After Years Of Hit-Making For Others, Mark Ronson Puts His Feelings First
Dig into the liner notes of the biggest pop records of the last 15 years and Mark Ronson's name will come up up a lot.
As a producer, his work on Amy Winehouse's Back to Black and Adele's 19 put him on the map. As an artist, his groove-infused 2015 album Uptown Special — led by the Grammy-winning, Bruno Mars-assisted single "Uptown Funk" — made him a star. Since then, he has worked with A$AP Rocky and Vampire Weekend, written music for the 2018 blockbuster Crazy Rich Asians, co-executive produced Lady Gaga's Joanne and earned a best original song Oscar for "Shallow," the musical centerpiece of Bradley Cooper's A Star Is Born.
Born in London and raised in New York City, Ronson is often regarded as a musician who can morph his sound to fit the feel of any artist. Now, with his latest album, Late Night Feelings, the hit-maker is back to re-introduce fans to a sound his calls his own.
Ronson wrote the majority of while dealing with the fallout of a divorce. The musician says that exploration took him into uncharted territory, prioritizing the emotional content of the lyrics instead of putting the beat front and center. Across the album's 13 tracks, Ronson and his collaborators jump from disco to
