Fat Juicy & Wet

"Fat Juicy & Wet" is the kind of song that makes you blink twice and wonder if Bruno Mars has finally gone off the rails or just reinvented himself for the 117th time. Released on January 24, 2025, this raunchy party anthem sees Mars teaming up with St. Louis rapper Sexyy Red for what can only be described as a strip club banger of epic proportions. Think Bruno's usual velvety charm but tossed into a blender with Sexyy Red's explicit rhymes about the quality of her lady parts.

Mars teased the track on Instagram, calling it his attempt at a "strip club anthem," which is exactly the sort of thing you'd expect someone to say just before they drop a song called "Fat Juicy & Wet." The lyrics are a call-and-response masterclass in dirty talk, with Mars confessing he's powerless to resist Sexyy Red's, ahem, charms.

While this might seem like a wild leap from Bruno's usual catalog of polished pop gems, let's not pretend this is his first foray into the risqué. Remember 2012's "Gorilla"? That sultry ode to "good old animalistic sex" came complete with a steamy music video set in a seedy south-of-the-border strip club. Then there's 2016's seductive slow jam "Versace on the Floor." And who could forget "Please Me," his 2019 collaboration with Cardi B, where the pair promise each other a night of intimacy? No, Mars has been circling this particular drain for years.