Mario has returned with his sixth album, Glad You Came, and the R&B crooner made his debut on The Masked Singer. He shares what it was like to create the iconic “Let Me Love You,” the breakdown of “Spaces,” being reintroduced to the world by Drake and Nicki Minaj, going on Dancing With the Stars and more!

Carl Lamarre:
Yo, yo, yo. What’s going on, y’all? I am Billboard Deputy Director of R&B/Hip-Hop, Mr. Carl Lamarre. Got an R&B star, R&B legend. 

Mario:
Let’s go. Let’s go. 

Grammy nominated. 

Let’s go. 

In case you didn’t know. Mr. Mario, how you feeling my brother? 

What’s up, my boy. You good? 

I’m good. You’re here. So it’s even better. 

Hold on, Mario. You feel me… That’s my… I had to, you know, tap in one of the voice ups.

I don’t even think you remember this. You came to Power Players, and we were chilling backstage, and we all just happened to be sitting there, and I just happened to belt out a little “Mario.”

It’s like the Batman call, man. 

Like, do you normally get that publicly? Like, fans just come up to you and … 

Now because I’ve been doing it more, you know, since the last couple years that I’ve been tapping back in. 

Right. Well, you’re officially tapped back in because you got a new album, Glad You Came, your first album in six years, man. Talk about some of the stories you were able to tell on this album that fans have never heard from you before. 

Absolutely. I mean, we can start with “Space,” which was the warm-up single that I put out for the for the album. “Space” is a retro futuristic vibe produced by my boy Benny X, written by me and James Fauci Laurie. 

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