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Adam Lambert on working with Pharrell and Nile Rodgers: 'They're geniuses'

'Ghost Town' sensation Adam Lambert has opened up about working with Nile Rodgers and Pharrell Williams in a new interview with LoveLive. 

The superstar confessed that getting to work creatively with the 'Happy' icon and Chic legend Nile Rodgers was a fantastic experience and he praised their talents, describing them both as "geniuses":

"While we were on the American Idol tour I was running around studios trying to put my album together, my first album - my head was spinning. I worked with Nile Rodgers and Pharrell - those guys, they're geniuses. I feel lucky I got to work with them. It was a growing process as well, as I was learning what my sound was."

He also went onto talk about leaving his previous record label after being asked to record an album of cover songs: "To be successful in this industry you have to have a side of you that's a business person and a side of you that's an artist. And on a business level, I was being objective - ok, I can see how this [the proposed covers album] would be a good business proposition. but i was waiting to see if my 'artist' would respond to it."

"I was listening to the music and it just didn't resonate - it didn't feel like what i should be doing - I just had to trust my gut on that. and it was a little scary saying so, because i was like, 'I guess that means I gotta go.'" 

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Watch footage of Lambert performing live below: