BRUNO MARS - UNORTHODOX JUKEBOX THREAD

[Gary]

Bruno Mar's next album will be the "biggest thing on the planet" according to popular DJ and producer Diplo.

The Major Lazer star collaborated with Bruno on the band's new album 'Free The Universe', and gave some new hints about what Bruno's fans can expect from his second studio offering.

"Bruno is the coolest guy I've ever hung out in a studio with," Diplo told The Daily Star this week. "He's so funny and he doesn't give a s**t.

"His next album is going to be a biggest thing on the planet," Diplo teased. "It's genius pop music."

View a picture of Bruno Mars on his last visit to Capital FM headquarters in 2011 below (Credit: PA Photos):

For the majority of 2012 the 'Grenade' singer has been working hard on the follow-up to his 2011 debut 'Doo-Wops & Hooligans', which spawned a string of successful singles including 'It Will Rain' and 'The Lazy Song' .

Bruno Mars revealed several months ago that he was halfway through the record and most recently tweeted the phrase 'October', hinting at an autumn release for his sophomore record.

[Gary]

[Gary]

Album released December 11th
First Single "Locked Out Of Heaven" - October 1st

[Gary]

In this week's cover story (look for it later Friday), Mars previews the follow-up to his Grammy Award-winning "Doo-Wops & Hooligans" and discusses the new album's energetic first single, "Locked Out of Heaven," which debuts digitally and on radio on Oct. 1.

"This is me going into the studio and recording and writing whatever I want," Mars says confidently. "This album represents my freedom."

The eclectic set includes production from Mark Ronson ( Amy Winehouse), Jeff Bhasker ( Beyonce), Emile Haynie ( Eminem), Diplo ( M.I.A., Usher) and Supa Dups ( John Legend, "Doo-Woops & Hooligans") as well as the Smeezingtons, Mars' three-man songwriting and production team. The trio executive-produced and co-wrote "Unorthodox Jukebox," an album Mars says refuses to "pick a lane."

"I've had big record label presidents look me in the face and say, 'Your music sucks, you don't know who you are, your music is all over the place, and we don't know how to market this stuff. Pick a lane and come back to us,'" he says. "That was disgusting to me, because I'm not trying to be a circus act."

A defiant Mars says he didn't allow himself get boxed in to any one genre during the recoding of the album.

"I listen to a lot of music," he says, "and I want to have the freedom and luxury to walk into a studio and say, 'Today I want to do a hip-hop, R&B, soul or rock record.'"



Released in October 2010, "Doo-Wops & Hooligans" debuted and peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 and spawned four Hot 100 hits: "Just the Way You Are" (No. 1), "Grenade" (No. 1), "The Lazy Song" (No. 4) and "Marry You" (No. 85). The album has sold 1.7 million in the U.S., according to Nielsen SoundScan.

His other top 10s include "It Will Rain" (No. 4) from the "Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 1" soundtrack, and he was a featured artist on B.o.B's "Nothin' On You" (No. 1), Travie McCoy's "Billionaire" (No. 4), Bad Meets Evil's "Lighters" (No. 4) and Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa's "Young, Wild & Free" (No. 7).

"Unorthodox Jukebox" Song Titles
(Album Sequence Not Confirmed)

"Locked Out of Heaven"
"Young Girls"
"Gorilla"
"When I Was Your Man"
"Natalie"
"Treasure"
"Moonshine"
"Money Makes Her Smile"
"Show Me"
"If I Knew"

[Heike]

thanks so much for the thread and for the updates gary! Karma +

like the villboard cover.

i am so excited, i really hope we get some new songs like grenade.

[Gary]

^Thanks H. You are welcome

I love the album title.

[Heike]

[Heike]

[Gary]

Here we go - first single:

[Heike]

i really like the first single, think the album is gonna be great. HOPE we get a video.

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