- funk, disco, pop soul, latin soul
- 4 min
- 9 tracks
- Atlantic
The Romantic is the fourth solo studio album and fifth overall by the American singer-songwriter Bruno Mars, released by Atlantic Records on February 27, 2026. It marks his first album in more than four years following the collaborative album An Evening with Silk Sonic (2021) with Anderson .Paak as Silk Sonic, as well as his first solo album in over nine years since 24K Magic (2016).
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Character
Warm, character-led, grave and classical in form.
- warmbleak
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
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Metacritic 66/100 · AnyDecentMusic? 6/10
- AllMusic4/5 ★
- ConsequenceC+
- The Guardian2/5 ★
- NME4/5 ★
- PasteD+
- Pitchfork5.8/10
- PopMatters7/10
- Rolling Stone4/5 ★
- Slant Magazine3/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1Risk It All
- 2Cha Cha Cha
- 3I Just Might3:33
- 4God Was Showing Off
- 5Why You Wanna Fight?
- 6On My Soul
- 7Something Serious
- 8Nothing Left
- 9Dance With Me
9 tracks, 4 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Bruno Mars
- Label
- Atlantic
- Released
- February 27, 2026
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Digital Media
- Country
- XW
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