【2011.11.07out杂志专访中文翻译及原文】

AH:但你如此坦诚对待自己的身份时，你有没有害怕过在成功和市场里会有一个权衡的问题？（这句实在翻得垃圾，中文无能。就是说同性恋这个身份会不会对自己音乐事业来说是个交易筹码。拍桌子，哭。附原文吧：Do you fear that there is a trade-off in success and sales when you’re as true to yourself as you have been?）
当：这的确有点矛盾。我花了很多精力去寻找我的立足点还有表达我的性取向不管怎么来说。现在我觉得我已经建立起了我的形象，也从我的方法中得出了什么是最重要的-不是去否认或者淡化我作为一个同性恋的骄傲-是音乐。回首想来，我觉得别的事情有一点抢了我音乐的风头。在我的新专辑中，我最兴奋的是我觉得是那个掌权者。我和制作的人们一起工作，直接在作品上贴上我的标签。我完全不被任何人操控，塑造，改装。现在到了单纯投入在音乐上的时候了。
AH:现在和你早期音乐生涯是截然不同的了？
当：嗯，我的意思是，我们那时也尝试关注音乐，但很多其他事情太快发生在我身边了。你没有时间思考。我们用一个半月做了上张专辑-我同时在和AI全国巡演。我没有时间思考，没有时间睡觉。我只能做我能力允许的事情。这就变得很困难，因为你没有什么想法和立场。有些东西就失控了，你也会有点忘记你的初衷了。在过去六、七个月的写作过程中，我一直住在LA的家里，同时在谈一个极好的恋爱，我有时间和朋友相处，我有了从AI后最接近常人的生活。这感觉真的很愉快。
AH:下张专辑就是那个传说中令人生厌的第二张专辑了，令人厌恶是歌手一般对第一张专辑全力以赴，因为第一专辑在人们脑袋里印下标记多年。而第二张，歌手都会在压力下快速制作推出。
当：我觉得我的情况正相反。第一张专辑做的太急了。这张才绝对是我想要制作的专辑。我有足够的时间制作它。我可以说：“我要再录一遍那一段”或者“咱们再让另一个制作人做一下这首歌或者用另一个节奏唱它”。所以，我完全沉浸于这个过程之中，我觉得我需要花些时间。
AH:对你来说，你写歌的时候，灵感都来源于你个人的经历吗？
当：嗯，我写了大部分第二张专辑中的歌。有一两首是别的作者写的。对于我来说，唱一首不是我自己作的歌，这首歌就必须能够让我百分之百联系我自己的。所以当我在录音棚（booth，单词中文意思不确定。）唱歌时，才可能从真实情感而来。这有点搞笑，但我开始创作过程时，我觉得完全筋疲力尽。这就像在你漫长的旅途后得到的解压。真实生活变得很陌生和奇怪。我实际上一开始刚回来的时候（指结束一专各种宣传，开始二专之前）有点沮丧，因为我对自己无所适从。我觉得有点寂寞，想要恢复我的友谊。但是我感到我已经离开原来的生活太远了，原来的生活变得有些生疏和诡异了。我也在努力从一两次失败的约会经历中恢复过来。（不知道可不可以说点题外话：这应该指的就不是DD了，那么还有一些PB伤过当的心吗？）
AH:我真对此感到抱歉。
当：所以我的创作，一开始趋向于更黑暗，闷闷不乐，沮丧的。渐渐随着写作进程继续，我稳定了我的情感关系。那个人是我在进行巡演的时候遇见的，他在我创作初期的时候就开始和我见了一两次面，现在他在这里长久留下了。我真的感到对生活非常非常幸福和满足。我想要我的音乐反应出我现在的状态。我可以告诉你，Pharrell Williams 是在和我制作专辑中人中第一个巨大的转折点。
AH:此话怎讲？
当：我们长谈了一次，并且我很好的得到了他对于我成为一个怎么样的人，怎么样的艺人的看法。因为他是一个对我知之甚少的人-我们的生活方式大相劲庭-但是他是一个惊人的艺术家，一个聪明绝顶的人，一个深刻和高尚的人。所以为我们谈论人生，还有关乎人生的一切-关于做一个艺术家，关于度过逆境。我们一起写了歌，一首我认为人们会为此感动的歌。
当我和Pharrell写完后，我开始和其他的创作者写歌，也同样以这个方向进行创作。我想在这张专辑中做的就是以舞曲为走向。我爱当粉们，我想要给他们所喜欢的音乐，但是我也想要在我能力范围内扩大听众圈。我也想给所有的同性恋兄弟姐妹们写些歌曲。你知道我的想法了吗？我想要写一些我在夜店里想要听的歌曲。
AH:什么样风格的歌曲呢？
当：舞曲啊！我的挑战是，我怎样做出忠于我声音能力和我会去唱的舞曲。于是，我便开始进入了funk的舞台中。我是说，依旧是电子的，但是有点funky也有节奏音律。我们开始朝着这个方向努力的时候我听了很多Michael Jackson 和 Prince的歌曲。
AH:那些音乐在你是个孩童时候启发了你？
当：我音乐中有两个大人物，是Madonna 和 Michael Jackson，他们就像是我的国王和皇后。他们妆扮，完美惊人的服装，戏剧性像电影一样的MV还有所作为的音乐人类型就是我看待我自己的那样——总是想要从基础起创作，并不只是优秀的歌曲，还有歌曲具有的节奏，歌曲描述的故事，歌曲传达的内容，和歌曲具有的主题。我希望这张专辑能让我得到这些机会，去带领我的听众们进入这样一个旅程。

Sometimes I’m not as objective as I could be, and I don’t look at things from the perspective of a first-time audience. That definitely was somewhat the case with the American Music Awards performance [when Adam simulated oral sex and kissed his keyboard player]. I didn’t quite put myself in the position of the viewer at home that had watched me on American Idol and, the next time they see me on TV, it’s that performance. The AMA thing was maybe a little too much, too soon, and the photo shoot for Details, although very beautiful, maybe it wasn’t the right timing.
But two years on, I’m curious about what you’ve learned about yourself in this process since you’ve, very transparently, gone from a contestant on a show whose success represented a radical breakthrough to becoming a superstar. It must have been pretty exhausting and demanding and emotionally draining in many ways.
Yeah, it was definitely a lot to take on. But whenever I would feel overwhelmed or stressed out, the thing that kept me balanced is that I really do appreciate the opportunity I have. If I was a little younger, I wouldn’t have dealt with it so well. I’m 29, and having been in the entertainment industry throughout my entire twenties in Los Angeles, I grew almost, like, a Teflon coating, rather than being a kid from Ohio just jumping into it.
So you were prepared to some extent?
No one can really prepare you fully. There were things I was very surprised by [laughs] and had to learn quickly, and had to learn the hard way.
And you probably weren’t prepared to have me pouncing on you…
No, but all’s fair in that game. I think it’s been character building, which is great, and it’s definitely put me where I’m at now. I think the hardest thing about being a gay celebrity is that we’re in the middle of a social rights movement and it’s a very hot topic, so we’re at a very pivotal time. Coming out was great, but there are certain issues that always surprise me and I think, Why is this an issue? I live and I’ve grown up in a space that is very accepting and open-minded; I surround myself socially with people that are artists and very bohemian and I forget sometimes that, OK, we’re dealing with mainstream culture now, which does not have the same mentality as I do. I think, too, that by nature I’m very contrary. If you tell me I can’t do something then I’m gonna push back harder and do it. I’m kind of rebellious, but I try to do it with a smile. I’m not a jerk about it.
Do you fear that there is a trade-off in success and sales when you’re as true to yourself as you have been?
There’s definitely a bit of a conflict. I think I spent a lot of energy trying to find my footing and expressing my sexuality one way or the other. And I think now that I have established who I am and I’ve gotten it out of my system, what’s really important—without denying or downplaying my pride as a gay man—is the music. Looking back, I think the other things trumped the music a little bit. With my new album, what’s exciting is that I’m definitely in the driver’s seat. I’m working with producers and my label directly. I’m not being puppeted around in any way, shape, or form. It’s about the music now.


Which is what kind of music?
Dance music! My challenge was, how do I make dance music authentic to what I’m capable of vocally and what I do. That’s when I started getting into the funk arena. I mean, it’s still electronic, but it’s funky and it has a swing, and I was listening to a lot of Michael Jackson and Prince and we just started going in that direction.
What music inspired you as a kid?
My two biggies were Madonna and Michael Jackson. They were king and queen. And they both wore just as much makeup and were fabulous in their outfits and had music videos that were theatrical and cinematic, and that’s kind of the type of artist I see myself as—one that wants to create from the ground up, not only an amazing song, but on with a beat and a story and a look and a theme. I’m really hoping this album allows me those opportunities and that I can take my audience on that kind of a journey.




5L就这样华丽地被吃了？？？
补一下，那么避免和谐，不贴网址了:alidol 博客里面的，想看百度一下即可。
这是在6L前的采访内容！！！！！
Adam Revisited
By Aaron Hicklin
Adam Lambert tells editor in chief Aaron Hicklin what he's learned in the two years since he appeared on the cover of the 2009 Out100.
Mon Nov 07 2011
Two years ago, in the 2009 Out100, we anointed Adam Lambert “Breakout Star of the Year,” and shot him for the cover, alongside Dan Choi, Wanda Sykes, Cyndi Lauper, and Rob Marshall. In the accompanying editor’s letter I took the entertainment industry to task for the way they control and limit access to the gay press, using our experience with Adam’s publicist at the time as my example. In hindsight, I was mistaken to address the letter directly to Adam: Although the massive response from his loyal fan base started a valuable debate, my letter was received as a personal attack that muddied the message. Lambert rightly sought to defend himself, in part by demonstrating his independence at the American Music Awards, when he simulated oral sex and kissed one of his band members. A lot of time has passed, and we can look back on that firestorm with cooler heads—so cool, in fact, that we were able to chat together, something we should have done first time around. This year we are honoring Adam for the way in which he has held true to his identity as a gay man while managing a successful musical career, a balancing act that is no mean feat. As he told The Advocate recently, “No one teaches you how to be a gay celebrity.” In a very real way he is leading the way.
Adam Lambert: I heard your name and thought, Oh, here we go!
Aaron Hicklin: You know, I was putting this together, and I realized that it was two years since we put you on the cover of the 2009 Out100. It struck me as important that this time we actually speak to each other.
I agree. I have no hard feelings. That was then, and I’ve learned a lot.
I have too. And I learned a lot from the experience of using my editor letter [as a critique of the entertainment industry]—good and bad, frankly. For a start, I realized you have a gazillion passionate fans and every single one was determined to make sure I knew they existed [laughs].
Yes, they’re very verbal.
They certainly are, and some of them still communicate with me, and I’ve made an effort to respond to as many as I can.
It’s an interesting dynamic, because I think the thing that’s ironic about it is that the photo session for Details [in which Lambert posed, controversially, with a nude female model], the one that we were talking about, was kind of done to play out the fantasy of many of my female fans.
They have deep imaginations, and there’s a lot of fantasy fiction that’s written on the Internet. I try not to read it because it can be a little creepy, but I know it’s something they really get into. So, for me, it was like, OK, I’ve lived my entire life as a gay man; I’m very comfortable with that. And all of a sudden, I have the opportunity to do this photo shoot, to play the opposite stereotype of the straight, butch guy. I found it really interesting, creatively, and didn’t think for one minute that I was toning anything down or trying to change who I was, so much as playing into a fantasy that I knew was really, really present, having been on tour all summer, having women throw their bras at me, and all that crazy shit. I will say that, on the flip side, timing is everything. That’s one thing that I’ve learned a lot about this year. I was still introducing myself to the masses then and, to me, on my own personal journey, it seemed like an interesting thing to do.


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