Yes, Adam Lambert Said He Disliked Susan Boyle's Album
We love Adam Lambert and we admire the enthusiasm and loyalty of his fans.
But we got into a bit of a stand-off with them last month when THG ran a story that said Lambert "ripped" Susan Boyle, referring to her her album as "terrible" and her rendition of "Wild Horses" as laughable.
Supporters of this singer jumped down our throat for misquoting the superstar, claiming we were going after Google hits (via our harsh word choice) instead of the truth. This critique prompted us to pen an editorial in which we told Adam fans to "chill out."
Since then, we've made up... right, Lambert lovers? But we still feel the need to defend our professional integrity and state: Adam really doesn't like Boyle's work. In a new interview with The Herald Sun, he was asked about his comment and said:
"It came across a bit harsher than how it actually went down. But I'm not a fan of the record, it wasn't a lie."
Let's all move on now. Adam has. He talked about the perception of American Idol in the same interview:
"[People think] you come off the show and all of a sudden you are put in this machine and puppeted into this product. That's not my experience at all.
"I'm a pretty outspoken, upfront, forward type of person, and I have opinions about what I want to be as an artist. I told them I want to be glam, be pop, be rock, I want to be everything, blend it all together and have a great time doing it. Be theatrical and be out there."
That's certainly who Lambert is - and we adore him for remaining true to himself.
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May 22nd, 2010 4:30 PM
of course lambert does not like SUSAN BOYLE'S album. he is jealous. he looks like something from a horror flick and sounds like a cat in heat with its sore tail caught in the door. since he has no talent he uses sex and harsh words.
who cares what he likes or does not like.
SINGSUSANSING!
FAN OF THE BEST-SUSAN BOYLE
March 12th, 2010 8:36 PM
Adam will be on 'Nightline' tonight(Friday)on 'ABC' at 11:35 p.m.. 'Nightline' wants Adam's opinion about what his playlist would look like. Even 'ABC'values Adam's opinion about music(how ironic!).
March 12th, 2010 8:20 PM
I, for one, love it that Adam is not politically correct in his interviews. He is who he is and he's not afraid to own it. Bravo.
March 12th, 2010 7:43 PM
Sassy makes a good point. Why do Adam's fans waste so much time trying so hard to sell his music and his charity work, when everytime Adam gets before a journalist he blows it by wasting his breath on shock-jock verbal diarrhea about stuff like that people should do LSD to find themselves. I agree that that's all on him, his fans can't do that for him.
March 12th, 2010 7:21 PM
Sassy - I didn't say he had sold a million records yet. I said millions love his music, which, yes, may have been a bit of an overstatement. I was basing it on the fact that reportedly 100 million votes were cast in the Amer. Idol final and the result was said to be "close". Even if each person cast as many as 20 votes, on average, that's still over 2 million people who liked Adam well enough to pick up the phone and vote for him.
March 12th, 2010 7:14 PM
I have no idea how your last sentence relates to the one before it. What does creativity have to do with being misquoted ?
If you are trying to talk me out of thinking he is creative, it's not working. Adam co-wrote 7 of the songs on his album (including bonus tracks): Strut, Broken Open, Pick U Up, Aftermath, Down the Rabbit Hole, Voodoo, Master Plan (and possibly another one I haven't heard yet, an internat. bonus track). I find them to be varied, original, appealing, and unlike anything else currently available. He has a strong, charismatic personality which is all his own and a magnetic performance style that is riveting and exciting. If you don't like his music, that's OK, listen to somebody you do like. I think he's pretty terrific. I can't really see the point of your trying to argue people who like him out of liking him.
By the way, have you listened to his amazing recent take on Whole Lotta Love at Fantasy Springs ? It's definitely worth a listen. Improvised and
March 12th, 2010 7:01 PM
jenil - you didn't disagree with me saying that when you said millions loved Adam's music and Adam that that could be measured by his album sales. You admit that he hasn't sold a million of anything yet.
Maybe he will. Didn't Adam's album debut at #3 on Billboard in the US with sales of 200,000, where there's a population of over 300,000,000? Japan's got less than half that population, Australia's got les than one one hundredth that population. It's very possible he'll get to a million overall of something eventually. But he's not there yet, like you claimed. I was just pointing that out.
Whether or not what Adam chooses to talk about to who is up to him. I still think it's hurting him because it makes him much more of a personality rather than a musician, and a controversial one at that. But whether or not it matters I guess is like you said before a matter of choice :)
March 12th, 2010 4:06 PM
Sassy - His album is just now being released in Australia, Japan, China, Singapore, and Europe (well, not yet in Europe, but soon). He's currently on an international promo tour and is being very well received everywhere he's been. His album is #1 in several countries. Let's wait and see how his sales do before judging how many like his music.
March 12th, 2010 4:03 PM
James - Adam has been extraordinarily supportive of other artists, both his competitors on Idol (both before & after the show) and other, non-Idol musicians. I can't think of another artist besides Susan Boyle whose work he's said he isn't a fan of. I can think of dozens of artists whose work he has praised and supported.
March 12th, 2010 4:00 PM
jenil - well technically I'm not sure that's true that "Millions of people love Adam's music and love Adam as a person" because none of his music has sold over a million copies, has it?
But no, there's nothing wrong with not selling millions of singles or albums.