Bruno Mars goes deep into a jungle of strippers, booze and sweat in his new video for his latest single, "Gorilla."
The lyrics to "Gorilla" are blatantly sexual, and the video is just as racy. The video is a mini-film featuring Latina strippers speaking in Spanish (complete with subtitles) about a foolish stripper named Isabella. Isabella is sleeping with man who "can't be tied down"-- who we find out later is the one and only Bruno Mars. Mars plays the leader of the band in the club, who is featured with his usual band backing him up.
And Isabella is "Slumdog Millionaire" actress Freida Pinto, 28, who shows a side of herself that is drastically different from her innocent "Slumdog" role. In the video, she is a brazen stripper who pole dances, licks Bruno's guitar and has a steamy love scene with Bruno in the back of a car. At one point, Tequila is even used to light a guitar ablaze. Luis Guzman also appears in the video as the owner of the strip joint.
"Gorilla" is Bruno's fourth single off his "Unorthodox Jukebox" album. Bruno has been busy with his "Moonshine Jungle" tour, where he sang "Gorilla" and his other mega-hits in front of thousands of fans. "Unorthodox Jukebox" was released last December, and spawned a slew of other hit singles, such as "Locked Out of Heaven," "Treasure" and "When I Was Your Man."
Bruno may also perform "Gorilla" when he performs at the Super Bowl halftime show at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. on Feb. 2.
NFL director of entertainment television and programming Sarah Moll told Billboard of the halftime show, "I don't think it's gonna be like anything we've done before. He's so unique, and definitely the 20-degree weather will make it unique, but he's excited."
Watch the video for "Gorilla" below.
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