MAY sinusunod na dress code si Bruno Mars tuwing nasa studio at ginagawa ang kanyang upbeat, funky na bagong album.

Para sa kanya, kailangang magsuot ng pinakamagandang damit at iwanan ang sloppy sweatpants sa bahay.

Inihayag niya na nakaka-set up ng mood ang pagbibihis nang maayos at ang kanyang mga collaborator ay mas makakasulat at mas makalilikha ng groovy, smooth at soulful na mga kanta para mabuo ang 24k Magic, ang kanyang bagong album pagkaraan ng apat na taon.

“I made it a point: I’m showing up to the studio, we working, but I’m not showing up in sweats ’cause you’re going to get what sweats sounds like… so I’m going to wear every jewelry piece I collected, and my finest shoes, and write some songs,” ani Mars. “It just helped keep the motion (going).”

Ibinahagi ni Mars, 31-anyos, na inspirasyon ng kanyang album ang pagmamahal niya sa R&B acts tulad ng New Edition, Boyz II Men, at Jodeci, pati na rin ang West Coast Rap.

“The spirit of this album, growing up in the ’90s, is to me the most joyous (time) for me. That’s my childhood.

That’s what I grew up on,” aniya. “I love DJ Quik, Suga Free, Too Short, E-40, Dr. Dre of course, Snoop, and that’s because these songs, they influenced hip-hop, these ’70s funk songs, but it took place in the ’90s and that’s why you had this soulful music with a superstar rapping on it. For me, it was all about the live show and the kind of party I want to throw.

“That is the spirit we were hoping to capture on this album, and that rhythm is not as popular on radio right now,” dagdag niya

“See, when I grew up you had to know how to dance, that was the whole thing. Everybody danced, thugs are dancing, the girls ain’t looking at you unless you’re dancing. I remember having so much fun growing up going to functions and dancing, having a good time. People see me and my band do what we do and I’m just trying to push that even now more so on this album than the last two. It’s like, ‘We got to be moving’ — that’s it.”

Sabi pa niya: “And I’m being mean about the R&B stuff. There’s room, it’s just not what I can bring to the table. …It’s not what I want to do.”

Pagkaraang pumasok sa industriya noong 2010 bilang co-writer, co-producer at guest singer sa mga patok na kanta tulad ng Nothin’ On You at Billionaire, nagpatuloy siya sa pagiging solo star sa kanyang debut na Doo-Wops & Hooligans, pati na rin ang kasunod noong 2012 na Unorthodox Jukebox. Nanalo rin siya ng Grammys sa parehong multi-platinum album. (AFP)