{"id":2308202,"date":"2026-03-02T12:11:35","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T12:11:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2308202"},"modified":"2026-03-02T12:11:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T12:11:35","slug":"fans-crown-bruno-mars-the-romantic-best-new-release-of-the-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/fans-crown-bruno-mars-the-romantic-best-new-release-of-the-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Fans Crown Bruno Mars \u2018The Romantic\u2019 Best New Release of the Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fans have spoken. And this week, romance won.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1 wp-block-paragraph\">In our latest new music poll on X, readers crowned <strong>Bruno Mars<\/strong>\u2019 <strong><em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/inmusicblog.com\/lists\/bruno-mars-the-romantic-best-songs-ranked\/\">The Romantic<\/a><\/em><\/strong> the <strong>Best New Release of the Week<\/strong>, earning <strong>43%<\/strong> of the vote. The result caps off a competitive final <strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/inmusicblog.com\/new-music\/new-music-bruno-mars-blackpink-raye-2026\/\">New Music Friday<\/a><\/strong> of February, which saw major returns from global heavyweights.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1 wp-block-paragraph\">Coming in second was <strong>BLACKPINK<\/strong> with their comeback EP <strong><em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/inmusicblog.com\/lists\/blackpink-deadline-best-songs-ranked\/\">Deadline<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, securing <strong>32%.<\/strong> <strong>RAYE<\/strong> followed with <strong>18%<\/strong> for her new single \u201c<strong>Nightingale Lane.<\/strong>\u201d, while <strong>Melanie Martinez<\/strong>\u2019s \u201c<strong>Disney Princess<\/strong>\u201d rounded out the poll with <strong>7%<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\"\/>\n<nav class=\"jp-relatedposts-i2 wp-block-jetpack-related-posts\" data-layout=\"grid\" aria-label=\"Related\">\n<h4 id=\"h-related\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Related<\/h4>\n<\/nav>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\"\/>\n<p class=\"p1 wp-block-paragraph\">The numbers underline the momentum. On Spotify, <em>The Romantic<\/em> opened with <strong>26.4 million streams <\/strong>in its first 24 hours, while <em>Deadline<\/em> launched with <strong>16 million<\/strong>, both strong day-one figures.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1 wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The Romantic<\/em>, released February 27 via Atlantic Records, is Mars\u2019 first full solo studio album since 2016\u2019s <strong><em>24K Magic<\/em><\/strong>. Across roughly 35 minutes, the 9-track project leans into warmth and movement. Latin accents, glossy R&amp;B grooves, and buoyant pop hooks shape songs such as \u201c<strong>I Just Might<\/strong>\u201d and \u201c<strong>Risk It All<\/strong>,\u201d the latter arriving with a wedding-themed music video.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1 wp-block-paragraph\">Deadline, meanwhile, signals BLACKPINK\u2019s first group release since 2022\u2019s <strong><em>Born Pink<\/em><\/strong>. The five-track EP reconnects <strong>Jisoo, Jennie, Ros\u00e9<\/strong>, and <strong>Lisa<\/strong> in a high-impact set. With production touches from names including Diplo and Dr. Luke, and a focal anthem in \u201c<strong>GO<\/strong>,\u201d the project extends the quartet\u2019s global pop footprint.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1 wp-block-paragraph\">RAYE\u2019s \u201cNightingale Lane.\u201d offered a tonal counterpoint. The sweeping ballad, lifted from her forthcoming album <strong><em>This Music May Contain Hope.<\/em><\/strong>, pairs orchestral flourishes with deeply personal lyricism. A live rendition recorded at Abbey Road with the London Symphony Orchestra and The Flames Collective has already fueled early acclaim.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1 wp-block-paragraph\">Melanie Martinez\u2019s \u201cDisney Princess,\u201d released days earlier, continued building anticipation for her upcoming album <strong><em>HADES<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-block sd-like jetpack-likes-widget-wrapper jetpack-likes-widget-unloaded\" id=\"like-post-wrapper-221722698-26334-69a4e0b8f0b2f\" data-src=\"https:\/\/widgets.wp.com\/likes\/?ver=15.6-a.7#blog_id=221722698&amp;post_id=26334&amp;origin=inmusicblog.com&amp;obj_id=221722698-26334-69a4e0b8f0b2f\" data-name=\"like-post-frame-221722698-26334-69a4e0b8f0b2f\" data-title=\"Like or Reblog\">\n<h3 class=\"sd-title\">Like this:<\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"button\"><span>Like<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"loading\">Loading\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sd-text-color\"\/><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sd-link-color\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\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 inmusicblog.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fans have spoken. And this week, romance won. In our latest new music poll on X, readers crowned Bruno Mars\u2019 The Romantic the Best New Release of the Week, earning 43% of the vote. The result caps off a competitive final New Music Friday of February, which saw major returns from global heavyweights. 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