Transcript of Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak AKA Silk Sonic in the Big Interview
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0:00big boys neighborhood it is a pleasure0:02to have these gentlemen back in the0:04neighborhood ladies and gentlemen silk0:06sonic in the neighborhood anderson pack0:08bruno mars welcome back to the0:10neighborhood bro thanks for having me0:12good to see you bro hey man let me tell0:13you when we had leave the door open we0:16we thought not that it was going to be0:17one and done0:19but that was such a beautiful song that0:22you know how sometimes you hope for0:23something to go down but you think like0:25ah man you know they're too busy or you0:27know there's these albums that we wait0:29for five ten years but you guys really0:32went in0:33and y'all really knocked out the album0:35like y'all said y'all were going to do0:37and let me tell you bruno mars anderson0:39man y'all got0:41a great album thank you brother now0:44before before it was available to0:46everybody it's available now on all0:47streams and however you get your music0:48but before it was available they sent us0:50a link0:51bro they they gave us 48 hours to listen0:54to the album0:56that album went double platinum in my0:58car1:00and triple platinum at the house and you1:02know you know how bad it is with1:04something shut off then i went to go try1:05to listen to it again and it wasn't1:07there it's gone it effed me up man1:10april but what i also love about an1:12evening with silk sonic is there's no1:15fillers there's absolutely no feelers1:17man you gave us nine songs eight or you1:21know eight new ones but it was like1:24not just1:25quality the quantity was in all over the1:27place did you guys go in thinking like1:29man great albums used to have like1:32eight to ten twelve songs on it1:34i mean it's just hard1:38yeah i don't think we have 20 good ideas1:41right1:43and they saw and these1:45i i told andy i said if you can't get1:47them with nine or ten you're not going1:48to get them with 20. i hear you1:51i hear you1:53how do y'all know anderson how do you1:55know when when the album is done because1:57being a creative person when do you back2:00away from it and say you know what man2:01is cooked let's serve it now2:04that's tough man because uh2:07i mean even when it was done it wasn't2:09done i was just looking at him like2:11cross-eyed and i just was like2:14b2:15i can't just for the sake of my sanity i2:18think we this is it like i mean he he'll2:21go until you know if i think if he had2:23his way he'd still be in there trying to2:24work out mixes and stuff i could fix2:26this2:28we can make it sound better i could fix2:30it i started paying the engineer2:31everybody on the table like hey hey we2:33got to strike hit the lights we got to2:34hit we got to strike um but yeah i mean2:37i think we all knew in our gut that uh2:39when it was time man like it just it2:41just he's not lying though there is a2:43part of it where it's like you have to2:44be sick of the song2:46you have to be sick of each other you2:47got to push yourself and we try to you2:49know andy pushing me to places i've2:50never been i'm hoping i'm doing the same2:51for him absolutely2:53and that's that's what it is it's like2:55until it's until we feel it and we felt2:57it would leave the door open2:58yeah he's singing notes i'm singing3:00notes that we probably shouldn't be3:02singing3:04over-extended yeah3:06maybe here live like that we're not3:07gonna see we're not gonna promise you3:09that little variations yeah3:11how is your man with both of you3:13gentlemen being so creative and so great3:16at what you do are you able anderson to3:19say no bruno you got to get back in the3:21booth and bruno are you the same with3:22anderson where it's like nah3:24i think we get your ass yeah3:26are you crazy a lot of him doing that3:28too are you crazy andy3:30what and how do y'all pick like how do3:33you pick who plays drums you know what3:34i'm saying you know damn well you know3:36damn well they don't get on the drugs i3:38put them on a little percussion like3:39ricky ricardo or something3:42i'm on the bongos indigenous you know3:45and then tell the engineer take that out3:47when he leaves3:49you like that3:52hey man3:53and i don't know like if y'all have a3:55favorite you know what i'm saying but i3:57found myself bro i found myself3:59listening to the album over and over and4:03over again bro and not only production4:05not how beautiful you guys sound but how4:08full the music sound as well and and4:11even on like fly as me like anderson the4:14way that you come in on that too you4:16know what i'm saying like this4:18and then smoking out the window is damn4:20near comical you know what i'm saying4:23like do y'all do y'all have a favorite4:25or is it hard to pick your4:27your child4:28yeah that's tough i mean yeah it's only4:31like nine songs so i mean4:33it's tough i think the whole album4:34really is is like our baby and i love4:37all the records man i mean he's singing4:39his face off yeah man4:42hey man how long was the process of4:45actually making this because you know we4:46we'll see people and they say oh man in4:48passing we said oh we got to work4:49together and usually that doesn't mean4:50anything4:52how long had not just getting in the4:54studio how long has it been an idea4:56i stalked bruno for roughly5:02his entire career right5:04i was always talking about hey bruno i'm5:06here yeah5:07i toured with him and he was still like5:09who are you what's going on5:12on tour with you brother we want to get5:13in studio5:14smoking out the window is actually uh5:16the first time we wrote on tour yeah5:18that was five years ago we started the5:20idea yeah we started the idea wait wait5:22that was how long ago four or five years5:24ago yeah damn5:27finally blessing us yeah5:29and it's one of those things that had to5:31happen the way it did because it would5:32have and it's the song's not that old5:34but we always had smoking out the window5:36we had this like subject matter and uh5:39it was on his birthday i called him over5:41and that's when we finally finished it5:42and then a pandemic hit yeah yeah yeah5:46did y'all work more or less during the5:48pandemic because we know you couldn't go5:49go out and do like big shows or anything5:51that you got you gentlemen are used to5:53does that lock you down a little more5:54create creatively5:57i feel like i think we work more and i5:59think that's what like gave us the juice6:01to make this album because we couldn't6:03play shows so we're like all right well6:05we gotta make up a show and bootsy6:06collins gonna be the host6:08and6:09you know we're gonna have an evening6:10with some sonic so when people put this6:11album on they're gonna feel like they're6:12watching us and to see if if what we got6:15also man and that's available for you6:16now is sequence so well6:19you know what i'm saying with bootsy on6:20the intro and and then just you know6:23like i know bootsy and people know of6:27bootsy but to take your audience also6:30and present for those that probably6:32don't know who bootsy collins is to also6:35give him a platform what made you guys6:37think like man we we got to get bootsy6:39not involved but really involved in in6:42this project we're doing6:44we wouldn't be here without him yeah you6:45know it's just like that and uh6:48i think we you know we owe a lot to them6:50and and not only bootsy but all the all6:53the [ __ ] tears and all the people6:54that paved the way you know what i'm6:55saying and um6:57when he heard the music he knew exactly6:59what we should be called and how should7:01look and you know what i'm saying so7:03uh it was it was only right hey man the7:06boots you know we probably hit this7:07before but did booty come with the name7:09silk sonic yeah damn that's dope were7:12there any other names y'all were kicking7:13around7:14go ahead and uh7:16yeah7:17uh what was it um7:20robotronics7:22um7:23fake rolex oh7:25uh7:27uh7:35i was like man we could probably make7:37robotronics work then we went into fake7:39rolex7:41it's real creative never was a woman for7:43names7:44it is creative though can you imagine7:46ladies and gentlemen get your hands7:47together for a robotroni7:51big boy's neighborhood we got robotronix7:53in here and then if y'all would have7:54been robotronics i would have been like7:55man what names did you guys actually had7:57before y'all would've said sonic i7:58would've been like sonic yeah8:00exactly yeah8:02exactly bruno you had mentioned that8:04anderson had pushed you to places that8:05you had never been before and you hoped8:07the same uh8:11and now verses in constant debt8:14what did you guys learn about each other8:17working so closely together battle with8:19addiction8:20yeah yeah hilarious8:23it8:24helps is a common thing8:28in this [ __ ] thing and8:30the magic y'all made out of it the magic8:32you made out of it though you know see8:34how god works you see how god works he's8:36a psycho8:43what did you guys learn about each other8:44that maybe you didn't know working8:46together8:48i think what you learn is how fun it is8:50to make music8:52i've been making music for a while8:54andy's been making music for a while and8:55then some and then we got in the room8:56together he got behind the drums and8:59then something magical happens and when9:01we're together and we're singing9:02together and going back and forth and9:03trying to top each other's lines9:05and try to out sing9:07you know and then he'll go and pull out9:08some and start rapping and then i'll be9:11looking at him mad right9:14and then you tell me you'll need a9:15morning over here9:18starting to start cutting you up we9:19don't need no more out here he started9:20dancing9:33when i saw you guys come together it was9:35one of those things where i was like of9:36course like this is it just this is so9:38natural it's like the perfect fit but9:40was there any pushback for this album9:42from anybody like i feel like you guys9:44would just give it be given the green9:46light but was there any of you guys9:47having to fight for it we don't do well9:49with push back back and forth9:53never been a fan of push back we are9:54allergic to that yeah you don't like9:55that makes me itchy right here9:58this is pretty much what it is10:02hey we all10:04[Applause]10:05[Laughter]10:08and i think that you guys got enough of10:10a track record for people to kind of10:12trust what y'all gonna do yeah you know10:14what i'm saying like i think i think it10:15was a big i think a lot of people were10:17just like really that's what you guys10:18are like a whole album not just like10:20one song two songs and they were talking10:22like no no we got to do the whole thing10:23because it's a10:24a show10:25hey man on that 777 yes lord hey man10:29there's a line on there i'm about to buy10:31las vegas moon walk through the money10:32like a mic jack hey like you're the amen10:35and i'm telling you anderson there's10:37just this funky th10:40there's a time when you know an artist10:42and you'll hear it and you know exactly10:43who it is it could be you could be in10:45the store and you can hear something10:47you're like oh that's anderson right10:48there let me tell you one great memory10:50well not a great memory but a memory i10:52have of you all right and i've never10:54shared this with anyone10:56but10:57yo modelo commercial was it modelo yeah10:59that commercial11:01in11:02late june and early july that commercial11:06ran about 455 000 times11:10and let me tell you why i know that11:12commercial so well i was sitting in my11:14room with covey11:16and that was the only commercial it11:17seemed like they came on it was the11:19death toll11:21it was this [ __ ] anderson pack that's11:23right commercial right it's called11:25balance yeah11:27yeah you brought me a lot of happiness i11:29don't drink but at that moment i was11:30like man i want a modelo11:32yeah i don't never look so good yeah you11:33know what i'm saying when you have kobe11:35hey man are we11:37are we talking about a tour we like i'm11:39in this11:44[Applause]11:50i'm sitting here wondering why i'm not11:51sitting there with you guys doing the11:52interview12:06so are y'all talking about a silk sonic12:07tour in 2022 hopefully man hopefully12:10we're going to be able to perform shows12:11and get this thing on the road but this12:14album that's what it is that is our show12:16yeah right that list of doom dude do12:19y'all have everything y'all can play12:21everything live already or do y'all feel12:23like nah we gotta if it's tour time12:27you see12:29uh-huh12:30we talk about practice right yeah12:33hey big boy we talking about practice12:35practice12:37but i would love to see a silk sonic12:39tour bro you know because and like i was12:42saying just with an evening with bro12:43there are absolutely no fillers and it12:46was it's an album that you can put on12:49that reminds me of albums back in the12:51days where you didn't have to skip12:53anything of course you have a favor of12:55your go-to but literally out of nine12:58songs bro like that's a that's a drive13:00from here to somebody's house and you13:03you enjoy13:04what you're doing was it important for13:06you guys to make something that you13:08could listen to because because we had13:10listen but was it important for you to13:12like it man if we can listen they can13:13listen13:15absolutely absolutely yeah yeah and and13:17also it's if they can't listen at least13:19we know we liked it right right right13:21right13:22it was for us anyway13:24like how did y'all get it yeah13:26that's i think that's selfishly for us13:28first and then hopefully it's infectious13:30and maybe our you know yeah we kind of13:32know what we're doing absolutely that's13:34that's it that's the great part about13:35being in a group too it's like we're13:37both bouncing off each other and you13:39know both of our influences13:41are pretty you know identical but we13:43really really are uh come together when13:45it comes to like soul and funk and yeah13:47and that kind of stuff and then both of13:49our eras like that 2000s you know when13:52we were coming up in high school and13:54stuff so we have a lot where they13:55intersect so um13:57yeah man the music is13:59a lot of times you know starts with what14:01we like for sure14:02yeah hey bruno and i'm pretty sure that14:04you've been on tour with a lot of people14:07what made anderson pack different14:11there's probably some people that's like14:12man he do not want me14:15we are performing istanbul14:20it's the jim's dog yeah but what made14:23you say man this this this guy14:26i can see working with him14:28um this is i mean it's just it's14:30god-given talent you know he's he's14:33incredible and when you see him on stage14:36and you see him in his the free14:37nationals14:38you could tell that uh14:40everything that he talked about all14:42right you know we're listening to the14:43same stuff14:44and he comes from the same background of14:46of performing live and gigging14:49and probably doing the bar circuit and14:51birthday parties and whatever you got to14:53do to to14:55to make it out14:56and when we got in the studio that's14:58what it was it was just like uh you know15:00you you you're like your friend so it15:03brings you back to this time15:05of15:06why you fell in love with music in the15:07first place like being in the garage15:08with your buddy and playing the guitar15:11and him on drums and just getting15:13excited over the music you're creating15:15hey man but that also shows bruno mars15:17uh uh confidence in what you do because15:20with me15:22if i see somebody that's talented i15:23don't share nothing with them15:26you know what i'm saying i don't want to15:27see the next person in radio15:29like you know what i mean i don't want15:31to i don't want to work with you you15:32know what i'm saying so so that shows me15:35how confident you are and what you do15:37because man i don't turn down15:39many people15:41you know what i'm saying like big we15:42think no no no no let me do it by myself15:47you know for15:48for like you said it just didn't feel15:50like that it felt like this is this15:52sounds too good this you know even15:54though he's killing on the drums and15:55they're probably going to be looking at15:57him at that moment16:00it don't matter what you do i could live16:01with that don't matter16:03what i'm hearing16:05oh this is when he drops this you know16:07i'm not i'm you're never going to be16:08able to beat what you doing yeah yeah16:12i can't beat that16:13you know i'm just happy and lucky to be16:15a part of it hey man have you guys ever16:17seen that video with a little kid he's16:19probably like about about four or five16:21and he's singing uh leave the door open16:24yeah i got jealous off that kid i'm16:25gonna find that yeah16:26yeah16:27that that's the one we need to find and16:28smack up you know what i'm saying and we16:30need to hit it with a little lawsuit16:31because i'm pretty sure16:34he didn't clear it yeah16:44and with that being that we can't really16:45speak on it natalia if you will16:47anderson i saw that you got very much16:50into halloween you had multiple costumes16:52oh yeah but bruno what did you think of16:54anderson's bruno oh16:57i was dying yeah16:59i couldn't believe him17:01that's a great that's a17:02great good did you dress up as anderson17:05i called him or no but i'm going to do17:07that i'm going to do that soon but i17:08don't need to do that on halloween17:10right right right i'm just going to do17:11it right right17:13next show why hide behind a date if you17:15really want to love them you17:20and then when you walk in he should be17:22able to say oh my god you're not right17:25yeah yeah17:25and it's just a wednesday wait what do17:27you want to do yeah17:29an idiot wednesday at that wednesday i17:32don't care i went to the grocery store17:33like this17:35i was all around anacaste checking your17:37name so there you go17:39bruno17:40that's my wife17:43what'd you say that's my wife17:50you pulled off for great bruno mars17:52though like just looking at the freeze17:53frame of it and you know and and i know17:56it's all love but you probably could17:57have walked out somewhere and somebody17:59would have thought that it was bruno18:01mars trust me18:02oh i would have did bruno dirty though18:06anderson i would have did him dirty they18:07would have been like guys18:09can i get a picture like get the [ __ ]18:11away from me18:20let me ask you this man you sp you18:21shared a special moment with someone18:24that i that i know18:25and you were at a concert and18:29she was singing you were on stage18:31performing and y'all had this moment she18:33wasn't even recording18:35you were singing she was singing18:38and it was nathalia right18:41now do you remember this moment because18:44she tell us this moment18:46like crazy like we know that you have18:48performed in front of millions and18:49millions and millions of people but18:52but do you remember yeah do you let me18:54paint the scene for you it was this show18:57at dodger stadium and i pushed these18:59people away i was like you know how many19:00people had a show in dodger stadium so19:02just kidding i was like elbows up get19:03out of my way and i was like in the19:04center and i was singing and i wanted to19:06really enjoy the moment so i was like19:08i'm not going to record i don't want to19:09do that i shoved the phone in my bra and19:11i was singing word for word19:13and then all of a sudden bruno you you19:15looked at me19:16and you pointed at me yeah do you19:18remember that bruno i swear i lost it oh19:21there it is19:22i was like i took my wedding ring i was19:24like19:25don't take it19:26oh my god you remember that moment just19:28as vivid as she does huh absolutely i19:30heard that what was she wearing that19:32night bruno um what was it like um19:35uh something black19:49that's crazy that you remember that19:51moment because you know what we were19:53sitting here brewing a weird counter oh19:55my god he doesn't remember that you know19:56what i'm saying but thank god that's man19:59y'all stick around you already know20:00everyone i think okay20:03hey man and i told her it was like at a20:05huango tango or something what's the20:07christmas thing20:08jingle ball where i told her i said20:10cause she told it and i said man i said20:12i had a moment with him too you know20:13what i'm saying you were on stage and i20:15just happened to be in the audience and20:17we locked up20:33so i was in the audience like you know20:35how you don't have a seat but you be in20:37somebody's aisle but i love watching it20:41turn around and just squeeze me baby20:45bruno i love20:47i love you girls trying to come like get20:48back get the [ __ ] back20:50what i want to do right now with you20:51fellas hello20:53hey man if y'all stripped the album20:54restrict the album i hear that on there20:56you know i got a i got a hell of a21:01yeah lawyer y'all finished chewing that21:02boy that did to leave the door open21:04viral21:06then i'm gonna sue y'all you know what21:07i'm saying all righty now i want to do21:09this thing which is there's something21:10called for real for real for false for21:12false so if there's something that21:14anderson i ask you a question if it's21:16for real for real it's for real for real21:18and it'll be something about you bruno21:19the same with you but what we're going21:20to do this time is silk sonic we want to21:23see how well y'all know each other21:25alrighty brothers in the studio for21:28these long hours we're mates knowing21:30each other for years yeah we've been21:32putting this together for like five21:33years big so y'all should know these21:35they're breaking up we got to go21:38he was like uh why does b get uh more21:40time you know what i'm saying21:42you're like man uh the breakfast club21:43don't be playing everything you're like21:46like the breakfast club don't be playing21:47these silly ass games21:50hey man but soon as i popped on the21:51screen i was like oh damn that big boy21:54damn like oh man we thought we were21:56doing21:56outcasts i didn't see the eye all righty21:58so for real for real for false for false22:00alrighty so anderson pack anderson22:03bruno mars he only needs two items22:05backstage while performing22:08do you know what the two items are we22:10say wet wipes and a bottle of wine for22:12real for real or for false for false22:15that's um22:17false or false really bruno22:20that's for real bro man22:34so he's in my bathroom using my wet22:36wipes22:47he was lost during the pandemic he was22:48like yeah22:49i feel like man do i really gotta cut up22:51an old t-shirt and dip it in water22:54alrighty for real for real for falls for22:56falls bruno mars all righty anderson22:58pack used to go by the name23:00breezy lovejoy that's for real23:03that's not that's an easy one23:10can you imagine that right y'all give it23:12up for breezy love joy23:15don't that sounds like some kind of23:17grown man no breezy love yeah23:19the breezy i can get with the lovejoy is23:21like23:22you know what i'm saying23:23then these people be like you gotta say23:25love joy big you gotta say love you23:27you gotta say love joy for real for real23:29for false for false23:33we got breezy love boy you love joy from23:36robotronics up in here23:38all righty now anderson pack bruno mars23:41for real for real for foster falls his23:42favorite show is friends23:50for foster falls oh no his favorite show23:53is no it's not23:54[Laughter]23:56how could he actually watch a show he'd23:58been creating since he was like24:00three ounces24:15was dead24:24is24:42all right then we got to get on the24:44plane and fly to the small island24:46all right now bruno mars for anderson24:49pack his mother uh brought him his first24:51album his first drum kit when he was 1124:53years old24:55oh that sounds for real24:57real thrill24:59you know what you wanted to do at 11.25:01i didn't i mean i knew it looked cool25:03and right right i wanted to do it and25:05did you want it like you wanted to jump25:06so she was like no i was playing uh like25:09marching band drums and i was about to25:10quit that and then when i got home they25:12had the drum set at the house so then i25:14was like okay this is way better than25:16what i was doing before and i just25:18started doing it thanks mom natural yeah25:20man it wasn't too much noise in the25:22house25:23because she couldn't yeah she could have25:25really squashed your dream because i25:26would have bought you the drums then25:28after three or four days you would have25:29woke up and they would have been gone25:31well good thing my mom my mom was always25:32working so she it was only me in the25:34house a lot of times so thank god she25:35was i heard that all righty for real for25:37real for falls for false all righty now25:39anderson pack bruno mars he got his uh25:42bruno after a wrestler named bruno is25:45that san martino25:46this is uh for real for real really is25:49it for real for real yep25:52yeah25:52i used to be25:54i used to walk around like this so my25:55dad in his day was a wrestler named25:57bruno san martino that's dope26:00so he would call me bruno san martino26:02when i would walk around26:04amen you know if i had got named after26:06my dad26:07i wouldn't know what my name would be26:09because i don't know26:13i guess my name would be missing26:17i got a tattoo of my dad right here26:22hey i got the same tattoo brothers hell26:24yeah you know what i'm trying to get a26:26shady26:27hey anderson to this day i don't drink26:29milk26:30if he went out to get milk i was like26:32dude where did he go get this milk from26:35man26:36anderson pack bruno mars for real for26:38real for foster falls thank you26:40gentlemen for coming into the26:41neighborhood man i wish i had more time26:43with you guys but y'all got to go and26:44continue to knock down the world it is a26:46pleasure to have you gentlemen in the26:48neighborhood god willing um we'll have26:50you in the neighborhood soon if not26:51we'll do it back in zoom but thank you26:53guys for your time it's very precious26:54and like i say man and even with silk26:56sonic you guys not just because we're26:58talking you all have a great album27:02and thank you for spending the time and27:03thank you guys for making that album27:05because i really enjoy it bro and it's27:07very great music y'all have yourselves a27:10beautiful day gentlemen thank you thank27:12you
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