Michael: “Just The Way You Are” has been the reigning hit on the Hot 100 for four consecutive weeks, Congratulations! Was it written about someone in particular or about a specific relationship?īruno: It’s actually about my Chihuahua. I’m sure I’m not the only one who’s said it, when you’re in that situation you just think why can’t I just be rich and not even worry about a couple dollars? We were like we gotta be really tight with this money because that’s all we got. Trying to figure out the value, like what is five pounds worth. I was already broke enough in LA and now we’re broke here in London trying to figure out foreign money. Michael: I read that on “Billionaire” you were in London, with just a few hundred dollars in your pocket and you just thought of the lyric “I wanna be a Billionaire, so frickin’ bad,” is that true?īruno: It was just frustration. I don’t know if people like the pompadour. I think I gotta keep it low key today, that’s the beauty of it, I gotta keep changing it up. We gotta do that song, “Just The Way You Are.” I wanna relax today. and we did “Nothin’ On You.” I was actually relaxed for that.īruno: Now I’m shaking in my boots. Michael: Are you excited about your performance on Ellen?īruno: I have to leave in about 10 minutes to do that. I did a little interacting with Jane Lynch when we did the promo and every chance she got to say hi she was so sweet. Did you get to interact with anyone from the cast?īruno: It was cool hanging with new cast member Jay Pharoah backstage. Watching the performance back I thought I could have done this, I could have done that, but overall I just had a blast.
It’s the first time I ever used air monitors, you got those things jammed inside your ears, and the first time I used them was on Saturday Night Live.
It’s funny to me, because I’m used to playing in pubs and bars and everything’s happening so fast and the world is watching me learn these things. I popped the hair up and you know, I gave it my all. Just being there and actually performing and enjoying the fact that it was happening. Michael: Can you talk about your hopefully life-changing SNL week and what it was like preparing for your performance at the famed Studio 8H?īruno: Man, it was an out of body experience. Our Editor caught up with Mars to find out if Jane Lynch is really as nasty as Sue Sylvester, to discuss the origin of some of his songs and to get the scoop prior to his first solo performance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. The artist also released his debut album, Doo-Wops & Hooligans, a collection of heartfelt love songs and mishievous numbers, combining old styles with the new. This past weekend, Mars took to the stage on Saturday Night Live, hitting all his high notes and showing off his pearly whites. While music fans have warmed up to his solo material, they might not be aware that Bruno Mars is one third of the production trio The Smeezingtons (Philip Lawrence and Ari Levine are his songwriting/production partners), having churned out hits for two years including “One Day” by Matisyahu, “Wavin’ Flag,” the World Cup theme by K’naan, Far East Movement’s “Girls on the Dance Floor” and Cee-Lo’s most recent hit “Fuck You!” Bruno’s rich tone is undeniable and it sets him apart from other emerging artists as an act to watch in the coming year – one who not only performs with conviction, he writes and produces his material as well. It’s an impressive feat for a new artist, but not when you hear this guy’s voice. The sweet, elegant tenor vocal and pleasing falsetto swept the country throughout the spring and summer, making way for another collaboration on Travie McCoy’s solo debut hit “Billionaire.” With “Nothin’ On You” and new tune “Just The Way You Are,” Bruno bests Usher with six weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100, and as a solo performer only four songs have appeared on the chart longer this year (Ke$ha’s “TiK ToK,” Rihanna’s “Rude Boy,” Katy Perry‘s “California Gurls” and Eminem‘s “Love The Way You Lie” featuring Rihanna.) Nearly a year since Michael Jackson’s passing, 25-year-old Bruno Mars became a familiar name thanks to the #1 hit “Nothin’ On You” by Atlanta rapper B.o.B, which featured the singer. In a year that has seen tempo steadily ruling the airwaves with slick European-influenced electro-pop production, Mars (real name: Peter Hernandez) has perhaps signaled a much-needed change in music, focusing on melody and songwriting. Hawaii got a bit hotter, with bragging rights as the birthplace of one of the brightest rising stars in the music industry: Bruno Mars.
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