“I’m having so much fun,” Adam Lambert says of his new EP, Afters, a collection of carnal, hedonistic dance anthems in which he encourages the listener to “own” their urges and fantasies. Although Adam is widely hailed as one of the most trailblazing LGBTQIA+ artists of the 21st century (he memorably became the first out singer to debut atop the Billboard 200 and became the far-right’s nemesis after blessing the AMAs with their gayest performance ever), this EP is somehow the singer-songwriter at his most - as he says in ‘Lube’ - “homo”. More lyrics incoming to support that statement: “Slip in the room, slip right into you / Gonna make you nut”. [Insert Megan Stalter saying, “We love gay! And it’s awesome!” here.]
“In the past, I might have been caught up in playing a game or trying to win in a certain way that caused me to go in different directions,” Adam tells “With this project I sat down and thought, ‘I want to do this for me. I want to make music that I would listen to at the afterparty.’ […] Lyrically, this EP is definitely not subtle, but I’ve never been known for being subtle. I’m a pretty honest person. But it’s like, fuck it. Why not? Now’s the time.”
