Adam Lambert turns 28 today and we’re celebrating his birthday by bringing you his newest video from the hit single, Whataya Want From Me (WWFM). The video was released on January 15th, 2010 and marks it’s debut along with gaining radio play across the country. WWFM continues its success on VH1’s Top 20 video chart while it fluctuates on iTunes. In the coming months RCA and 19 Entertainment will begin marketing Lambert internationally and has already introduced him to Brazil while other countries are waiting in the wings of the Glam Glider to swoop down and cover them in a glitz-style as only Adam can do. Get ready world, it’s gonna be Maybeline vacation and Adam Lambert wants to see you strut your stuff while he performs For Your Entertainment.
Whataya Want From Me is receiving some major accolades from many critics including MTV’s own Jim Cantiello. The video is multidimensional in that it peels away the persona that is Adam Lambert. It also begs to answer by way of questioning what happened when Lambert shocked the nation with his controversial AMA performance back in November, ‘09. ABC pulled rank and canceled several performances after Lambert got a little racy on stage in his performance of his album’s title track, For Your Entertainment. The rehearsed performance included a few “extra” simulated sex encounters in spontaneous fashion and a male/male kiss which prompted some viewers to call in and complain to the tune of approximately 1500 according to ABC. The network immediately pulled Adam from performing on an upcoming early show and from the very popular Dick Clark’s New Years Eve extravaganza. Other networks like FOX and CBS took advantage of the controversy and dove in like vultures to feed themselves with the self-inflicted ABC wounds. As a result Lambert booked more performances and interviews than he could handle and did all of them without ever apologizing for any wrongdoing – Go Adam!
Hopefully the new year, Adam’s birthday and this awesome video will bring some closure to the ridiculous double standard that ABC slapped Adam Lambert with. By contrast, it took 150,000 complaints to warrant action against Janet Jackson for her “wardrobe malfunction “where she exposed a pasty covered nipple during a live Super Bowl performance. Madonna, Britney, and Christina all smooched on the MTV Music Awards show and while it was shocking it was embraced as just that – shocking for the time but it wasn’t even a real nipple. At the same AMA show as Adam’s performance, Janet Jackson shoved a dude’s face in her crotch and there were other performers with provocative moves, yet none of those were reprimanded and they were all female. Double standard – Absolutely.
Rockin' the new Glam!
Today Adam Lambert receives a Birthday Card from fans. If you haven’t yet signed the card it’s still not too late and you can do so here.
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