Celeb News: Leona praises Bruno Mars and wants to work with him

Soeplepel

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Do you have any idea where you want to go next with your music?
"Well really this year I took the time to become re-inspired, and after my tour I thought that it was gonna be a chilled kind of year, kind of, you know, going in the studio. But then I did a film and recorded a bunch of '80s songs for it, so I was in the '80s headspace for a while.

"Then I went straight into recording all these Christmas classic Motown kind of songs, so it really gave me a chance to just get out of my head and go into something completely different. I feel like for the next record I'm re-inspired to do something a bit different, maybe even go into that kind of retro throwback sound for the next record. I definitely want to work with the Smeezingtons. I'd love to do something with Bruno Mars, so I'm reaching out to a few different people and also some Motown people, maybe doing something with them. So I'm still thinking about it, but maybe I'll try something like that on the next album."

Bruno Mars really mastered that retro sound with his last album Unorthodox Jukebox.
"Even though it was a huge album, I still feel like it's not as rated as it should be. And he's not rated as highly as he should be because he is phenomenal. I think he could be one of the greats."

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Tristan

So stoked for this!

Leona knows credit where it is due

vanishingbee

truth

Damien M

Everything she said is 100% true, esp the last bit

mandym

That would be cool

Merelyn

Yes Leona, you better stan.

British always know the tea. Just couple days ago they said there’s a new King of Pop after watched Bruno's show in New Castle.

RudeBoyy

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I'd love to do something with Bruno Mars,

Everyone would Leona, everyone would.

J-esper

Leona spilling that honest tea

Imogene

It's really nice of her. But I could make a bet they already worked together.

Zack

Bruno doesn't do many duets now, he only writes rarely for other artists.

I like this collaboration of his though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoNNxYxPOcc

MaoMars

Leona spilling the truth tea

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"Even though it was a huge album, I still feel like it's not as rated as it should be. And he's not rated as highly as he should be because he is phenomenal. I think he could be one of the greats."

I hope she gets the collab!!!! It would sound awesome!
It's good to see artists also feeling like we hooligans do sometimes: that Bruno is underrated :/ and deserves more praise.

Merelyn

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Originally posted by Imogene

It's really nice of her. But I could make a bet they already worked together.

No, sis. That's Alexandra Burke. Bruno never work with Leona.

IVY

You need a true artist to recognize another true artist.

Mike91

I'd LOVE for these two to collaborate. Both of their voices would go great together.

And Leona is right about Bruno. He might not be "underrated" but he deserves more. Hopefully the Grammys recognize him this year. His album was a million times better than JT's.

And hopefully the Super Bowl elevates him as well.