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‘It’s good music, not a guilty pleasure’: how Bruno Mars embraced cheese to become pop’s most popular star


He gets more streams than Taylor Swift or Bad Bunny, thanks to a shamelessly corny and cannily timeless style. Close collaborators and industry experts explain his secret

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