Bruno Mars is one of those artists who really goes away when he’s not promoting something. It doesn’t feel like he’s been absent from music for years, although he hasn’t put out an album since 2012. We haven’t felt that absence because of his collabs with people like Mark Ronson (“Uptown Funk”) and his appearance at the Super Bowl this year. Anyway, he’s got a new album called 24K Magic. The first single is out and it’s doing well on iTunes. Bruno is just now getting around to giving interviews to promote the album too. He chatted with a radio station this week and he was asked about the work he did on Adele’s smash album, 25. They cowrote “All I Ask” and to hear Adele tell it, they loved working together. Bruno says that she was a “diva” although he didn’t mean it in a bad way?
When Bruno Mars first met Adele, she wasn’t what he thought she’d be. Along with Philip Lawrence and Christopher Brody Brown, the Grammy winners co-wrote the song “All I Ask” for Adele’s album, 25.
“She walks into the studio and she’s got all this attitude. She’s a diva. She’s like, ‘I don’t want to do this. I don’t like that,'” Mars, 31, recalled Tuesday in an interview with KTU 103.5’s Cubby & Carolina Bermudez in the Morning. “Then, as soon as we hit a couple chords that she liked, we started rolling—and that’s where we got that song from.”
Adele knocked it out of the park, and it didn’t take long to erase the first impression she’d made on Mars.
“She’s incredible. There was a moment when she was singing in the booth—I’m not exaggerating at all—and the water was vibrating. Like, you know, that scene in Jurassic Park? She’s got some pipes on her, and she’s just a superstar,” he said. Mars admitted he would jump at the chance to perform “All I Ask” with the 28-year-old songbird—but it’s up to her. “I don’t know what she’s waiting on, man. I’m like, ‘Come on, Adele!’ Like, send an email. Let me know!”
Maybe he didn’t mean it in a great way at first – he was actually saying that Adele knew what she wanted and she wasn’t going to fool around with their nonsense. Does that make a person a “diva,” or does that term only apply to women who know what they want? While it’s obvious that Bruno loved working with Adele, he might need to… I don’t know, stop making “diva” into a thing.
Meanwhile, did you hear that Adele endorsed Hillary Clinton? Adele told the audience at her Miami concert: “I am English, but what happens in America affects me too. Don’t vote for him. … I can’t vote, but I am 100 percent for Hillary Clinton. I love her, she’s amazing.” This will actually hurt Donald Trump personally – apparently, he is a huge, BIGLY Adele fan. He used to play her music constantly at rallies.
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I was JUST hoping for a Bruno post here! You guys just made a very blue day, 24K magic!
Love adele – and bruno, for that matter!
I love the Trump/Adele music rally thing. Made my day ( ;
I still remember when Trump was playing Adele’s music at his rallies, calling himself a BIGLY fan and she put her foot down and made it clear she wasn’t supporting him. Still makes me laugh.
Reflects a lot better on Republicans than Democrats-they respect art and music of people with different political views. However, it’s all political, all the time for Democrats.
Huh?
Slightly off-topic: my husband’s theory is that what we hear as “bigly” is Trump trying to say “big league”.
Yes, that would be an intelligent persons take on it. Not sure we can apply that rule to Trump though! 😉😂
In which case Trump is using the phrase out of context and sounds just as grammatically incoherent as if he’s saying bigly which might be a word (according to the dictionary) but still sounds bizarre and stupid when used in a sentence during a political debate by an orange demon.
I saw an article where someone was trying to make that “big league” thing happen. I’d love to see a list of the sentences where Trump used the word/phrase and see how they look or sound with big league inserted. Not much improved, I’m guessing.
NYT had an article that said linguists had confirmed he is saying “big league”. That’s also been confirmed by his campaign.
All I ask is an incredible song.
I saw an interview with Adele on a British show and the host asked her who she thought the greatest singer in the world was. She answered Bruno Mars.
She went on to talk about how, when they were collaborating, he would do a note and she would say “Uhhhh…Bruno…I can’t do that….”
She knows her voice and what she can and can’t do. And Bruno can do EVERYTHING.
I think this combo is the crux of his comments.
Have you seen him on Hawaii Star? He was 6 and little Elvis.
That sent me right over to YouTube. Adorable!!!!
Yes! He is amazing!
Does that make a person a “diva,” or does that term only apply to women who know what they want?
Exactly that, the woman knows her stuff and she’s not afraid of voicing concern about what she doesn’t like or cannot do, and that is OFTEN described by men as being “bossy” or “diva”.
Very, very annoying!
Oh for goodness sake, a woman dares to have a mind of her own and know what she wants and she’s immediately a ‘Diva’ the first impression is she’s ‘trouble’ – no she’s not. When are we going to get past this ridiculous attitude, it’s supposed to be the 21st century. Why did he even have to mention it? Oh and this is not because I’m some huge Adele stan, I like her, love her voice but there’s still a part of me that thinks she’s a sub Amy and that the greatest loss to music in decades was Amy Winehouse (RIP)
I don’t think he meant it in a negative way. I took it to mean “larger than life”. Adele isn’t exactly a “just like us” kind of star, and I think part of her charm is that she knows exactly what she’s doing and isn’t afraid to speak her mind.
Even if he didn’t mean it, why did he feel the need to say it? Would he have said that about a male vocalist who knew his own mind? I think it’s probably a bit of unconscious sexism but it’s still sexism
I can’t read Bruno Mars’ mind so I don’t know, but then again “divo” isn’t really used much. When used within the context of a spectacular female singer, “diva” doesn’t have the same negative context.
If it didn’t have a negative context why would people object to it? It might depend where you are, as I pointed out below in the UK Diva is definitely pejorative when applied to a woman, and it’s most often applied when a woman expresses some kind of independent thought.
http://onlineslangdictionary.com/meaning-definition-of/diva
In American and UK slang “Both the terms “diva” and “prima donna” are now used disparagingly for someone who acts overly entitled.”
Remembering an article about David Bowie… “He knew what he wanted and that meant you did what he wanted. He was paying the bills.” Not an exact quote, but close enough. Isn’t that what Adele is doing? But she doesn’t have a penis, so diva is the term. By the way Bridget in Australia at least “Devo” is a term we use for a deviant person.
I see your point, if Adele was a man he wouldn’t have used the word “diva”, even if it was meant in a positive way.
Right. They’d call a man a ‘boss.’
I think he meant it in the Beyonce way.
If it were TSwift being revealed to be a diva I doubt Bruno would be getting any flack for it. I think it’s cool what he revealed especially since he enjoyed working with her and doesn’t seem offended by her behavior. Besides he may not consider calling a musical talent like Adele a diva an insult.
She needs to write an album called Diva with a song called Nasty Woman… Chorus: “I don’t want to do this. I don’t like that.” I mean… She would kill that.
Is ‘diva’ a négative Word? To me it’s positive but I’m not a native English speaker.
I read it as definitely negative in English, especially in the UK where it’s basically taken to mean spoiled and self indulgent.
If someone calls you a Diva, it’s definitely an insult. “Don’t be such a Diva” However, I do feel that it can sometimes be used positively. So, quite tricky for someone not native to English!
YAAASSS Diva IT UP for my Lil Pocket BF Adele!! You Got It, so Flaunt it!!!
I hate to see the word ‘diva’ used to describe women who knows what they want but I think, in Adele’s case, that might be a little true.
Everyone everywhere occasionally gets an incorrect first impression of another person. Maybe he felt she could be not very welcoming to collaboration? Anyway, the overall tone of the interview was pretty positive.
Re divas- go now to YouTube and search out the Barbra S’ interviews re her hand-picked collaborators on her most recent release. Now THAT is a diva- and I mean that in the best sense of the word!
Bruno Mars like most men have a problem with a women who knows what she wants. He probably thought he could tell Adele what to do and when she was like umm no that’s not how this is going down. So he labelled her a diva.
He clearly respects and admires her, I think the diva thing was meant in a lighthearted way. No need to get upset.
Hush with that good sense.