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Adam Lambert: 'Recording an original album wasn't an option at my previous label'

Adam Lambert says his old record label wouldn't allow him to make a new album with original music.

The singer left RCA Records in 2013 before joining Warner Bros to release his third record 'The Original High' earlier this year.

It was later revealed that RCA wanted Lambert to record an album of 80s covers - something he disagreed with.

Speaking to Radio.com, the US star said that recording an original studio effort "wasn't an option" with the label.

Lambert said: "I thought about [the 80s covers album] for a second, for like a week or two, I listened to some of the music. They wanted me to focus on new wave from the early ’80s. It was an interesting idea.

"But I went back to them and said that not a lot of that music was resonating with me. It wasn’t where my heart is. If we had to do a cover album, I’d be more comfortable doing a ’90s one or a ’70s one, but they weren’t into that either.

"And, anyway, I wanted to make an original album. I did covers on Idol, Singing with Queen is like doing covers - with the original members, of course. For me as an artist, it’s important to me to make statements through my own new music. That’s part of the identity I wanted to create, and it just wasn’t an option [at my previous label]."

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