They wanted to show a shot of the audience wearing these light-up bracelets, he said.
I told them, If you take that camera off me, youre doing yourself a disservice.
They spent all this money on these things, and it didnt work.
He continued, God bless the Super Bowl.
They hooked me up, they took a chance on me.
But I had to keep reminding them why they took a chance on me.
You put that camera on my band and me, and I got you.
He also spoke about joining last years Super Bowl, when he appeared with Coldplay and Beyonce.
When it came time to work with Beyonce, Mars revealed she was all about the Cheetos.
Then the day before, were watching playback backstage, and shes eating a bag of Cheetos.
Im like, Thats what youre doing?
… Shes like, Theres nothing more we can do these last two days.
Its gonna be what its gonna be.
So Im gonna enjoy this bag of Cheetos.'
Elsewhere in the interview, Mars said a song on hisnew album,24K Magic, features the sonic genius Skrillex.
They disagreed about one line, Take me by the hand while we do what lovers do.
When he pushed against it, he says she told him, She was like, Nope.
Thats what it has to be.
And she was right.
Its this grand word that makes the song bigger because no one says it.
Because nobody talks like that, it pops out.
Its not what boyfriends-and-girlfriends do its this over-the-top lovers.
Sometimes I play it on the piano, and I look forward to singing that part.
The lesson: Dont have a go at be cool.
Let it be what it wants to be.
