On Valentine's Day, out singer Adam
Lambert joined Jack Antonoff to pay tribute to the late David Bowie
at the 2016 Clive Davis pre-Grammy party.
Lambert and Antonoff performed Let's
Dance.
In
an interview with Billboard
recorded before the show, Lambert said that Bowie was “ahead of
his time.”
“Very honored to be asked to do
that,” Lambert said.
“I think Bowie was iconic. He kept
reinventing himself and he kept pushing not only new music but new
ideas. I think in the 70s, in his glam rock period, I personally
really love how he kind of pushed gender stereotypes out the window
and made people really think about the difference between man and
woman and kind of blend it up and confuse people. And play with
it.”
“His idea of what fame is and what
celebrity is. I just think he was very ahead of his time,” Lambert
said.
Lambert added that a lot of young
artists were inspired by Bowie.