Adam Lambert, the most recent American Idol runner-up, posted a tweet message on his official Twitter profile alerting his followers of the release of the official cover artwork for his debut album titled For Your Entertainment. Here is a tease of what the cover looks like along with Glambert‘s tweet announcement:
Album cover revealed on adamofficial.com. Glam is back!!!
Prepare yourself for what’s to come … I’m not sure that even staunch Glambert fans are properly prepared to see this new cover artwork. Think Jem and the Holograms meets Liberace. After the jump, if you dare, see the full size album artwork for Adam Lambert‘s For Your Entertainment …
I’m … speechless. That he actually approved this coverphoto is … stunning. I was unaware that a single human being could wear that much make-up … you know, seriously. I don’t … really … know what to say. Considering some of the photoshoots that Lambert has done in the past, I suppose this shouldn’t be all that surprising … and yet … it is. I, quite simply, have no words. What do y’all think? Do you find this album artwork truly, truly, truly outrageous?
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I never watched this season of AI, the only reason I know who Adam is is because my friend is obsessed with him and keeps spamming me with pictures of him. I always wondered why he wears so much friggin makeup all the time, then she showed me a picture of him without makeup. The guy is a natural red head and has more freckles than Ron Weasley. Have you ever seen his arms?
I LOVE Adam, but no, just no.
The cover is terrible. But I always upload my albums straight to my iPod anyway, so it’s not really that big of a deal.
Madonna keeps reinventing herself for a reason…this is a world of no from the Madonna 80′s collection! What the hell was he thinking? It was a bad idea on people 20 years ago and it’s a bad idea now!
it’s official – the 80s are back with a vengeance.
@azureesque — The 80′s trend has been in full force for the past 3 years, Adam’s a bit tardy for the party on this trend.
He kills me. He’s killed me ever since his first audition. I’m a friendly person you know, I really am..and generally people don’t get on my nerves…but guys, I can’t STAND Adam Lambert. Whyyyyyyyyy I don’t know. But he drives me insane with his SCREECHING.
If the music is glam then the cover is brilliant and fun, if it is random pop trash then the cover makes no sense.
I think I love it! He can be our generation’s DAvid Bowie, Queen, Boy George….
He makes a prettier woman than I do!
It’s a risky cover, for sure. Whether it hurts him or helps remains to be seen.
From Adam’s twitter:
“Thank you to those who appreciate and understand that the album cover is deliberately campy. It’s a homage to the past. It IS ridiculous.”
“For those that don’t get it: oh well… Glad to have gotten your attention.”
Personally, this is pretty much exactly what I expected from Adam. He’s always been ridiculous and over the top. People are forgetting what he was like BEFORE he went on American Idol. His outfits were even more ridiculous and outlandish. He toned it down a LOT for Idol, and now he’s going back to that side of his personality, and I’m all for it.
SO Jem & The Holograms! It’s actually growing on me. It’s so ridiculous, it’s kind of amazing. It’s way more Jem/Olivia Newton-John than David Bowie though. David B’s stuff always had an avant-garde, rock edge. This is pure cheesiness. But I think I might like it? I guess it will depend on the music. I was never his biggest fan because it was all too musical-theatre for my taste. But props to him for being true to himself!
I definitely think “Jem and the Holograms meets Liberace” is perfect for what I’m seeing. :-D
I can understand classics like David bowie wearing a ton of makeup, it was with a whole package and had a personality you could tell right away. Adam intended this to be ridiculous , but someone, idk the album artist maybe , didn’t quite kick it in the right direction. Just doesn’t feel as natural as bowie did. He doesn’t have to be bowie but I’m saying it wasn’t done quite right imo.
Snowball, I don’t know if necessarily takes courage to bash someone anonymously online, but you are more than entitled to your opinion. I wasn’t talking about the people who dislike it, rather I was commenting on the people that try to make assumptions about why he wears what he does (trying to shock, be david bowie, etc.). IMO, Adam is just doing what he wants to do. Take it or leave it. I don’t think he is trying to get everyone to be his fan, rather I think he is playing to the people that like what he likes.
It’s gorgeous and very, very Adam. He’s constantly pushing boundaries, why would his album cover be any different.
Well he makes a very lovely lady if I do say so.
My first reaction was something like this “D:?!”
The thing for me is that he isn’t original; not at all. Sure, he has what some consider a strong voice, a talent for hitting some extreme notes, is definitely talented, whether all like him or not, but he isn’t original. He’s a truckload full of gaffle. He doesn’t feel like he pays homage to his history of “glam” and androgynous, but more like he takes what he perceives is the essence of those times and tries to make it his own. He just doesn’t feel authentic in his performing preference skin…he seems like he would swing with whatever would make him famous and happy, which is cool if that’s all you strive for. He hasn’t shown any originality, and all the talk of vaunted changing the landscape…can’t do that if all you’re doing is replanting what others bred.
Cover? No likey. Not because it could be called femme, but because it looks like Rainbow Brite threw up on Debbie Gibson and it was all captured by Lisa Frank.
it looks like this:
One day not so long ago, david bowie’s Ziggy Stardust and Jem drank too much smoked a little something magical and made some bad decisions. Nine months later this little glamazon was born covered in glitter and the rest is history.
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@Jay: Lisa Frank!! OMG! Totally! So funny. I almost wish there were a unicorn or falling star in the background or something. Again, I think I like it because it is so very cheesy ridiculous. .
So my eyes popped and stayed that way for like 10 seconds. Haha.
-meream