Adam Lambert's new album The Original High is out now, and the "Ghost Town" singer is opening up about how Hollywood shaped his first effort on Warner Bros. Records. In this month's Out Magazine cover story, the American Idol winner revealed that his life, struggle and triumphs in Los Angeles heavily influenced his latest record.

Lambert, who grew up in San Diego before packing up and moving to L.A., noted that his life in the City of Angels wasn't always easy and that long talks with his friends about making it in Hollywood and his everyday life in L.A. helped The Original High to take shape.

"I wanted the album to be a real snapshot of my life, my real life, my authentic life in L.A. over the past 15 years. I wanted it to sound like music I listen to when I go out or when I'm at the f*cking gym or in Runyon Canyon or in my car," Lambert said. "It's a bit of a melancholy album, you know? It's talking about the ups and downs of life in Hollywood."

Lambert also opened up about the meaning of his new single "Ghost Town," admitting that it reflects his feelings about living in L.A. at times.

"You moved to the big city, you have these ideas, you have these ambitions, and then what happens when you get to a fork in the road, or you hit a wall, and you're like, 'Oh, it's not what I thought it was going to be, or I'm not getting what I thought I wanted, and everything I thought I knew is being called into question?' How does that make you feel?" he said about the new single, which he also admitted may or may not have been influenced by the dissolution of a relationship.

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