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Adam Lambert gets ready for his WeHo Pride 2024 show where he talks us through how he does his makeup, his new EP ‘Afters,” his new singles “LUBE’ & “WET DREAM,” how he’s evolved as an artist and more!

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00:00Hey Billboard! I am getting ready for WeHo Pride. I'm going to paint my face.

00:04I'd love for you to come in and witness the magic.

00:16My general process for glam is sort of wing it, literally.

00:20There's like the obvious things like, you know, eyebrows and some skin,

00:24but as far as like a performance like this that's really fun and fashion,

00:28I kind of just play until I like what I've created.

00:35How many products do I use? Way too many.

00:37I always joke that my bathroom is kind of like a CVS. It's literally a pharmacy.

00:41I have so many products. I'm kind of a junkie for products.

00:44I love lotions and potions.

00:47This is some shadow for eyebrows by Anastasia Beverly Hills.

00:51It's just sort of eyebrow powder.

00:53I'm so excited to be performing for WeHo Pride. It's actually my first time doing it.

00:57I've performed at Pride in New York. I've performed at Pride in Miami,

01:01but never here at home in West Hollywood where I've lived for over 20 years.

01:06So this is a first.

01:08I am so excited that I get to premiere some brand new songs,

01:12two of which came out today, which is really exciting.

01:15Move and Wet Dream.

01:17And I hope everyone's listened to it so they sing along.

01:21I know I have a lot of friends in the audience and I've sent all of them the track,

01:24so I know they'll be jamming out.

01:26I'm using this product made by Mitchell, it's called.

01:29They're called Color Cases, and it's like a paint that dries to a powder finish.

01:33It's really great for doing stuff, especially for stage when you know you're going to be a bit sweaty.

01:40It's definitely heavy, but it's really well-made.

01:44I've been playing with makeup since I was a kid.

01:46I was definitely the kind of kid that at one point in time,

01:48I think maybe adolescence during middle school,

01:52on the weekends I was in a theater group.

01:54So that's where I kind of fit in.

01:56That's where my friends were.

01:57That's where I was good at something that they all respected me for.

02:00We all respected each other because we were good at it.

02:02But in public school, where I went during the week,

02:05I was definitely a bit of a loner.

02:07I did not have a lot of friends at that age.

02:09I think I was definitely the weird kid.

02:11So a lot of times I would go home after school and I would just play dressing up.

02:19This new chapter, Afters, that's the name of the EP,

02:22is kind of just me trying to take back some ownership of my freedom as a creative artist.

02:30Early on, it was kind of like very apparent that I had to sort of,

02:34if I wanted to play the game and I wanted to stay in it and find some success,

02:38I had to sort of play a game a bit.

02:43Things have changed so much.

02:44I mean, in 2010, I released my first single.

02:47It was like a sexy pop song.

02:49Really fun.

02:50In my rock and roll spirit, I just kind of freestyled some movement,

02:55which included, you know, kissing another guy on stage.

02:59And the network we were on was definitely caught off guard by that.

03:05And there were a lot of people that called in and complained.

03:08I got actually banned from that network for a year.

03:11Because they were responding to the public and doing their job as a TV network.

03:18You know, of course, I think if something like that happened now,

03:20I think that there would be support.

03:22In fact, I've seen support for the type of performance I did with someone like Lil Nas X.

03:29I'm such a fan of his.

03:30I think he's great.

03:31Such a rock star.

03:32For me personally, as an artist,

03:34I think I was playing the game for quite a while.

03:38I think I was playing the game for quite a long time.

03:42And almost had a little PTSD from 2010 of that, you know,

03:49getting sort of slapped on the wrist and being told,

03:51Oh, that's too far.

03:52You're pushing it too far.

03:53You got to reel it in.

03:55And, you know, for me, getting to be a queer person in the public eye,

04:01in a mainstream music platform,

04:03finding success in that format to me is like,

04:10it changes things, you know?

04:12So I think that was kind of one of the main things that drove me so hard

04:16to make sure I stayed in the game

04:18and was willing to compromise a little bit so that I could stay in it.

04:21And you know what?

04:22I am still here.

04:23It has been 15 years and I'm still making music and I'm still here.

04:27And there's an amazing slew of gay and lesbian and transgender and bisexual

04:34and every gender representation in the music industry now.

04:37And it is so cool to see that it's broadened

04:40and it's like an open playing field now.

04:46This is called Faceless.

04:47This product, this woman in the UK makes them.

04:50It's just kind of the extra something.

04:58All right, guys, I think that's it.

05:01The next time you see me, I'll be all dressed.

05:03So I'll meet you at the dressing room.

05:07Well, you made it.

05:08Come on in.

05:11And the finishing touch are these big Rick Owens gloves.

05:17I'm ready.

05:18Oh, and the shades.

05:24Yeah.

05:25Now I'm ready.

05:27Yo.

05:33Lube it up, honey.

05:34Lube it up, honey.

06:04What do you want from me?

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