The Romantic

Album · 2026 · Bruno Mars

Bruno Mars' fourth solo album is a polished 9-track retro-soul and R&B record built entirely around themes of romantic love, attraction, and relationship tension. Lyrical content is consistently mild and adult-romantic in tone, with no profanity, violence, or other strong content across any track.

Explicit sexual content

Track by track

Explicit sexual contentTrack 2 (Cha Cha Cha)Mild

The track incorporates a lyrical lift from Juvenile's 2003 song 'Slow Motion,' referencing a woman dancing suggestively; imagery is brief and framed as dancefloor playfulness rather than anything explicit.

Explicit sexual contentTrack 5 (Why You Wanna Fight?)Mild

Lyrics contrast arguing with making love, using the phrase 'wouldn't you rather make love tonight'; tone is romantic and non-graphic.

Explicit sexual contentTrack 7 (Something Serious)Mild

Reviewers describe this track as the album's most sultry and seductive moment; language remains suggestive rather than explicit.