Ok, here's our version on the translation of that Swedish blog - Yours, Miachihu (@miachihu) & Zinnia (@tiiqqu)
A MEETING WITH ADAM LAMBERT By Christina Olnils February 8th, 2012
christinaolnils.spotlife.se/2012/02/08/mote-med-adam-lambert/On Saturday evening the star Adam Lambert (Whataya Want From Me, If I Had You & For Your Entertainment) arrived to Stockholm.
I have to admit that I am a pretty new fan of Adam because I hadn’t set my eyes or ears on him until last autumn. But very quickly he has become one of my favorites. The top for me was when Adam jumped in and sang the Queen-medley together with the original members of Queen as the closing number of the European Music Awards. What pipes!
Now I got an invitation to go to a gathering with Adam on Sunday. Thank you, Sara Jönsson! I thought that since it was a meeting with a world star, there would be at least 60 people present, but nope. We were seven in all, including Adam. When I realized that, I started to feel a little panicky. During all my years in the film and music industry I’ve had a chance to meet a lot of lovely people, but with Adam I became nervous. Very nervous.
Adam arrived with a big smile on his face and shook politely hands with us all, and the discussion was immediately going on with a lot of laughter. Adam said that he hadn’t had chance to eat breakfast yet (even though it was past 4 pm) and he ordered a Redbull since he was still suffering from jet lag.
Adam had been exercising in the morning and he does exercise a little every day but he was devastated that he couldn’t fit into Freddie Mercury’s stage clothes. -I’m a little too big around this area, and pointed at his waist with a pouty lower lip.
Adam talked about his new album Trespassing (which will be released on March 21st), half of which will have faster songs and the other half a little calmer and deeper ones. He has collaborated with Bruno Mars, Pharrell Williams and Dr. Luke. He told that the songs are funky but still with a rock feel in the sound and the record is very, very personal.
Adam explains that Trespassing means the trespass the media sometimes does on him and also the trespassing he is doing to us with his music when he reaches into our souls.
I was often impressed by Adam’s confidence and wisdom and I told him that. He laughed and thanked me, and said that it wasn’t always like that with him, that he also has his bad days but that he was working on it.
Adam preferred not to go outside the hotel because he thought it was way too cold (who can blame him?) and that the other guys of the band, also Tommy, were upstairs in their rooms in bed as they were not feeling well. It turned out later that even though the guys were feeling ill, they gave their all in the acoustic gig at Mix Megapol where they played Fever, Outlaws of Love, Better Than I Know Myself, Whattaya Want From Me & Trespassing. Outlaws of Love made my lower lip tremble.
This is what it looked like when Adam Lambert performed in Mix Unplugged. (video)
This is what you can look like when you are sitting in the QX Gay Gala and find out that Adam will not be performing. (pic)
Adam was supposed to perform in the QX Gay Gala on Monday but by that time the stomach flu and fever had reached even him and the performance was cancelled. Unfortunately also I and Sara were infected by Adam, so now we are also bedridden. Thank you, Adam!
I hope Adam feels better and that they managed to do all the press things before they whisked him back home to LA. Adam was genuine and lovely and I’m extremely grateful and happy that I had the honor to meet him.
Xx
* AL Nov. 5th, 2011
