After Adam Lambert left his contract with RCA Records, the former American Idol contestant and acting Queen frontman took a break to figure out the direction of his music, and the best way to put his powerhouse pipes to use.
Lambert recalls "I was taking the opportunity to, without anybody's input, experiment in-studio and work with some songwriters," "I started working with Accident and John West, and I recorded a song with them called 'The Original High.'"
"High" is a tense meditation on lost moments that splits the difference between disco and EDM, with Lambert showing off a softer side of his falsetto on the chorus.
Talking about the new song Lambert told Rolling Stone "The lyrics [to 'The Original High'] sum up, in the most beautiful, simple way, what I had been noticing about myself and my friends and the circle I'm in here in Los Angeles," adding that "There's this underlying sense of longing that I've noticed that I feel and that a lot of my friends feel.
Lambert, who was thrust into the global pop spotlight in 2009 after his torrid Idol run and subsequent coming out, says that while the lyrics to "High" and the brooding lead single "Ghost Town" can resonate widely, they also caused him to reflect on his recent past.??