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Q | Season 5 | Jul 16, 2012 | 19:40

Glam-Pop artist Adam Lambert in Studio Q

On the occasion of the release of his sophomore record, "Trespassing", Adam joins Jian to talk about moving in new musical directions, and about making history as the first openly gay artist to have a number one album.

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