“He’s the most amazing artist,” she told Rolling Stone in December 2024. “He’s so kind and generous. One of the things I loved about working with him on this song was that he wanted me to be myself. When you work with someone as legendary and amazing as Bruno Mars, you pray that they’re going to be even better than you thought they were, and he’s absolutely right.”
And Rosé was intoxicated by that feeling, saying during an appearance on Hot Ones in November 2024, “I was so lucky to have Bruno on[APT.]. It was the craziest experience of my life.”
But apart from all the other music he was putting out, Bruno’s perfectionism was the main reason he didn’t rush to release a sequel to Unorthodox Jukebox’s 24K Magic four years later.
“It was very daunting to come here because I had graduated from the biggest song of my career,” he told Rolling Stone of returning to the studio after “Uptown Funk” sold 12 million copies. There, they were still tinkering with 24K Magic in preparation for its November 2016 release. “I don’t know if people are going to like this song. I don’t know if they’re going to play this song on the radio. But what I don’t want is for them to put this song out and say, ‘Damn, if I had done this and that, maybe it would have been a hit.’
Therefore, there are gaps between albums. He’s either shooting magic into the air, or he’s shooting nothing at all.
And while we wouldn’t be surprised if Bruno collects another gold gramophone (or two, or three) on February 1st, check out these truly shocking moments in Grammy history.
