Bruno Mars Asks Karol G to ‘Dance With Me’ in New Music Video
The singer found a way to "get her back" after Drake stole the spotlight with Karol at her Houston concert.
Bruno Mars and Karol G in "Dance With Me" Music Video
Bruno Mars may have just found the perfect way to get Karol G back.
Just days after joking that he needed to “get” the Colombian superstar back from Drake, Mars has recruited Karol G for the new music video for his lovely The Romantic track “Dance With Me,” released Thursday (Oct. 1).
The video opens with Mars strumming an electric guitar all by his lonesome, pleading the lyrics into a pay phone. Karol is on the other line, sulking in bed in a lace outfit. Mars moves on from the telephone booth to where Karol resides, serenading her from below her balcony with a full band behind him. It’s a dreamy, old-fashioned serenade, with Mars singing to Karol as the instruments flourish. Karol makes her way below, jumping into Mars’ arms as fireworks explode in the sky. The duo stares into each other’s eyes as the video comes to a close, ending the night on a wholesome — and, quite literally, a romantic — note.
It’s a fitting visual for “Dance With Me,” which finds Mars leaning into the kind of swooning romance that has become a signature theme within his discography.
And Karol G’s appearance comes at a bit of a funny time in their ongoing musical friendship. On Monday (Sept. 28), Mars reacted to a viral video of Drake dancing with Karol G during the rapper’s surprise appearance at her Houston concert. Posting a photo of himself staring dramatically out of the window of a private jet, Mars jokingly wrote, “I have to get her back! I must get her back! I will get her back!”
Mars and Karol G already have some musical history together, as the pair teamed up on “Still,” an all-English-synth-pop ballad from Karol G’s sixth studio album, No Me Arrepiento de Sentir Tanto. The collaboration reached No. 41 on the Billboard Hot 100, while the album debuted at No. 8 on the Billboard 200.
They also took “Still” to the stage together for the first time when Mars surprised fans during Karol G’s Aug. 15 concert at Los Angeles’ SoFi Stadium.
For Mars, “Dance With Me” is the closing track on The Romantic, his first solo album in nearly a decade. The album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, while “Dance With Me” opened at No. 42 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Watch the music video below.
This article was first published by Billboard U.S.
