“We out here dripping in finesse,” Mars sings on his album, and he’s not overstating his skill. Is it any wonder they both sat for recent softball interviews - Mars with Lara Logan of “60 Minutes,” the Weeknd with Zane Lowe of Apple Music - in recording studios stuffed with the gear they’ve mastered? Yet the albums stand side by side as perhaps the most gorgeously detailed of the year, testaments to each man’s deep belief in the power of style. For the Weeknd, it’s a means of softening a harsh worldview that’s brightened only slightly since he became one of music’s biggest stars. For Mars, revisiting the ’80s is a way to demonstrate the breadth of his knowledge and to put the older portion of his audience at ease.
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