History Music / BrunoMars

Bruno Mars (born Peter Gene Hernandez on October 8, 1985) is an American pop/R&B singer/songwriter. After bursting onto the scene with his song "Nothin' on You" (2010) with the rapper Music/BoB and the song "Billionaire" (2010) with Music/GymClassHeroes frontman Travie [=McCoy=], he has become a very popular artist. He has won ten awards, and has been nominated for 65. His debut album has sold over two million copies and has been certified double-platinum in the USA. His song "Uptown Funk!", a collaboration with British DJ Music/MarkRonson, is one of the best-selling songs of all time. He also performed at UsefulNotes/SuperBowl XLVIII and 50. He is a member of the production trio called The Smeezingtons, who have produced his own songs as well as for others.

On February 25, 2021, after a 4-year hiatus since ''24K Magic'', he and Anderson .Paak [[https://twitter.com/BrunoMars/status/1365150996838555648 announced that they are forming a band]] named ''Silk Sonic'' and their first album is releasing in 2021 with their first song, "Leave the Door Open", released on March 5, 2021.

%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.

---> Easy come, easy go,\\

---> "And when you smile, the whole world stops and stares for a while."

On February 25, 2021, after a 4-year hiatus since ''24K Magic'', he and Anderson .Paak [[https://twitter.com/BrunoMars/status/1365150996838555648 announced that they are forming a band]] named ''Silk Sonic'' and their first album is releasing in 2021 with their first song, "Leave the Door Open", released on March 7, 2021.

On February 25, 2021, after a 4-year hiatus since ''24K Magic'', he and Anderson .Paak [[https://twitter.com/BrunoMars/status/1365150996838555648 announced that they are forming a band]] named ''Silk Sonic'' and their first album is coming soon with their first song releasing in March 7.

!!Discography:

!!''[='=]Cause you make me feel like/I've been troped out of Heaven'':

* ''Doo-Wops & Hooligans'' (2010)
* ''Unorthodox Jukebox'' (2012)
* ''24K Magic'' (2016)

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: 24K Magic lacks a parental advisory warning, despite the TitleTrack containing a few utterances of "Shit"

* ExpectingSomeoneTaller[=/=]FunSize: He's just under 5'4".

---> ''Got to blame it on Jesus!/Hashtag #blessed (They ain't ready for me, UH!''

* LargeHam

* DrivenToSuicide: In the ending of the "Grenade" video.

* JustTheWayYouAre: "Just the Way You Are", obviously.
* LargeHam

[[caption-width-right:300:[[IncrediblyLamePun He'll catch a grenade for you and uptown funk you up just the way you are, 'cause you make him feel like he's been locked out of Heaven.]]]]

Bruno Mars (born Peter Gene Hernandez on October 8, 1985) is an American pop/R&B singer/songwriter. After bursting onto the scene with his song "Nothin' on You" (2010) with the rapper Music/BoB and the song "Billionaire" (2010) with Music/GymClassHeroes frontman Travie [=McCoy=], he has become a very popular artist. He has won ten awards, and has been nominated for 65. His debut album has sold over two million copies and has been certified double-platinum in the USA. His song "Uptown Funk!", a collaboration with British DJ Mark Ronson, is one of the best-selling songs of all time. He also performed at UsefulNotes/SuperBowl XLVIII and 50. He is a member of the production trio called The Smeezingtons, who have produced his own songs as well as for others.

* DressHitsFloor: Creator/ZendayaColeman does this in the "Versace on the Floor" video.

* OlderThanTheyLook: Does he look like he's almost 30?

* BadassBoast / BoastfulRap: "Uptown Funk", a track where he talks about how hot he is and that his band is about that money. And he raps in the quiet part of the bridge before the last chorus. Plus, there's that line: "Don't believe me, just watch!", which is a boast in and of itself.

* BeYourself: "Just the Way You Are".

* GenreThrowback: One of his specialties. "Treasure" is a throwback to disco, "Locked Out of Heaven" is explicitly an {{Homage}} to Music/ThePolice, "Gorilla" is an emulation of {{Music/Prince}}, and his guest spot on Mark Ronson's "Uptown Funk" is a throwback to, well, '70s-style funk.
** Everything in ''24K Magic'' ranges from Music/JamesBrown influenced funk to NewJackSwing and late 90s/early 2000s Hip Hop and R&B.

* RefrainFromAssuming: "When I Was Your Man" has a handful of phrases in the chorus that one could see it as, but the title is not said until the very end of the song.

* {{Retraux}}: His performance at the 2011 Grammys included a performance of "Grenade" in the style of an old soul song.

** ''24K Magic'' is sprinkled all over with [[TheNineties 90s]] R&B.
*** The video for "Finesse," complete with music video cinematography from that era and the 4:3 aspect ratio.
* StageNames: It's come from both his childhood similarity to wrestler Bruno Sammartino, and that "I felt like I didn't have [any] pizzazz, and a lot of girls say I’m out of this world, so I was like I guess I'm from Mars."

* ShoutOut

** The video for "Finesse" is a direct homage to the '90s series [[Series/InLivingColor In Living Color]].

** The video for "Finesse" is a direct homage to the '90s series [[Series/InLivingColor "In Living Color"]].

** "Our First Time" and "Locked Out Of Heaven".

* CrossOver: Started his career by appearing on B.o.B. and Travie [=McCoy=]'s songs, and later was a guest in [[{{Eminem}} Bad Meets Evil's]] "Lighters". On the other hand there's B.o.B. and Music/CeeLoGreen in "The Other Side", and Damian Marley in "Liquor Store Blues".

* AnalogyBackfire: "Gorilla". As WebVideo/ToddInTheShadows notes, [[TeenieWeenie a gorilla's penis is only an inch and a half long.]]

* AnalogyBackfire: "Gorilla". As WebVideo/ToddInTheShadows notes, a gorilla's penis is only an inch and a half long.