Anderson .Paak and Bruno Mars.Photo: Johnny Nunez/Getty
Bring out your slacks, roller skates and a tight button down shirt (with the three top unbuttoned of course) becauseSilk Sonic’s debut album is here — and we’re getting our groove on.
On Friday, the duo comprised ofBruno MarsandAnderson .Paakreleased their highly anticipated album titledAn Evening with Silk Sonic— and fans are raving.
Upon the album’s release, which was originally set to release earlier this year but then postponed — both musicians shared their excitement on social media for the day Silk Sonic fans have longed for.
“HOLY S— THE ALBUM IS OUT EVERYWHERE!!!!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! I DONT EVEN HAVE WORDS FOR HOW I FEEL, LIFE HAS BEEN A BLUR!! I LOVE YOU@brunomars@bootsy_collins@dmile85,” the musician wrote. “AND THE REST OF THE AMAZING TEAM WHO HELPED IN ANY WAY! TO ALL THE FANS, I HOPE YOU TRULY KNOW HOW MUCH YOU MEAN TO US! NOW GO EAT!!!#SilkSonic.”
Meanwhile, Mars, 36, shared the same photos but flipped around with his on the cover, andhe wrote"🔊🔊🔊YOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! THE ALBUMS OUT EVERYWHERE!#AnEveningWithSilkSonic#LetsGoooooooooooooo✨🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀."
And now that fans finally got to experience an album’s-worth of Silk Sonic’s soul, they can’t get enough.
One fan shared a photo of a well-dressedSteve Harveyandwrote, “Nah silk sonic changed me this is who I am now.”
This was only the beginning, however, of the countless memes indicating fans are channeling a ’70s retro-swag in honor of the duo’s new music.
Earlier this year ina cover interview withRolling Stone, the duo opened up about their creative process behind the album — and sharedwhy the music steers away from heavier subjects.
“A good song can bring people together — you don’t have to actually sing the words ‘Everybody come together.’ Sometimes the hard thing is to actually do it. You don’t have to say, ‘Everybody raise your hands’ — sometimes you just hit the right chord and it happens,” Mars told the magazine at the time. “So that was our mindset with the whole album.”
“If it makes us feel good, and resonates with us, that’s gonna be infectious and make other people feel good — and that’s our jobs as entertainers,” he added.
Both artists have undergone tragedy in their personal lives as they’ve both suffered from homelessness at several points and lost their parents at a young age (.Paak’s father died in prison after assaulting his mother, while Mars' mother died in 2013 before he could see her).
“We both make feel-good music and I think it’s because we’ve been through pain and tragedy,” .Paak said.
An Evening with Silk Sonicis out now.
source: people.com
