts only for US album sales. The album concurrently grabs #89 on the Billboard 200, which is based on combined units from album sales, track sales and track streams.
Link: headlineplanet.com/home/2020/03/30/adam-lambert-re-enters-billboard-artist-100-chart-as-velvet-makes-top-10-for-album-sales/
Velvet #8 in Australia
GRINGOZ MAGAZINE
Adam Lambert: A journey through time to the 70s
Has become known Adam Lambert through his participation in the eighth season of the American show American Idol , then his career went through the roof. He has released three studio albums containing hits like Ghost Town and has been on tour with rock icons Queen since 2014 . Now his fourth album Velvet (2020) is in the starting blocks and we had the honor to talk to him about the album and the upcoming tour.
Gringoz: It's been over ten years since you appeared on American Idol, now you're releasing your fourth studio album. Half of the songs have already appeared on Velvet: Side A (2019) , what made you decide to release so many songs before? Couldn't you just wait to show the songs to your fans?
Lambert: I think this step should contribute to the retro feeling of my new songs. Much of the album was inspired by the 70s, and releasing it in half is a tribute to how music was recorded during that period. Records have two sides, so you would traditionally hear the album in half. Also, it's been a long time since I released new music, so I was happy to finally be able to show what I was working on.
Gringoz: How did your fans react to the first half of the album? Do you actively look around for opinions online or do you no longer care?
Lambert: I think the fans liked it. Of course, there is a wide range of opinions on every type of art that is put into the world. I stopped worrying about what's going on in the charts or what's going on. My new music is exactly what I wanted to do. The result of my album is a collection of music inspired by many different genres. I hope fans like it, like to hear it and take some of it with them. I am not interested in critical opinions.
Gringoz: You have been on tour for a long time in the past few years. Did that have a negative or positive impact on Velvet's writing process ? Is it more difficult to find inspiration when you're only on the go?
Lambert: Inspiration is everywhere. Every feeling and every experience. Queen inspire me every day, Freddie Mercury inspires me. Being able to perform with legends like Brian May and Rodger Taylor and perform hymns with them every night is a great inspiration. Of course a tour can be very intense, there is not much time to write or record songs, but when I am on the road for so long I find inspiration everywhere. I'm lucky that the tour allows me to visit so many different places.
Gringoz: We could already listen to Velvet (2020) and it is a really successful album. Is there a song that you are particularly looking forward to?
Lambert: I am very happy to release the title song, Velvet . There will be a very funny, creative video and I really hope you enjoy it. A lot of people who hear the album have different favorite songs on it, so I can't wait to put them all together on one album.
Gringoz: A while ago the single Roses was released, on which you worked together with Nile Rodgers. What was it like to work with him and what did this collaboration mean to you?
Lambert: Nile is great, a musical genius. I've worked with him before and, as always, it was a pleasure. There are a lot of 70s influences on the album, so it's really great to be able to work with such an iconic funk musician. He is a real genius.
Gringoz: The release of your last album was five years ago. Would you say that you and your music have changed? Did you develop yourself personally and is this development reflected on the album?
Lambert: Definitely! I have grown up and know how my music should sound now. I want it to really sound like me and be a collection of the things that inspired me. I have never had so much creative freedom and I now had the opportunity to show it in the lyrics. This album is the most Adam Lambert sounding album I've ever written.
Gringoz: You are traveling in Europe in August and early September. Are you looking forward to it? Are you still enjoying touring or is it sometimes exhausting?
Lambert: I always look forward to coming to Europe. Every country that I visit is so different and yet the fans everywhere are really great. I think that's what keeps you going when you're always on tour. You may be exhausted, but when you step on stage and all the smiling faces sing along with your songs, you don't care. It's about this very moment and getting together with the fans to celebrate music and the feeling it conveys.
Gringoz: The Velvet Tour starts at the Manchester Pride. As part of the LGBTQ + community and founder of the Feel Something Foundation , this is probably a significant event for you. How does it feel when so many young members of the LGBTQ + community look up to you? Especially considering how your sexuality was discussed during your time at American Idol, do you think the situation for LGBTQ + artists has improved in the past decade?
Lambert: It is a great honor to play at Machester Pride and I am happy to start the tour at such an event. I had my coming out with my family and friends before my time on the show, but my sexuality made headlines. It was like having to come out a second time, but this time to the public. I think that's still the case, but I'm glad LGBTQ + artists are becoming more visible. The fact that Sam Smith is now mainstream, just like Christine + the Queens , Years & Years , Olly Alexander. I think a lot has changed and it would be different for me if I only became a public figure now. Nevertheless, nothing has changed, you still have to "come out". That's why I made it one of the Feel Something Foundation's goals to get rid of the need to come out. We need to get to a point where we can say "that's me" without explaining or making a statement.
Gringoz: Is it a big difference to be on stage with Queen or alone? Is the audience different, maybe more difficult to convince?
Lambert: I my queen are queen, you know? At Queen concerts you see people from all generations who like the same music, which is very rare for concerts. So it is a big difference to my solo concerts! The Queen concerts are simply about celebrating this legendary music, the band and Freddie's life and his lyrics. For these reasons, I strictly separate my solo projects from it. Of course I was inspired by Queen, but my concerts are only about my influences. The audience is not so broad, but you can not compete with Queen and I do not want that!
Gringoz: As already mentioned, your time at American Idol was over ten years ago. Before that you worked in musicals. Would you do that again if you had the opportunity or did you grow out of it?
Lambert: Sure! I love musicals, but I just don't have time for it. There are so many things I want to do!
Gringoz: We come to the last question. In the past ten years you have achieved what many artists can only dream of. Where do you see yourself in ten years? Is there anything else you want to achieve?
Lambert: I'm so lucky to be able to do what I do. I hope it stays that way for a while! I have no set goals, I just want to continue making music and performing in front of an audience that likes to listen to this music. I just started the Feel Something Foundation , so that's something I'm focusing on now. I really want to change something in the lives of LGBTQ + people and the Foundation should do just that. I guess that's my goal!
Gringoz: It's a nice goal. Thank you for the interview!
With its diverse funk-rock album Velvet (2020) is Adam Lambert on tour in September in Germany. Already in June you can see him performing with Queen in the big arenas.
Translated from German - gringoz-magazine.de/2020/03/19/adam-lambert-eine-zeitreise-in-die-70er/
Translated from Japanese
Velvet, Adam Lambert (Album Review) billboard-japan.com/d_news/detail/86488
Velvet, Adam Lambert (Album Review)
Recently, the number of artists returning to the 70's and 80's has increased. There are many songs that reproduce the sound of those days, such as disco, synth pop, and new wave. According to the latest US Billboard song chart “Hot 100” (March 28, 2020), the weekend's second place “Blinding Lights” and the third place Dua Lipa “ Don't Start Now ".
Adam Lambert's new velvet after five years has captured that trend. The opening tune "Velvet" produced by the songwriter Duo-Kinetics & One Love of New York, USA, is a dance pop that reproduces the disco floor directly linked to the lyrics with the phrase "79 Vintage". It goes well with Adam's retro vocals, and music videos incorporating fashion and hairstyles of the time were full of the unique worldview.
"Superpower", who is intoxicated with the intro and outro guitar solos, is a funky track, falsetto, all of which are tied to the late Prince. This song also has a vintage feel. The funky pop "Loverboy" with a feminine and obscene backing voice and a undulating bassline is full of respect for the Highness and George Michael and cool.
This work "Velvet" is reminiscent of the disco-funk era because of its cover art wearing purple and green velvet. He himself said that he was inspired by records from his parents' listening time, and that he refurbished it soulfully. This may be his "return to origin" because the underlying music is a hit tune of this era.
"Stranger You Are," which plays powerful vocals from the beginning, is a disco funk on the funk band-Wild Cherry route known for the hit of "PLAY THAT FUNKY MUSIC" (1976). Rod Stewart, who smashed the charts at the time, also brilliantly matched funky tracks. Even in the late 70's, `` Roses '', which invited the chic member and music producer Nile Rogers, who had hits in the late 70's, had a disco like that underneath their biggest hit song `` Good Times '' (1979) Let me hear a boogie. In the Queen's title, is it close to "Another One Bites the Dust" (1980)?
Adam was invited by members Brian May and Roger Taylor to succeed in "Queen + Adam Lambert". On stage, he performed a stunning performance that inherited the respected late Freddie Mercury, but this work delineates from Queen's work and expresses his personality as a solo album.
Before the waist was almost settled, the tune changed from 5 songs, and on the 6th song, a simple ballad song "Closer to You" for piano without electronica or effects was placed. For ballads featuring beautiful melody lines and emotional vocals, "Feel Something," a gospel back chorus on a large ensemble, is also exquisite. The gorgeous feeling appropriate for decorating the finale and the lyrics spelling out unstable emotions can be expressed only by Adam today.
"New Eyes" is an oldies rock with a different taste from the first disco-funk. Both the guitar hook that resonates in the core and the heavy drum beats are in the 70's, and the psychedelic MV that appears with long hair that mimics hippies and rock singers is also inspired by the time. On rock, there's also Love Don't, which is overwhelmed by powerful vocals and energetic tracks.
Nostalgic synth pop "Overglow" with singer-songwriters MNEK and Butch Walker from London, UK Each song was carefully crafted, such as "Ready to Run", a glam rock that shines on an electric guitar, and the album turned out to show growth as a performer. Adam is supported by LGBTQ followers, but there is no such element in the lyrics or direct criticism of the HeWhoCannot amed administration. If anything, the impact of the truck is strong.
In 2009, he won the second place in the audition program "American Idol", and his debut album "For Your Entertainment" released that year ranked third on the US Billboard Song Chart "Billboard 200". Adam Lambert's 2012 second album, Trespassing, garnered No. 1 on the chart and was a hugely successful singer. This work follows the previous work "Original High" (2015), which recorded the highest ranking of 3rd place, and it is time for further leap.
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