Adam Lambert - Whataya Want from Me (Song)
I am not a big Adam Lambert fan, but I was decently surprised by how much I liked this song. I think this should’ve been his first single… the other single was just a little meh, but this has a nice production from a team known for cranking out some power pop hits. Adam also does a nice job with the vocals, making it sound melodic, catchy with a touch of emotion. It’s a good combo and I’m sure it’ll do better on the charts than his other single.
The pop rock feel is actually really good. I really like the background music, it’s pretty catchy, especially with the percussion and electric guitars. They did a really nice job putting this song together. Having Max Martin as a producer is usually a very nice plus. Awesome job!
We all know that Adam Lambert can sing (American Idol, duh…), but this song does a nice job with his voice and uses all the strong points. Sometimes he tends to just be “screaming” in other songs, but this song tailored that to a minimum and kept the singing to the maximum, which made it a lot more enjoyable. He also seems to have gotten more into the lyrics of the song and portrayed a lot more emotions. I really liked the variety between the chorus and his verse.
The music video itself is too focused on Adam and I tend to like ones with plot lines, but he portrays the emotions of the song very well in the music video. In addition, the cinematographer and director did a great job in making the video match the feelings of the song and make it semi-somber with the much darker outlook of the camera. Overall, it’s worth a watch, but doesn’t have much to ground you into watching the video over and over again. Yeah, you can watch it on my page above. Officially there. ;P
