5 STORIES
2010 · 10S
A devastatingly catchy ballad about asymmetric love, "Grenade" arrived in late 2010 as Bruno Mars's calling card — a song that hides operati…
2010 · 10S
A debut single engineered with the precision of a Brill Building factory and the warmth of a Stevie Wonder ballad, "Just the Way You Are" an…
2012 · 10S
"Locked Out of Heaven" sounds like a hymn but is really a sweaty love song: a man so overwhelmed by physical intimacy that he describes it a…
2016 · 10S
LAS VEGAS, USA
"24K Magic" sounds like a brag about wealth, but it is really an invitation: Bruno Mars rebuilt the Las Vegas showroom of his childhood as a…
2016 · 10S
On the surface it is a shopping list of luxuries, but "That's What I Like" is really a love song about generosity: a man who measures his af…