"American Idol" season-eight runner-up Adam Lambert [ tickets ] has inked a deal with 19 Entertainment and is expected to release his debut album this fall on the RCA Records label.
However, the news of the expected record deal was overshadowed by the equally non-surprising revelation this week that the performer is gay. Lambert confirmed to Rolling Stone magazine in an upcoming cover story that the public speculation about his sexuality was on the mark. "I don't think it should be a surprise for anyone to hear that I'm gay," he said. "I'm proud of my sexuality. I embrace it."
Lambert's move out of the closet was met with high praise by many in the gay and lesbian community. However, the singer said he doesn't want to be the newest poster-child for gay performers. "I'm trying to be a singer, not a civil rights leader," he told the magazine. "I'm an entertainer, and who I am and what I do in my personal life is a separate thing. It shouldn't matter. Except it does."
In addition to the "big news," the Rolling Stone-proclaimed "Wild Idol" spoke with the publication about his musical direction. "I want to do something that has theatricality, a nod to the glam rockers that I love, but is also contemporary," he said in preview of the article posted at the magazine website.
"It's not all going to be happy-go-lucky because I think it's important to explore other emotional parts of yourself as an artist. ... I just want to play dress up and be fabulous. ... That's what being a 'rock star' is. ... That's the kind of music that I want to make--music that encourages people to play make-believe, escape and have fun."
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