Adam Lambert goes straight for "Details"?

Adam Lambert is making the media rounds as he gears up for the release of his new album, and his most recent stop at Details magazine has the internet abuzz. As the most recent coverboy for Details, the risqué photo shoot has him posing seductively … with a naked woman! (Warning: If you follow that link, some of the pics are NSFW.)

Now I know lots of gays all over the internet are POd, and I have to admit, I’m not a big fan of the idea either. So imagine my shock when I woke up this morning and actually saw the photos! This wasn’t just Adam with some random nude model, creatively finding ways to use Adam to hide her lady parts. This was full out scandal! The pictures range from Adam groping the model, practically suckling her, and one shows Adam en route to deliver a French kiss.

And I loved it!

Why? Because this wasn’t an attempt to straighten him out or to try to hide his gayness or downplay his sexuality. It was pure PR magic set to deliver a fierce dose of shock value -- and that's what rock and roll is all about. And those of you worried about the possible degaying of Adam will be happy to know that the article openly embraces his sexuality, even going as far as to discuss his boyfriend who apparently Adam is trying to keep a secret. Hmm, he may want to check in with the rest of the internet on that one.

As for his onstage persona, Adam says:

I don't see how all this is any different than-let's take a modern sex symbol like Brad Pitt. How many of these women who fantasize about him actually get to sleep with him?" he asks. "It's all fantasy-that's what entertainment is. I'm here to entertain you, and if my sexuality is apparent and you respond to it, and you're attracted to it, then great, I'm doing my job. It ain't happening anyway!

Now really, is anyone out there less excited for his new album because of this?

To me, it’s just another cog in the wheel of the PR push surrounding his upcoming album, For Your Entertainment. And if you’re really still down on the fact that Adam’s “gone straight” in this shoot, you can revel in the fact that he’s just spent a day with Lady Gaga recording a new track she penned just for him.

That should bring him back to uber-gay, right?

And for more lighthearted fun, here is the behind the scenes video of the shoot. In it, Adam describes the shoot as edgy, nostalgic, sweaty, and of course, “heterosexual.”

So what do you think about it?