Bruno Mars’ current numbers are so monstrous that it seems incredible that he hasn’t released a solo album in 10 years, but it’s true. ’24K Magic’ came out, like ‘Anti’, in 2016. It’s just that, unlike Rihanna, she hasn’t completely disappeared from the map.
Recently, he has delivered 2 of the biggest hits of his career: ‘Die With a Smile’ with Lady Gaga, which is still in the top 10 globally on Spotify with more than 3 billion streams, one of the most played songs in history; and ‘APT.’ with Rosé, which exceeds 2,000 million. And not only that.
It is common to find his old songs on lists: right now this is the case of ‘That’s What I Like’, ‘Locked Out of Heaven’, ‘Just the Way You Are’ or ‘When I Was Your Man’, all of them published 10 and 15 years ago.
5 years after his album as Silk Sonic with Anderson .Paak, which left the hit ‘Leave the Door Open’, Bruno Mars is going to return. Their new album ‘The Romantic’ comes out on February 27 and can be pre-ordered now. In addition, it has announced that the first single will be released this Friday, January 9, as Hits Daily Double pointed out. That is to say, it is not that the album has just been finished and will be released in 6 months, but that the “rollout” is more tied than the rumors suggested.
Today the 4th most listened to artist in the world with no news for months, Bruno Mars’ challenge is not to screw up too much, because given his classic sound, he has it done. If the millions of people who have heard his hits from different eras this week play his new single this Friday, it will be number 1 globally. Has Bruno gotten into trouble or will he, once again, play it safe?
My album is done.
—Bruno Mars (@BrunoMars) January 5, 2026
