A week after performing at the MTV Video Music Awards with B.o.B, he was arrested that September in Las Vegas for cocaine possession after security found it on him in a bathroom at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino. Unfortunately, Mars overdid it with the celebrating. His voice already familiar from his vocals on B.o.B's "Nothin' on You" and Travie McCoy's "Billionaire," "Just the Way You Are"-Bruno Mars' own first single off of his then-upcoming debut album-dropped on July 19, 2010. That's what I've watched my whole life and admired." They're going up there to murder anybody that performs after them or performs before them. And they care so much about what they're wearing, about how they're moving, about how they're making the audience feel. You watch them and you understand that they're paying attention to the details of their art. I want them to know that I'm working hard for this," Mars told 60 Minutesalmost two years ago upon the release of his third studio album, 24K Magic. "The artists that I look up to like, you know, Michael, Prince, James Brown. "I just really care about what people see. From his tightly choreographed routines to the finishing touches of his dapper ensembles (never has the velvet tracksuit and chain cliché looked that acceptable on someone), Mars is determined to put on a stellar show, every time. The 32-year-old is every inch the slick entertainer, hearkening back to the days of Motown when performers only hit the stage dressed to the nines. 1 single with "What I Like," which also spent 20 consecutive weeks atop Billboard's R&B chart. Therefore they become ubiquitous, break records and become part of the culture, such as when a painstakingly put-together video of President Barack Obama "singing" the lyrics to "Uptown Funk" became one of the biggest viral hits of 2015. He doesn't reinvent the genre with his music or the subjects he chooses to sing about-sex, women, love, lady parts, heartbreak, more sex, sexy clothes, being a cool dude, sex again-but his songs are catchy AF. He had his brush with scandal, and it wasn't for him. It's the work that matters, that allows him to live his rather epic lifestyle.
Well, some people do, but Mars, unlike some, is unapologetic about wanting to just be known for his work. Forum, as Mars did a year ago be in the running for Favorite Male Music Artist at the upcoming 2018 People's Choice Awards and sell millions of albums by getting caught up in the noise. You don't get to perform during two Super Bowl Halftime Shows win Grammys fulfill your childhood dream of selling out the L.A. Rather, he's just too damn busy working to wade into all that feuding-and-sniping nonsense.
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The pop music world has witnessed its share of conflict in recent years, personal and professional issues playing out on stage, in court, or on Twitter as too many artists scramble for the mega-success granted to so few.īut without fail, when the dust settles, when the fires have been put out, there stands Bruno Mars, a force unto himself who doesn't even seem to operate in the same world as his peers, let alone the same industry, so far removed he is from the type of drama that dominates the headlines.Īnd that isn't because he's boring or without problems or uninterested in having a good time (listen to his lyrics, the man likes a good time).
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