Adam’s VEVO posted a one minute teaser of the music video Better Than I Know Myself. The video officially premieres this coming Monday, January 30th!

It’s a big year for Adam Lambert, who has his sophomore album on the way, and in just five days, a milestone in his life – the start of his thirties!

“Half of me is scared to even utter the word ‘thirty,’ and the other half of me is really looking forward to it,” Adam told AccessHollywood.com’s Laura Saltman on Monday. “I think that this year in particular… I feel very… optimistic. I feel like I’m learning things about myself and kind of evolving.”

Adam said he’ll be off in Europe on his big day – January 29 — but don’t expect any big bashes.

“I think I’m going to try to do something before I leave, like a dinner with friends,” he said. “I’ve done my fair share of big soirees this year and I’m ready to work.”

And for Adam, work means his new album, “Trespassing,” which is due out on March 20.

“It’s kind of like a pass for a listener to trespass in my life, into my reality,” Adam told Laura. “I wrote songs on the album that are really fun and crazy and party songs, and then I wrote songs on the album that are dark and deal with anxiety and stress and low self-esteem and acceptance.

“There’s two halves of the album and hopefully the listener will get a better idea of who I am — who I really, really am,” Adam said.

The new album represents another side, Adam said – an “evolved” one.

“The last album — I’m very proud of it. It was a very theatrical album. It was really over the top and it was kind of a spectacle — like an audio spectacle. And it was very stylized and kind of campy. It was kind of a caricature of this rock star that I always wanted to be. You know, lots of glitter and feathers and makeup and I had a great time with that. And I think I kind of got a lot of that out of my system in a way and now I’m able to make music that is for my fans that I’ve gotten to know over the last year,” Adam said. “I know who I am now more, so I think, as an artist, I’ve evolved and as a person I’ve evolved and I think the music will open that door wide open for people.”

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Adam Lambert is wrapping up a settlement of a lawsuit that suggested he shouldn’t have been allowed to appear on American Idol because he already signed to a record label.

In November, the singer was sued by Colwel Platinum Entertainment after he allegedly interfered with its efforts to market a Lambert album entitled Beg For Mercy. Lambert recorded the work between April 2007 and September 2008, and was said to have executed a Music Services Agreement and Co-Publishing Agreement with one of Colwel’s subsidiaries.

A few months after making the recordings, despite rules that forbid the eligibility of those with recording contracts, Lambert appeared on the eighth season of Fox’s hit singing competition show.

After Lambert became famous from his participation on American Idol, Colwel attempted to release Beg For Mercy on Amazon.com. Lambert was unhappy about this, tweeting about his surprise and having his reps send a takedown notice to Amazon.

Colwel responded by suing Lambert for making a false claim under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

According to the original lawsuit, Colwel says it spent more than $200,000 to produce the recordings, fronted Lambert a loan when he was struggling financially, and held up contracts as proof that it owned a 50 percent publishing share of the recordings and had an unconditional right to promote and sell the album.

The issue of Lambert’s eligibility on American Idol wasn’t core to the claims, but the lawsuit was potentially embarrassing anyway. When THR published a story about this lawsuit in November, Lambert tweeted, “Remember than in any dispute, reserve judgement until all the facts surface from ALL parties. Guilt and innocence come with a complete story.”

But it now appears that the dispute isn’t going very far.

The attorneys for both parties recently submitted a request to extend the time that certain papers. According to the stipulation, “The parties’ transactional counsel have negotiated and agreed upon the material terms of a settlement…reflected in a series of emails between said counsel.”

The judge was told that an executed agreement would be completed by Friday.

The attorney for the plaintiffs has confirmed to us that a settlement is being finalized, but couldn’t offer details about the confidential terms. Lambert’s reps haven’t yet responded to our requests for information.

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Glam Nation Adam Lambert and his boyfriend, Finnish reality star Sauli Koskinen, were both reportedly arrested in Helsinki early Thursday morning after reportedly getting into a dispute that led to a physical altercation at a bar.

Lambert, 29, a former American Idol runner-up, and Koskinen, 26, a winner of the Finnish version of Big Brother, were held for questioning as local police looked into four possible assault offenses, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

They were reportedly released on Thursday afternoon. Koskinen then blogged about the incident, suggesting the pair had patched things up.

“Fame is not easy. Celebrities are only human. Love is not easy either, but it is forever!” he wrote, adding that it was a private matter.

The two were reportedly kicked out of a bar called Don’t Tell Mama, but continued fighting on the street outside. Finnish beauty queen Sofia Ruusila, who was partying with them, was allegedly struck accidentally during the fracas.

Lambert has not commented about the incident. It was unclear whether either man would face any charges connected to the fight.

Calls to Lambert’s reps were not immediately available for comment.

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