Adam Lambert

Lady Gaga producer RedOne is not producing all of his debut. "He's producing tracks on my album and writing with me, as well," Adam says. But Adam's working with a variety of producers and writers on his album, including Linda Perry, Greg Wells and Ryan Tedder (OneRepublic). Adam says he's also been talking to Dr. Luke (Katy Perry, Kelly Clarkson, Britney Spears).

Adam says he's enjoying writing songs with his collaborators. "Before, I was doing the lyrics and the melody more on my own, with somebody that was creating the tracks," he says. "This is a situation where I'm co-writing everything, melodically and lyrically. I actually prefer it. I feel more secure with somebody else to bounce ideas off of, and then we kind of share, throw the ball back and forth and come up with a finished product. I work better like that. I'm so happy to be working with top-line people, the best. And these producers are bringing in top-line writers that they know to help."

The resulting album, he says, will have elements of classic rock and electronic music. "There’s a lot of anthems," he says. "You know how We Will Rock You by Queen is an anthem that you can put in stadiums and people will sing along to it? There’s a lot of that on the record so far. A lot of power-anthemy, sing-along stuff.

"I think people are going to be pleasantly surprised, but it’s not going to be what they heard on the show." He thinks the closest comparison from the show might be his version of Steppenwolf's Born to Be Wild. "It was a classic rock song, but there was this electro beat underneath it that was really new and fresh. And blending the two together, I think, is really something different."