I still feel like I’m chasing to prove something to myself, that I got a better song in me. “But there’s this battle within-that you always wanna. “All the statues or Time magazine-that s**t is beautiful and made my parents and my family proud and all that,” he told Apple Music. Leaning on the slick bounce of ’80s and ’90s funk and R&B, 24K Magic followed in 2016, sweeping its nominations at the Grammys.Ī confessed perfectionist, Mars pushes on. By 2012’s Unorthodox Jukebox, the image had gotten a little grittier, the sound a little more diverse, and the retro affectations-goodbye, pompadour-a little less pronounced. In 2010, he released his debut, Doo-Wops & Hooligans. The deal went nowhere, but Mars kept himself afloat by writing and producing with a team called The Smeezingtons, which he helped found. (In one formative moment, young Mars wet his jumpsuit during “Can’t Help Falling In Love,” but finished without flinching.) As a teenager, he moved to Los Angeles to pursue a deal with Motown Records. Most of all, he knew how much retro was retro enough: Music that made you think about the past, not pine for it.īorn Peter Hernandez in Honolulu in 1985, Mars took the stage early, famously doing Elvis impersonations with a family revue at a local hotel before he even hit kindergarten. F G Yeah yeah Bridge : Dm Em Am G Youll always have my shoulder when you cry Dm Em F G Ill never let go, never say good-bye, you know you can- Chorus / Outro : C Em You can count on me like one, two, three Am G Ill be there F And I know when I need it C Em I can count on you like four, three, two Am G And youll be there F cos thats what. But he also had an ear for hip-hop and R&B, could-like all great pop-collapse the distance between then and now, Black music and white. Mars could do old-fashioned showmanship, could credibly play the crooner with a live band to boot. The kind of stuff that Mom will be pulling you onto the dance floor for. Those records, though: “Uptown Funk,” “Locked Out of Heaven,” “That’s What I Like.” Fun, omnivorous, generation-bridging. Even when he was living on instant ramen noodles and trying to find his way into the industry, Mars knew he didn’t just want to be a songwriter or a singer or a producer, but-like Prince, or maybe Michael Jackson-a total pop package, the kind of artist who’s as powerful in the studio as they are onstage.
But you get the sense that the nod from Prince was affirmation of a higher order. You can count on me like one, two, three, (and i know when i need it) 5. More than a Prince cosign? How about a stack of multiplatinum records? The privilege of being able to entertain people the world over? Mars has those too. Find the best and exclusive show content, user submitted videos, celebrity interviews, games, giveaways. Suddenly, Mars feels the room shift, people part, and there he is, Mars told Apple Music in a 2016 interview-Prince, “just floating by, levitating by.” Prince catches Mars’ eye and gives him a thumbs-up, and Mars-stunned-gives Prince a thumbs-up back. Ellentube is the video destination for Ellen. Bruno Mars has a good story about Prince: Mars is hanging out at an awards show, during a commercial break.
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