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Adam Lambert Announces New Album ‘Adam’ and Drops Feverish Single ‘Eat U Alive’
Adam Lambert will release his sixth solo album 'Adam' on July 10; lead single 'Eat U Alive' arrives May 8, leaning into '90s alternative and electronica.
Adam Lambert has formally ushered in his next chapter: the singer announced his sixth solo album, Adam, and released its lead single, “Eat U Alive,” today, Friday May 8. The record lands July 10 on Lambert’s own label and will be distributed via The Orchard. Fans can pre-order it here.
Where past records leaned into theatrical pop and arena-ready bombast, Adam is being framed as a moodier pivot. Lambert says he leaned heavily into the spirit of the 1990s and early 2000s — more alternative and electronica than before — aiming to stitch those influences into something contemporarily restless and timeless.
“‘EAT U ALIVE’ is the perfect primer into my next musical chapter,” the singer explained. “I wanted to create songs that fit into a world reminiscent of the music that made a formative impact on me in the 90s and early 00’s. Nine Inch Nails, Björk, Prince, Muse, Goldfrapp, Daft Punk, George Michael, Massive Attack and The Crystal Method are just a few who inspired the sound.”
The single itself leans on anthemic thrust and intensity — a high-energy chorus wrapped in an insatiable, passionate charge that places Lambert’s voice center stage even as electronics and alt textures swirl around it.
“The album explores both the light and shade of life and the razor’s edge that separates a positive experience from a negative one,” he added. “I hope these songs connect with anyone who has been through the confusing but necessary process of self-acceptance. There was a real liberation in acknowledging my own weaknesses and strengths.”
“Accepting the bad and the good all together. Revolutionary for someone who always thought of himself as a perfectionist and idealist.”
Adam Lambert ‘Adam’ artwork. CREDIT: Press
This is Lambert’s first batch of original material since his acclaimed Broadway run in Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club two years ago, and after a high-profile turn in Jesus Christ Superstar at the Hollywood Bowl in August 2025, where he played Judas opposite Cynthia Erivo’s Jesus. Theatre and live performance have been a recent through-line for him, and that sense of dramatic risk bleeds into the new music.
Lambert first teased fresh solo work earlier this year after a benefit appearance at Wembley Arena for the Trans Mission concert, which raised funds for the Good Law Project and Not A Phase. On that bill, he hinted backstage that while there was nothing new from Queen in the immediate pipeline, his own project had been simmering for some time.
“There is definitely new music on the horizon. I can’t give too many details yet about what that is, but it’s a whole new situation, so I’m excited to unveil that soon,” he said, adding he was planning on sharing it at some point “in 2026.” For fans who caught him at those shows, the announcement will feel like the payoff to months of subtle teasers and live electricity.
Whether longtime supporters of his Queen-era spotlight or new listeners drawn to darker pop textures, Adam appears aimed at bridging spectacle and intimacy — an album that asks to be felt in a packed room and dissected on headphones. For now, “Eat U Alive” is the first taste, a blunt, hungry opener that signals Lambert isn’t interested in doing the obvious.
