ANDY: Interview mit Adam in Wien

Get your glitter out and get glamed up because Adam Lambert is in town!

Erfahrt alles über den Shootingstar des Jahres, der bereits mit Queen “We are the Champions” sang. Für ANDY gab Adam Lambert eines seiner wenigen Österreich Interviews.

Gestern beehrte der durch American Idol bekannt gewordene Sänger Adam Lambert mit Band und Tänzern das WUK. Im Rahmen seiner „Glamnation“-Tour verwandelte er das Veranstaltungszentrum in einen - sagen wir - von Glam Rock inspirierten Performance-Ort. Musikalisch zwischen theatralischen Musical Sounds und Pop Musik angesiedelt, lieferte der King of Glam ein gelungenes Konzert ab, das so schnell nicht in Vergessenheit geraten wird.
Bei uns ist Adam Lambert noch eher ein Geheimtipp, jedoch wird der Newcomer in Asien oder Amerika längst als Superstar gefeiert.


Adam Lamberts Werdegang in Kürze

Alles begann in Indianapolis, wo Adam Lambert am 29. Jänner 1982 geboren wurde. Kurz nach der Geburt seines jüngeren Bruders zog es die Famile nach Kalifornien wo Adams Vater als DJ arbeitete. Früh erkannten seine Eltern, dass Adam ein Energiebündel war, also fing er in einer Kindertheatergruppe an.


Nach der High School zog Adam Lambert nach Los Angeles um in diversen Musicals mitzuwirken. Seine Kollegen motivierten ihn dazu sich bei American Idol zu versuchen. Von dem Gedanken eingeschüchtert, er passe nicht in das Format der Show, ging Adam dennoch zum Casting, da die Hoffnung auf das große Karrieresprungbrett überwog. Die Rechnung ging auf und obwohl er die Show als Zweitplatzierter verlies, ist er heute weitaus erfolgreicher als der Gewinner der Staffel. Den Beweis dafür liefert Adam mit seinem Debütalbum „For Your Entertainment“.

Zu seinem Debütalbum “For Your Entertainment” hatte Adam Lambert auch ganz klare Vorstellungen: „Ich wollte, dass es Dance wird. Ich wollte, dass es Pop wird. Ich wollte, dass es international wird. Ich wollte wirklich eine neue Art von Glam-Pop schaffen. Ich wollte kein zusammenhängendes Album machen, da das nicht meiner Persönlichkeit entspricht. Ich wollte, dass es vor allem etwas enthält, genau wie die Musik, die ich selbst höre. Ich wollte, dass für jede Stimmung, in der man sich das Album anhört, etwas dabei ist.“

Das Interview

Kurz vor Beginn des Konzerts traf ANDY Adam Lambert Backstage zum Interview.

ANDY: In your interviews you always seem humble and down to earth. Where does your confidence come from? Have you always been so confident?

Adam: No, I haven’t. I mean I think when I was younger I was really kinda unconfortabel in my own skin. I was unconfortable with myself. I did lots of travelling over the past ten years and doing theatre, different shows here and there, rockshows, I was in a band. I think just my experiences have just kind of made me feel more that I knew who I was and what I was about. And I started meeting more and more people that I really clicked with and I just outcome my awkward face, you know? I’m 28 so, you know I get towards 30 I kinda like okay, I get it know, you know what I mean?


ANDY: At what age did it start, that you feel more comfortable in you own skin?

Adam: I think porbably around 23. I acutally was in Germany for six months. I spent six months there doing a musical called Hair. And that kinda was about the hippies, it was just like ‘we’re crazy, we’re partying a lot’ there was nudiy on stage, so it was really liberating and I think after that I just kinda, I don’t know, I just clicked.

ANDY: Has anyone who never liked you ‘come crawling back’ to you after becoming famous?


Adam: Yeah, a little bit. There’s been a couple of friends at home in LA, someone I would hit on and like wasn’t interested and that’s all of a sudden like ‘oh hey!’. Yeah, it happens and it’s acutally really fun to be on the other end of that. I’m nice about it, but I’ve had the opportunity a couple of times saying ‘hey you know what, you didn’t want me to be your friend before, so why are we even talking?’ Feels good to say it, you know? (laughs)

ANDY: If somebody asks you out and you kinda like the person, but your’re not really into him, what would be you exit strategy?

Adam: My exit strategy! (laughs). I would porbably just try to be really honest and say you’re really sweet, but you’re not my type, something like that. I’d be nice about it and try to not make the person feel bad, ‘cause I’ve been in that position before. I hate getting shut down. So I would try to just be sympathetic to that. I’d be really nice, really gentle. (laughs)

ANDY: You’re touring around the world right now and see a lot of different places. What do you normally do after a concert? Do you like to go out or do some sightseeing?


Adam: Well if we’re in a city where we can stay, let me put it this way: Amsterdam, Kologne, Paris where three very crazy nights. We try to make the most of the city we’re in after each night.

ANDY: Do you like going out?


Adam: Yeah, yeah of course I like to out.

ANDY: Do you have the energy after a conert to go out?

Adam: Well you know I slept all day yesterday which was helpful. I went though Amsterdam for a little while and slept on the bus on the way here. I think tonight will be a resting night, I don’t know. I haven’t decided yet, but you have to focus on how much energy you have. Because that’s the most important thing.

ANDY: What about a studio album? Did you already get inspiration on your tour?


Adam: I mean, yeah. I have a lot of ideas, I haven’t actually started writing any music yet, but I’ve written like concepts down and lyrics, things like that. I might start working at probably in february.

ANDY: What are your rolemodels when it comes to fashion?

Adam: I think that Russel Brand looks great and I would totally borrow his clothes. I like a lot of the avant-garde runway stuff, you know, I love Galliano and Gareth Pugh. I just went to Rick Owens to buy a pair of boots in Paris that I was really excited about (laugh). I like stuff that is just a little bit androgynous and a little bit just special. I don’t like to do anything that’s normal, it has to have a little extra special.

ANDY: Katy Perry became famous after singing ‘I kissed a girl and I liked it!’ Do you think that this is a positive message that is being portrayed to the masses?

Adam: I think it’s hilarious! I think the thing that’s so funny is, it’s really easy for people to take things too seriously that are not inteded to be taken seriously. That song is tounge in cheek, it’s camp! It’s hilarious, it’s adorable! And I think it’s a problem, when people think that what you’re doing is supposed to be taken so seriously. That’s the one thing in pop music that gets missed is the humor. I think sometimes the audiences miss the humor. It’s a comment on society as women are always making out with each other, you know. It’s a joke! (laughs)

ANDY: What are you personal favourite artefacts that you always carry with you when you’re on tour?

Adam: Well the iPhone is like my lifeline, you know, ‘cause I can text, call, check twitter, I can do my facebook, my music is on there. I mean that’s like a one-stop-shot, that’s a must have, yeah for sure! And a good pair of sunglasses! (laughs)

Quelle: Andy.artmagazine.cc

- Nadine