On Tuesday, we got our first glimpse of Adam Lambert's "Whataya Want From Me" video, a somber, solitary clip that saw everyone's favorite "American Idol" extrovert dialing it back a few notches — no makeup, no outlandish getups, just a guy with a really killer voice, completely alone in an apartment, singing from the heart.

On Wednesday (January 13), we got another peek at the video, and this time, the mood seems to have shifted. Big time.

It's not like things have become overly jovial. This is still a pretty morose video. But, unlike the first sneak peek, Lambert seems to have invited a few friends to his pity party. We see him backed by a roaring live band, dressed in a trench coat, singing for the skyline. We see him hounded by the paparazzi, and, perhaps most important, we see him getting sorta mad.

It seems like Lambert is throwing his hands up and asking the listener (not to mention his detractors and fans), "Look, what do you want from me? There is really doing no right by you people!" It's a disarming, deeply personal moment. One of the knocks on Lambert has always been that he's a trained "theater kid," who has clearly been performing for most of his life. In "Whataya Want From Me," he drops the act. He gets real. Of course, it's still a video, so he technically is still performing, but he's at his best when he's just playing himself.

It's the role of a lifetime, really. And we can't wait to see the rest of his performance, when the "Whataya Want From Me" premieres in full on Friday.