Bruno MarsandAnderson .Paakare kicking off the weekend with brand new music!
On Friday, the Grammy winners released the track “Leave the Door Open,” the artist’s first single as duo Silk Sonic. The single will appear on Silk Sonic’sforthcoming album, which Mars announced last week.
In the retro lounge-styled video, Mars and .Paak are seen performing the groovy tune in a vintage studio while several women dance to the slow jam.
Last month, Mars, 35, announced that he and .Paak joined forces to form the band Silk Sonic.
“We locked in and made an album,” Mars wrote, sharing what is presumably the art for their album, whichfeatures ’70s-inspired artistic renderingsof Mars and .Paak’s faces. The album will also include an appearance from “special guest host Bootsy Collins,” according to the image.
.Paak, 35,posted the same photoon social media and captioned it, “WE MADE AN ALBUM!! YALL GET THE FIRST SONG NEXT FRIDAY 3/5!! ROCKET EMOJIS AND ALL THAT!!!”
Recently speaking to Apple Music’s Zane Lowe onNew Music Dailyabout the project, Mars said .Paak was constantly “lighting a fire” and igniting new ideas for their music.
“Anderson coming into the studio and unlocking something in my brain that I’ve never used before. That’s what you hope. That’s how inspiration happens, you know? Even just hearing him talk, being a song writer, sometimes you hear things in your voice, but working with other artists and you hear the way they talk,” Mars said. “All of a sudden you start thinking differently.”
The artists also spoke about their hopes of performing the project when COVID-19 restrictions amid the global pandemic are lifted.
“We going to be ready. That’s for sure. Yeah. Because man, we would love to do a show. I’d love to present it,” said .Paak. “We can’t wait to play.”
“We need it, man. We need it,” Mars added.
Bruno Mars.Kevin Winter/Getty Images
The album — seemingly namedAn Evening with Silk Sonic— will mark Mars' first album since 2016’s24K Magic, with which he swept the 2018 Grammys, nabbing six awards.
Although Mars has not released an album since 2016, he has teamed up with other musicians for multiple singles, including “Wake Up in the Sky” withGucci ManeandKodak Black,“Please Me"withCardi Band “Blow” withEd SheeranandChris Stapleton.
source: people.com
