{"id":2228229,"date":"2026-01-09T11:35:25","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T11:35:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2228229"},"modified":"2026-01-09T11:35:25","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T11:35:25","slug":"bruno-mars-returns-with-retro-new-single-i-just-might-its-party-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/bruno-mars-returns-with-retro-new-single-i-just-might-its-party-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Bruno Mars returns with retro new single &#8216;I Just Might&#8217;: &#8220;It\u2019s party time!&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/bruno-mars\">Bruno Mars<\/a> has returned with a brand-new single, \u2018I Just Might\u2019 \u2013 you can listen to it below.<\/p>\n<p>The song is the first preview of the US singer-songwriter and producer\u2019s fourth solo album, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/bruno-mars-announces-new-album-the-romantic-3921842\">\u2018The Romantic\u2019<\/a>, which is released on Friday February 27. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/brunomars.lnk.to\/TheRomantic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pre-order\/pre-save here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>You stepped inside with a vibe I ain\u2019t never seen\/ Yes you did, ooh\/ Girl if you talk like you walk, come and talk to me<\/em>,\u201d Mars sings on the retro, funk-laced track.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>But look here\/ It would break my heart, break my heart, break my heart if I find out you can\u2019t move\/ You better show me now, show me now, show me now \/ \u2018Cause when I take you to the floor, ooh you gotta get down\/ You know what to do\/ Hey Mr DJ\/ Play a song for this pretty little lady<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I Just Might\u2019 is accompanied by a \u201970s-inspired music video, where five versions of Mars make up a live band, performing on an old-school TV set. He also dances under some multi-coloured lights in the visuals, directed by himself and Daniel Ramos.<\/p>\n<p>Writing on social media upon his return, Mars said: \u201cIt\u2019s party time! The self proclaimed Aura Lord is back.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bruno Mars - I Just Might [Official Music Video]\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mrV8kK5t0V8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DTRvLppEfnV\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u2018I Just Might\u2019 was co-produced by Mars and D\u2019Mile \u2013 the latter of whom worked on the songwriter\u2019s 2021 record with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/anderson-paak\">Anderson .Paak<\/a> as <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/silk-sonic\">Silk Sonic<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/album\/silk-sonic-an-evening-with-silk-sonic-review-bruno-mars-anderson-paak-3094008\">\u2018An Evening With Silk Sonic\u2019<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Since releasing the collaborative project, Mars has <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/lady-gaga-reveals-die-with-a-smile-with-bruno-mars-huge-part-new-album-3824137\">teamed up with Lady Gaga on the hit ballad \u2018Die With A Smile\u2019<\/a>, worked with\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/blackpinks-rose-hits-major-milestone-with-apt-3893331\">BLACKPINK\u2019s Ros\u00e9 on the huge joint track \u2018APT.\u2019<\/a>, and\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/watch-bruno-mars-and-sexyy-red-team-up-with-lady-gaga-and-blackpinks-rose-on-raunchy-new-single-fat-juicy-wet-3831689\">featured on Sexyy Red\u2019s single \u2018Fat Juicy &amp; Wet\u2019<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The Romantic\u2019 serves as the long-awaited follow-up to Mars\u2019 multi-<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/winners-2018-grammy-awards-2230556\">Grammy<\/a>-winning solo album <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/bruno-mars-24k-magic-1882630\">\u201924K Magic\u2019<\/a>, which arrived in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/watch-bruno-mars-cover-nirvanas-smells-like-teen-spirit-at-private-corporate-christmas-party-that-also-featured-yungblud-slash-eddie-vedder-and-more-3918629\">Mars joined Eddie Vedder,\u00a0Slash,\u00a0Yungblud, Anthony Kiedis and more to cover some rock classics at a lavish corporate Christmas party in New York<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In other news,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/bruno-mars-almost-scrapped-die-with-a-smile-until-learning-that-lady-gaga-was-starring-in-joker-folie-a-deux-3916137\">the singer recently revealed that he was close to scrapping his hit\u00a0Lady Gaga\u00a0collab \u2018Die With A Smile\u2019<\/a>, but changed his mind after learning that she was working on\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/film-reviews\/joker-folie-a-deux-review-lady-gaga-3790522\"><em>Joker: Folie \u00e0 Deux<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Ros\u00e9 and Mars\u2019<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/jess-glynne-and-radiohead-come-out-on-top-as-tiktok-reveals-its-song-artist-and-music-trend-of-2026-3917475\"> \u2018APT.\u2019 was named as one of TikTok\u2019s top 20 global songs of 2025<\/a> last month. The track had previously landed at Number 14 on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/lists\/end-of-year\/best-songs-2024-3817596\"><em>NME<\/em>\u2018s 50 best songs of 2024 list<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/bruno-mars-24k-magic-1882630\">a four-star review of \u201924K Magic\u2019<\/a>,\u00a0<em>NME<\/em> called the LP \u201chalf an hour of party tunes that sound like the best bits of \u201990s R&amp;B\u201d. It added: \u201cFew albums designed to sound like a party actually play like one, but Bruno Mars has pulled it off with style.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('consent', 'revoke');\n  fbq('init', '370979561341328');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.nme.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bruno Mars has returned with a brand-new single, \u2018I Just Might\u2019 \u2013 you can listen to it below. The song is the first preview of the US singer-songwriter and producer\u2019s fourth solo album, \u2018The Romantic\u2019, which is released on Friday February 27. Pre-order\/pre-save here. \u201cYou stepped inside with a vibe I ain\u2019t never seen\/ Yes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2228230,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[368582,21940,21947,21946],"class_list":["post-2228229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-funk","tag-pop","tag-rb","tag-soul"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Bruno-Mars-returns-with-retro-new-single-I-Just-Might.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2228229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2228229"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2228229\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2228231,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2228229\/revisions\/2228231"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2228230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2228229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2228229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2228229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}