Five months after debuting their Silk Sonic project with the sexy “Leave the Door Open,” Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak have released the retro fun “Skate.”
“If being fine was a crime, girl, they’d lock your lil’ fine a** up in a tower,” .Paak sings. Later, Mars chimes in: “I can smell your sweet perfume / Mmmm, ya smell better than a barbecue.”
The pair is surrounded by women in roller skates as they sing the chorus: “Oh, skate to me baby / Skate / Slide your way on over.”
Silk Sonic was named Group of the Year last month at the BET Awards, where Mars and Florent Déchard (who also co-directed the "Skate" video) shared the Video Director of the Year award.
Fans are anxiously awaiting news of a Silk Sonic album release. It would be the first collection of new music from Mars since 2016’s 24K Magic. He released a couple of collaborations in the last four years and was featured with Chris Stapleton on “Blow” on Ed Sheeran’s No. 6 Collaborations Project.
.Paak’s most recent album was 2019’s Ventura but he has since released a pair of singles as well as several collaborations, including with Justin Timberlake and Busta Rhymes. He also revived NxWorries, his project with producer Knxledge.
Watch "Skate" below: