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Adam Lambert : "The Act of Declaration of their sexuality public, it is an act of Defiance . "

It was four years ago, Adam released Lambert's last Album - But it was not the Tour with Queen , the brakes on His solo career.

"I was fried and disillusioned," says the pop star.

He was "second-guessing" His music, and feeling "detached in my personal life," he crouched down and turned the hard questions: "am I doing this for money? I'm doing this for attention? I'm doing this because I love music?

A few things become clear: the production and playing music were always passions to His suffering, But The Business side of the industry makes me sad "was".

"was I that my happiness depends on my commercial success," he explains. "It was unhealthy. I had to rethink. "

The result is His new EP, Including: - Side A - a liberated, funky take on ' 70s rock, provides the Missing Link between The Queen and the electro-pop of His solo albums.

critics have all be called "," and it will be followed next year by the Velvet: page B with the previously released songs, Feel the Something and New eyes.

Dressed in a long, sheer poncho and hung with jewelry (including a huge silver ring in The Shape of a sphinx), Lambert sat down with the BBC for a broad-based conversation about sexuality, new music, The Future of The Queen , and why he is an advocate of the reform of the electoral law.

Here are the highlights.

Coming Out is an act of Defiance ' star has been publicly outed, while in the competition on American Idol , Lambert had also been to His Family and friends, when he participated in The Eighth season of American Idol in 2009, But when pictures of him kissing His ex-boyfriend during The Show 's run, it made headlines In America .

Fox News ran a segment on The Singer , calling The Photos "embarrassing", while Entertainment Weekly Lambert on the cover with the disingenuous strap line: "The Most exciting American Idol contestant in years (And Not Just Because He Might Be Gay). "

"It was stressful and it was confusing," says The Star . "I was like, 'What should I do?'"

"In retrospect, I realize it is the power of Coming Out . The Act of Declaration of their sexuality publicly, as soon as you are a public figure, is an act of Defiance , in a way, and it is also a form of activism. "

And he is glad that queer artists are becoming more and more visible, with the likes of Christine + The Queens , Olly Alexander , and, especially, Sam Smith , showing that sexuality will no longer be used, The Barrier to success.

"Sam is a really interesting example, because they have been able to fully mainstream," he says. "I mean, moms and dads buy Sam's Album . This is a great movement, a big step. "

Taylor Swift 's LGBT activism is "admirable,"Lambert has a cameo appearance in Taylor Swift To Calm down in the colourful video for the one you Need, dressed in biker gear and Ellen give DeGeneres a tattoo in the back of the caravan (as you do).

Swift is intended. the video was Packed with queer-and trans-celebrities, as a message of solidarity with their LGBT Fans -was criticized But later, to sell records

"I can see both sides of the controversy," says Lambert. "People are like, 'Oh, you had to use the community for their own purposes'. But The Thing that excuses that is that they called the people to action. You got a ton of signatures on a petition calling for the equality Act," which is a prohibition of discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation and identity.

"This is real action, so it is not only for personal gain. Put your money where your mouth is, and I thought that was really admirable. "

He is not recording new music, Queen -Lambert during audition for American Idol with Bohemian Rhapsody , and played with The Queen , who, since 2011, as the "Queen of The train's full journey," laughs The Star . "I think that the Film [Bohemian Rhapsody ], the things over The Edge .

"I mean, we were good, don't get me wrong, But now it is in the stratosphere. And we see how much the younger people in The Audience . There were always some Young People , But now there are all age groups. New Fans . "

The Band have just announced tour dates for the year 2020, marking Lambert's ninth year as a front man. But he says they've never tried to make a new Queen Album .

"It makes no sense to me," he says. "It's not easy to click.

"I don't know how to describe otherwise, But there is never a right reason to do it. "

Adam's gone indie, The 37-year-old now has His own Record company, Is that Lambert, The Smiths , or nothing was sudden; But His EP was inspired by artists such as Billie Eilish and Lana Del Rey, the journey into the outer fringes of the pop mainstream.

"I have not listened to The Top 40 and go, 'I know how much of This Music ", and I was not gravitating in the direction of the indie stuff was cookie-cutter pop.

"It was more adventurous and Moody, and I wanted to Do Something in this sense: a Little more indie and a little less trend-based. "

Keep it truly independent, Lambert, His former home, left the Warner Bros release of Velvet on the smaller indie label Empire.

"At a major label, it's always a compromise," he says. "There are certain ulterior motives, and most of them are money. I wanted to put in a situation where I was in The Driver 's seat and say, 'This is what I want to. '"

sensing that Something was written, at His lowest ebb,"I don't need to feel love / I just want to feel Something ," sings Lambert, to Feel Something , a very vulnerable and emotional ballad, was The First single from Velvet. It was quite a departure for The Singer , But he says it's important.

"I didn't want to put my big crazy pop single, as The First ," he says. "I wanted to tell a story about what I've been through and Feel Something , a kind of total, all: This is where I was when I put them on the floor, and kind of bummed out. "

His vocal performance on The Song is atypical of Raw - Something he would not have tried, at the start of His career.

"Ten Years ago, I would attack things with much more energy, theatricality attitude," he says. "There is so little to it all and pull back. "

New eyes is all about falling in love Lambert dating Javi Costa Polo began last year, and brought him to The Oscars - where The Queen opened The Show , Lambert met His new friend, Javi Costa Polo, on Instagram, and he helped to discover Lambert "all the things I wanted to Feel in Something ".

The Song is all about him, says The Star .

"The new pair of eyes came into My Life , are very hopeful and very positive," he smiles.

"There is an innocence that pulls I'm not really in the spell. The freshness, The Hunger for new experiences: I love that. "

He made Cher cry, Cher was honored for its six decades of music career, Lambert is reduced to tears, last December, when he led one of their biggest hit, Believe, in the Kennedy Center Honors.

It was one of those "wild", he says, But it's almost never happened.

"you were expected to lead me to Believe the same way as the Album - But I was like, 'no, the Kennedy Center is demanding and is not refined, why do we do this as a ballad?'

"at first they were not sure, But I said, 'Would you Trust Me to?", and I'm really glad I pushed it - because I think that's what made it such a moment. "

Queen is not On Tour with Abba , Queen , and Abba : The ultimate 70s-power-pop double bill? When Lambert performed, Cher, the promotion of "Dancing Queen ", her Album with Abba covers was in The Middle . But if we propose a Abba / Queen double bill, The Singer is skeptical.

"Queen and Abba ? They belong on the same bill? Do you do that?" he asks in disbelief.

Here is a counter-argument: Queen and Abba is-sharing-the Glastonbury legend slot would be great. "you're right," he admits. "On Tour , that would be a good fit. But at a festival? That would be a great night. "

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He is not a supporter of electoral reform,"I am a protest-songwriter in any way," says The Star , But His latest single, Superpower, "don't you touch frustrated in the spirit of the people," and be suppressed.

Lambert wrote the smooth, funky pop track, the three years ago ", But it still feels current," he says, because "the political situation In America is terrible".

he believes, However, that Donald Trump 's presidency is a "tipping point", that is, the voltage of a "progressive" youth movement.

"people go," Is he is re-elected?' and I feel like the chances are so slim, because he barely got through the First Time - and this is before we realized how bad he was. "

"But there are problems," he adds. "It is a corrupt system. Agree to the fact that they make it so hard for people of color, and so many other minority groups. It is screwed up. "

The Solution , he suggests, is for the overhaul of America's electoral system.

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Source of news: bbc.com