Part of the editorial team evaluates ‘Risk it All’, the new hit by Bruno Mars:
«’Risk It All’ is as difficult to hate as it is to love and that is its biggest flaw: it is totally harmless. For a song that’s about learning to fly, climbing mountains, or swimming entire seas for love, it arouses very little passion. Everything on ‘Risk It All’ is technically fine, but it doesn’t propose anything we haven’t heard before, which is also what ‘The Romantic’ could be summed up as.
And it’s not even the most interesting rehash of the LP. There are others like ‘Cha Cha Cha’ or ‘God Was Showing Off’, and even ‘I Just Might’, instrumentally more complete and with more inspired lyrics. Yes, ‘Risk It All’ was destined to become a global hit, but it is also doomed to be a wedding cliché to come. Gabri Carey
«If ‘Die with a Smile’ was Bruno Mars’ wedding classic aimed at the Anglo-Saxon market, ‘Risk it All’ appeals to the Latin audience, being just as good. ‘Risk it All’ is once again a great romantic ballad, classic to the bones, but now the aesthetic points to Cuba in the bolero rhythm, and to Mexico in the presence of a mariachi playing brass.
The trumpets of ‘Risk it All’ are clearly the best part of the song, introducing its melancholic melody in the first few seconds. The arrangement is written and played with exquisite taste, and although ‘Risk it All’ lyrically does not give the most original spin on the typical “I would die for you” message, the melodic composition does innovate on what we already know from Bruno Mars, resulting in a pleasant surprise. Jordi Bardaji
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