Silk Sonic, Leave the Door Open | Track Review 🎵

Grammy-winning artists Bruno Mars and Anderson  .Paak shine as duo Silk Sonic on their soulful single, “Leave the Door Open.”

[otw_shortcode_dropcap label=”I” size=”large” border=”border” border_color_class=”otw-no-border-color”]n case you’ve been asking yourself when 🎙 Bruno Mars was planning on releasing new music, we got an unexpected answer.  Mars, alongside fellow 🏆 Grammy winner 🎙 Anderson  .Paak, returns as 🎙 Silk Sonic.  That’s right, Mars and .Paak are joining forces as a duo releasing an album, 💿 An Evening with Silk Sonic.  In advance of the album, the duo released two singles: 🎵 “Silk Sonic Intro” and the full-length song at hand, 🎵 “Leave the Door Open”.  The results are absolutely, 100% positive![/otw_shortcode_dropcap]

“Leave the Door Open” was written by Paak, Mars, 🎼✍ Christopher Brody Brown, and 🎼✍ Dernst “D’Mile” Emile II, with Mars and D’Mile also producing. The four-minute-plus cut features a lush backdrop – we’d expect no less from these two. We get soulful vocals by .Paak on the first verse, where he sings, “We should be dancin’, romancin’ / In the east wing and the west wing / Of this mansion, what’s happenin’.” Now that is sexy – tastefully so, by the way. He doesn’t stop there, also bringing the heat to the second verse as he sings, “There’s so much love we could be making /… Girl, let’s jump in, it’s bubblin’”). Did you catch him referencing his Grammy-winning performance? As for Mars, he serves up the pre-chorus and the centerpiece, the chorus:

“I’ma leave the door open
...That you feel the way I feel
And you want me like I want you tonight, baby.”

Both artists sing on the bridge and outro sections.  Beyond top-notch performances from both, I must complement the underpinnings.  The harmonic progression is pretty sweet, hearkening back to the soul music of old.

Final Thoughts 💭 

Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak on the same record? That’s always going to be a win! “Leave the Door Open” is just what the doctor ordered, checking off all of the boxes.  If this is a preview for An Evening with Silk Sonic, it should definitely be a truly decadent treat.  

🎙 Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars & Anderson .Paak) • 🎵 “Leave the Door Open” • 🏷 Aftermath Entertainment / Atlantic • 🗓 3.5.21

[📷: Aftermath Entertainment / Atlantic]