Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Bruno Mars Interview -- JustJared.com Exclusive
Bruno Mars is on the fast track to super-stardom thanks to his smooth voice being featured on B.o.B’s “Nothin’ On You”, Travie McCoy’s “Billionaire”, and his own hit song “Just The Way You Are”.
The 25-year-old Hawaiian-raised singer has a new album out in stores now called Doo-Wops & Hooligans — and it’s getting rave reviews! JustJared.comhad the pleasure of interviewing Brunolast week during a blogger event held at Lucky Strike Bowling in NYC.
Click inside for the full Bruno interview!
Bruno Mars Interview — JustJared.com Exclusive
JJ: Tell us how you got into music.
BM: My father’s a musician and my mother’s a singer. My dad’s originally from Brooklyn and he was a Latin percussionist so I’ve always had instruments around the house. He used to have a show like a 1950s rock and roll show with Little Richard music. They would do doo-wop songs and stuff like that. My uncle would impersonate Elvis, so I used to watch him and one day I said “Coach, put me in.” So basically I was 2-3 years old and he brought me up on stage.
JJ: So young!
BM: Yea, I was a kid — a TYKE!
JJ: Who are your musical inspirations right now?
BM: Everybody, man. I got so much love for classical music and I hear so much incredible music. As a producer, I get that question a lot. I would love to work with Coldplay one day. You know, you have to be a little well-rounded. You should know a bunch of music and have respect for all sorts of genres and styles of music.
JJ: Any other artists featured on your album?
Bruno Mars Interview
Talks About His New EP, "Nothin' On You," "Billionaire," Home on the Stage
I had the opportunity to sit down and talk to Bruno Mars just days after the release of his solo EP It's Better If You Don't Understand. He has already made a splash on the pop charts as the featured vocalist on "Nothin' On You" by B.o.B., and "Billionaire" by Travie McCoy. We talked about his evolution into being a solo artist in his own right. The interview was conducted May 13, 2010.
Bill: To a lot of pop fans it looks like you sort of came out of nowhere with the vocals on "Nothin' On You" and "Billionaire," but that's not really the case. Can you tell me a bit about how you got to where you are now?
I had the opportunity to sit down and talk to Bruno Mars just days after the release of his solo EP It's Better If You Don't Understand. He has already made a splash on the pop charts as the featured vocalist on "Nothin' On You" by B.o.B., and "Billionaire" by Travie McCoy. We talked about his evolution into being a solo artist in his own right. The interview was conducted May 13, 2010.
Bill: To a lot of pop fans it looks like you sort of came out of nowhere with the vocals on "Nothin' On You" and "Billionaire," but that's not really the case. Can you tell me a bit about how you got to where you are now?
Bruno Mars
Peter Hernandez (born October 8, 1985 in Waikiki, Hawaii), better known by his stage name Bruno Mars, is a Filipino-Puerto Rican American singer-songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist signed to Atlantic Records. He is most well known for his hit Just The Way You Are, which went #1 in 9 countries in 2010. He is also known for singing/co-writing the hooks for the #1 hit Nothin’ On You byB.o.B, and Billionaire by Travie McCoy; he also co-wrote the international hits Right Round by Flo Ridaand Wavin’ Flag by K’NAAN.
After the success of the songs he featured on, Mars released his debut EP, It’s Better If You Don’t Understand, in May 2010.
He then released his debut album, Doo-Wops & Hooligans, on October 5th, which features special guest appearances from B.o.B, Cee-Lo Green, and Damian Marley. The lead single, Just the Way You Are, was released on July 19, 2010. The second single off the album, Grenade, was released on September 2010 as a promotional single but was eventually shifted to official second single.
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