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Adam Lambert On New Music, Dating And Keeping Busy While Social Distancing

Adam Lambert's new album is called "Velvet." (Joseph Sinclair)
Adam Lambert's new album is called "Velvet." (Joseph Sinclair)

Like the rest of the country, Adam Lambert is stuck at home.

With social distancing measures in place, the singer has resorted to putting on wigs and posting photos of his new “look” on social media to fill the hours. In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, he also had an album scheduled to come out.

We spoke a week before “Velvet” was released on March 20, and like I always do, I began our interview thanking him for his time.

“I have nothing but time here at home,” he said.

That’s certainly what many people are feeling right now. As for Lambert, his upcoming concerts have been canceled due to COVID-19, while the rest of his touring calendar remains up in the air. His main priority is that everyone stay safe and healthy, he said.

During this time of self-isolation, we caught up on the phone about his new album, dating and what’s next.

Do you feel like you’re at a point in your career where you’re more or less creative than you’ve been in the past?

Over the last 10 years, it’s easy to get caught up in the business side of things of music, and the commercial side of music and the competitive side of music. That’s just the business. It’s easy to get caught up in that mindset ― although it’s not necessarily a good idea to completely ignore it. But for me with this project, I finally was able to compartmentalize the creative side and not let it get tainted by this business. This is my fourth album, and it took me a little while to figure out how to do that and dig my feet in and be like this is what I want to make and this is what I’m making.

Can you talk about the song “Roses” and teaming up with producer Nile Rodgers on that?

Nile and I worked together before, so it was really exciting to do this again. He played guitar on a song called “Shady” that I did on my second album. And that’s where we met. And then, over the years, I’ve sung with him and [his band] Chic a couple times, and him and I and Avicii...

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