Adam Lambert’s highly anticipated fifth studio album, High Drama, has been released today-Friday (Feb. 24).
The album features cover songs like Bonnie Tyler’s “Holding Out for a Hero,” Sia’s “Chandelier,” Billie Eilish’s “Getting Older.” Duran Duran’s “Ordinary World” and others.
“Even when I was doing American Idol, thinking of ways to bring a fresh slant on really well-known songs was always paramount in my mind. So when the idea came up for me to do a covers album, I thought, Well, why not?” Lambert told Dig! regarding the inspiration for the album.
He continued, “The brief was to take a bunch of really great songs from all genres and completely remold them. For me, it’s been really challenging to twist these songs into completely different arrangements and make them sound brand new. It’s exciting, and if our new takes of these wonderful songs can surprise the artists who recorded the originals, then the record’s definitely succeeded.”
High Drama is now available for download and streaming services.