I don’t think this has already been posted:

@AimeeMayo Would you mind describing “Sleep Walker” for us? Is it electro-pop? A ballad? Rockish? about 23 hours ago from web in reply to AimeeMayo
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@glambertloverrr Uptempo- rock/pop- SMASH!!! His voice sounds so sexy it sends jolts of electricity through me. Visual lyric- killer beat.. 7 minutes ago from web in reply to glambertloverrr

So yes, sometimes while the madding crowd shouldn’t be wholly listened to, or even well meaning fans, that there is still value in feedback, and yes, even fan feedback. Though fan feedback is tricky, I grant you, on any number of levels. But it’s not completely without value, even just in terms of wanting to do well in the industry to stay in the industry doing well.

I absolutely agree with you here. And I believe Adam does as well, at least based on his interviews where he talked about trying to balance the artistic and business sides of himself and how he decided to switch it up after the reaction he got to ROF.

What I don’t understand are the comments of some saying he’s being wholly dismissive of fan reactions. Yeah, maybe he’s defending himself on twitter, but based on past practice he’s no doubt processing these reactions as well. The album cover won’t change, but for all we know he may be rethinking his original concepts for his AMA performance and wondering if the public is ready for full-on androgynous Adam which, because he can look so pretty at times, may read more feminine and less androgynous to some.

And if he did decide to retool his performance, that wouldn’t be compromising his artistic vision, imo. More like a slower rollout.

I think your Adamhead floating in space holding a planet idea is great! It would add the sense of life and energy that is such an important part of Adam’s attractiveness as an artist.

Ah, I wish I had photoshop skills or I’d whip up my own version.

I think some people may be disappointed in the cover because they had their own vision of what Adam’s cover should be in their mind. So I think unless the album cover matched that personal vision, they were going to be disappointed.

I never had a personal vision of what Adam’s cover would look like, so I went into it pretty open. But now that I have seen it, if I could tweek it at all, I would I like less blue but that’s because I’m a warm colored person. And although I like Adam’s look, I still would like something else in the shot…maybe him holding a planet in his hand. That would fit in nicely with “For Your Entertainment.” The world is his oyster and there to entertain him. Or he is here to entertain the world.

I love this song:

I’m not here for your entertainment
You don’t really want to mess with me tonight
Just stop and take a second
I was fine before you walked into my life
Cause you know it’s over
Before it began
Keep your drink just give me the money
It’s just you and your hand tonight

Anyway, very random, sorry. Midterm season, procrastination by hanging out MJ’s is a major problem for me =P.

I suspect that the ones that ended up liking ROF will also end up not hating and possibly liking this. Even if they are disappointed that he didn’t give them the vision they wanted, they’ll stay on the train to see if they like what’s next.

Loved ROF from the moment I heard it. Disappointed in cover from the moment I saw it. Don’t think either will change.

Will stay around to check out the music.

But, I wish his remark was akin to ‘the kewl kids got it’  because I worship the ground that he walks on, I hang on his every word, I would love to breathe the same air that he does, I must know his every movement ‘ ¦ and I’ve never actually been one of the kewl kids.

Me too, and if it makes you feel better neither has Adam

MJ, the only question I have about this thread is how it turned from a discussion of Adam’s music to a rehashing of the cover. Usually the threads get separated, right ? Maybe not…
Actually I think I just answered my own question, the topic is the album, so music, cover, it’s all part of it.