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Adam Lambert has announced the first single 'Ghost Town' from his new solo album The Original High. Listen to a snippet below.
Fresh from his stunning UK tour with Queen, Lambert has teamed up with producers Max Martin and Shellback for his third solo album.
Speaking to Digital Spy recently he hinted that his new LP is "definitely pop" and also mentionned that "there's some house on there" as well as "some R&B flavours". The first snippet that he's released on Instagram this morning (23 March) would certainly suggest it: a chunky house groove with a whistled melody that somehow feels more Kaytranada than Flo Rida.
Listen to Adam Lambert's 'Ghost Town' below
Lambert also shared on Instagram some of the lyrics for the record. "Everyday you give away a piece of yourself / until nothing is left and that's how you become a ghost." It would appear this fits in with Lambert's desire for this to be a deeply personal record that is open to interpreation. As he explained in a recent interview: "I want it to be less about me, even though it's personal, and more about the listener. So whatever it means to you."
Lambert has has an extremely busy 2015, fronting Queen on a world tour that spanned 11 countries over 26 dates. Lambert told Billboard recently that he believes his recent experience fronting Queen has helped shape the album. "I wanted something more internal and more grounded. A little less with the theatrical and the camp and the presentation. I wanted to bring it in a bit more. Being on the road with a British rock band, and being in London a lot this year, rehearsing with them and doing TV gigs, I think that has affected my sound and where we are headed with it. [Europe] is very ahead of the curve, or right on, and I was definitely influenced by that. Vocally, it's very intimate compared to what I've done in the past. There is a little bit of a daring, deeper internal conflict and poetry about it."
Queen and Lambert recently concluded their 26 date European tour. They have performed to over 300,000 people.
Read our review of the London show here - described by our writer as 'One of the best concerts this writer has ever experienced at the O2'.
