Artist: Bruno Mars
Album: Doo-Wops & Hooligans
This is an incredible minimal pop-centric hit from Bruno Mars. Starting with a reverse vocal fade in and keys that loop much like a certain Coldplay hit, this track keeps building layer upon layer, including some epic jungle-toms. It’s all real subtle though. No pretentious, over the top production to hide how bad a song can be. The songwriting can stand on itself. Simple, but demanding. Sweet and cutting at the same time. He’s used some incredible sense-bound language to prove his point about the song’s main character and her…um…areas of potential growth. But the real strength of this piece is Bruno’s voice. This guy can sing. Aside from the higher notes being…hmm…unreachable in nature, his gentle tone while he’s going for higher notes really helps hammer home the story of this song.
All in all: I love this track. And it’s been one of the constants in my listening quota these last few weeks.
-David
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