Adam Lambert Returns to “American Idol”

He got his start thanks to Simon Cowell and the gang, and last night (March 10) Adam Lambert was back on the “American Idol” stage.

The “For Your Entertainment” stud was in the house to promote his new single, a dance remix of “Aftermath,” as well as raise awareness for the Trevor Project.

Following his performance, Adam told press, “I felt really good. It was a bit out-of-body, as usual, but I always find that those are probably the best performances. There's something kind of magical that happens when you're completely in another zone. It’s like peoples' energy affecting you from the outside in.”

Regarding the song’s meaning, Lambert shared, “It's about being honest with yourself and the people you love. We've all been there where we’ve been worried about that moment -- whether it’s having a secret or something to overcome or get past – of chaos that happens right before you make the big step to fix it or to relieve yourself. It's a scary time, it's uncertain, so that's one of the things that I wrote the song about. In my mind, it was about coming out and how scary a step that is. And how once you do make the leap, you go, ‘Wow, I feel liberated, there are other people like me, all I feel now is love!’ Hopefully the message gets out there.”

And as for his take on Lady GaGa’s parting of ways with Target Stores over their LGBT policy, Adam commented, “I think the responsibility of today's pop stars is to liberate the masses. In that everyone can be whatever they wanna be. You can march to your own beat. It's so hard sometimes in our country because conformity is the way things are pushed. I'm anti-conformity, as you can tell. But Lady Gaga has been doing a great job. I think she’s f---ing fantastic. And it’s something beyond sexuality. She's got a lot of ideas and savvy.”