Claudia Rivera 

Editor in Chief 

cmr6396@psu.edu 

After years of listening to music created by Bruno Mars, we can all agree that his new single “Smoking out the Window” is very different from what we are used to. Mars went from singing love songs and romantic ballads to hating the existence of women. 

The first time I heard the song, I was memorized by the rhythm and how cultivating the music video was. I was taken aback by the lyrics, but I decided to listen to the song again and pay attention to the lyrics. Right off the bat, I was surprised by the words that he used to describe the women he wrote the song about. He used words such as “b*tch” and “for everyone.” 

While this was very shocking and surprising to me, it was very funny to hear Mars used these words in such a catchy song. Over the years, I have always compared Mars to Taylor Swift, because they both write about personal relationships. I began to think about the criticism that Swift would receive if she used such wording in her music and then compared that to Mars’ new song. 

Swift has received a lot of backlash over the years, due to her always writing about her relationships with partners, yet when Mars does the same thing, he is deemed to be an amazing artist who writes relatable music for his fans. 

I do not see anything wrong with Mars expressing his heartbreak in a song, or even expressing his displeasement  of women. I just wish he did not use the word “b*tch” as it is disrespectful to women. 

All in all, I do love Mars and the music that he produces, and I think this song is very catchy. I wonder what the woman in the song did to get such a song written for her, but as a woman, I found this to be interesting and a new perspective on female relationships.