Dissect DJs - Bruno Mars and ROSÉ - APT

Episode Date: April 25, 2025

Episode 135 breaks down Bruno Mars' latest hit single alongside K-Pop star ROSÉ titled "APT."  What does APT mean? How do you pronounce it? Why does this sound so familiar? Is Bruno Mars the best modern performer we got right now? And what is his all-time greatest jam? We dissect it all in this electric pink video, check out the full video episode here: https://youtu.be/YGbNtlzhw9cNEXT! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

On all everybody, it's your boy DJ MC. Jikit-T-K-K-K-K with your boys, please. Because we are the DJs. It like to spin it, mix it, throw it back, dissect it. Dissect that, motherfucker. And we are back in the building. Who is in his 1995 middle infielder stage with his go-tee right now. He's gone through a go-tie stage all of a sudden.

In 2025, just tried it out, see what it looks like. The girlfriend does not like it, so it probably not going to last long. It's all right. So enjoy it while I see it. Yeah. Here it goes. And that's, if you're seeing it here on the YouTube channel at Riot Castle, check those out.

Get to watch. And if you're listening. And you're going to want to watch this one because today's episode is very music video oriented. It is Bruno Mars. You recognize that name. We all know Bruno. Little guy with dance moves and shit.

They might not recognize as much is his partner in crime in this one. Rose. Rose. Rose. Yeah, it's got a little accent on the E. And it's all. capitalized. So I think it's Rose. We're going to stick with the risk in this one.

Rosey! I guess. Rhymes with Jose, which is what Justin's goatee looks like right now. Yeah. Total Jose goatee. This is a new gem that's actually released this year, I think, right? It just came out. It just came out.

Yeah. The reason I know about this is because I was DJing a father-daughter dance for an elementary school. That's right. I DJ everything in the business. And the first thing they asked was like, we had to have this song and then one other songs. I forget what the other one was, but I had never heard APT. I was like, what was this?

I hit it. I was like, oh, yeah, these kids will like that. Sure enough, one of the song, I played it one time. I played it again later. Everybody went nuts. I played it at the next wedding. They were like, oh, I was like, I haven't heard this song, but apparently everybody knows it.

So it got to be hit up 2025. It's time for us to learn it too. Yeah. If it gets that much play from the general people, then we got to make sure everybody hears it on the die. This is how we learn what's hot. And apparently this is, it's moved up. It's called APT.

which on the surface, I would think was, is this about your apartment? Is this an abbreviation for something? But then as we started playing it, I'm like, you have an appointment somewhere. An appointment perhaps. But no, they're straight up pronouncing out the word. And actually, the way they're pronouncing it,

it seems like it would be APT-P-T. Right? They're adding an extra. Yeah. Apat-a-ta-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-ta-a-ta. I don't even know. So does that mean something? We'll start as our mission statement.

to figure out that because off the top I'm thinking no are you spitting a lot? I think it actually is about their apartment but then they decided to say instead of saying apartment they're pronouncing epitit like it's an actual word It's like a fun game that they're playing with us

Yeah I'm pretty sure if I've heard the lyrics correctly he's inviting her to his Apatapita which we'll find out You know what let's get into it Let's hear a little bit of this let's see what they got See face, kissy face sent to your phone, but I'm trying to kiss your lips for real. That's what I'm all.

Me's something I can feel. Oh, oh. At the. Immediately I'm loving Bruno Mars dance moves in this music video. He's so. Keeps it simple. Yeah, but he's hitting it very cleanly. Hit it cleanly.

As always Bruno does. He's kind of doing like fun, like little girl dance steps, but he's batching the energy of this girl with him who's, you know, like a small Asian girl. I don't know exactly where she's from. She's kind of doing her dance steps that you would expect, and he's just matching her step for step. And it's very funny. Everything is pink in the background. They got, like, the electro things going around every move they do.

It's fun. And I also like the shot that they have where they're, like, isolated heads. They're, like, singing, and it's just, like, their head cut out with, like, the pink background. It's a fun music video. I can see why, like, kids would like this. Roseh reminds me of my girlfriend if she had blonde hair. Now, I'm not sure if that's just possibly because my girlfriend. He's Asian and she's Asian and...

I think that's exactly what this point. Yeah, it's like that. No, I mean. And then she, does she dance like that? She can. All right, there you go. Well, you should match Bruno's steps. Bruno's actually one of my favorite, like, modern day musicians ago.

I think he's, like, my favorite one to, like, watch, like, dance and stuff. Like, he makes dancing look fun. I always says about him. I said about Chris Brown. I like watching when people, like, actually, they're performing, and, like, they look like they're just having fun, makes you want to dance. Like, you know, kind of get the... He's really good at that, and he's very clean with his steps, always. Like, even when he's doing something like ridiculous like this, I enjoy it.

I enjoy the, uh, the energy that not only this song provides, but like their dancing and like their performance of it does. So this one thing. When you're talking about, oh, excuse me. Oh, excuse me. Oh, okay. Remus. When you're talking about Bruno Mars and his dancing, it really reminds me of, do you

remember like, I don't know, maybe it was like eight years ago or something? He was in Super Bowl or something. He was on some, I'm pretty sure it was Super Bowl. Yeah. I feel like it was like 2014. Yeah. And, and I just remember they, that. That performance, they got it.

Like, it was his boys, they were dancing. He always danced. And if I'm not mistaken, if I remember correctly, Bruno has jams. And this was one of them that hit. And it was just like, oh, yeah. Let's get it, boys. Speed it up. Oh, you can't skip over the O.

The O's the best part. That still might be my favorite Bruno song. It might be. It's up there, man. I don't think it's his most popular song, but it's definitely one of his, Best jam songs. That doesn't matter to me.

You can play it now. You can play it then. Everybody's getting down. Did you get reminded of that song because I was playing it this morning? Yes. Yeah. That's what I was hoping it did because I was hoping we would get into this discussion about Bruno. And that song, I just remember when that song came out.

I was immediately like, what the fuck is this? I love it. And then at that point, I don't even know if there had been any Bruton-Mars song that I was like super psyched on. But at that point on, I was like, I'm a Bruno's Dan. I'm going to go for him. It's one of my favorites. Yeah. And then he has, but then, like, Brito goes all over the board.

And then he came out with another one, like last year or something recently that I was like, whoa. You got to hear this one. I don't know if you've heard this one. And I'm going to slide it and I'll slide. I'm a throw it back. Let me get you that, dead. Fat, juicy and wet. I don't even gang bang.

Pussy's so good. Let me throw up a set. Throw it up, throw it up. That good kitty, kitty, good kitty kitty, making my pet. Pretty pussy. Topper pussy. You ain't never going to forget. You ain't never going to forget.

Fat, juicy and wet, wet, wet, wet. What was that? That thing jabs, right? But it's a little too hip-hoppy. It's a little too like, whoa. We should have dissected that. What the fuck was ex? Well, all I was talking about fast, juicy.

It was just talking about it. Good. Let's talk about it. Well, who was he on that track with him? You love her. It's one of your favorite artists. Is it really? Sexy Red.

That was the best I've ever heard sexy Red sound. That's way better than when she's, like, rapping. That was her rapping. Yeah, but she sounded like, Like, you know, they put Bruno on it. Usually she sounds like she's rapping like a Brun closet. If you tell Bruno on a track, you're going to Mars. You're going to Mars.

See what I did there? Yeah. We should have the debate about which is the best Bruno track, but I don't want to stamp over this one. We're currently doing too much. Okay. So we can put a pin in it. We'll come back to that. Should we just go back to the song?

Should we just try to dissect the... Because I'll tell you this, the lyrics, the first lyrics of the song are all written in Japanese. Look, I mean, I don't know if you see that. I mean, you're English versions, right? No, I mean, then it goes in. Then it goes in English when she says, kissy face, kissy face, sent you sent to your phone. But I'm trying to kiss your lips for real. Uh-huh, uh-huh.

Red hearts, red hearts. That's what I'm on. Come give me something I can feel. Okay, so not a whole lot of depth to the words of the song. We get the vibe. What I'm getting from that is basically you got a guy that's really good at text message game. Yeah. And he's like, sitting there kissy face and he's saying everything.

She's like, no, can we, um. Does that mean he's good? Can we get together and like actually touch? Because for some reason, this day and age, she's missing with all the new, you know, kids that are growing up dating. They're like, I don't want to, I don't know, I don't want to meet her in person. All I can do is really, you know, I can text really well. So they sent emojis.

They send heart phase. They said kissing phases. And she's like, it's time for you to come over to my appetit. Come to my apatipa. Yeah, yeah. That's where we're at right now. Keep it going? Yeah.

Yeah. Smoke freak party on now. Bega, makeo, what's up? This song got energy, right? It does. This song brings it. It's lightning. Lightning with it.

Also, I now can tell, officially after looking at the video, she's Korean, because at one point, Bruno had the Korea flags up. Oh, that says she looks nothing like my girlfriend. Oh, okay. They all look the same. No, they didn't say that. What are you? Excuse you.

Well, earlier I said at the beginning of the lyrics looked like they're in Japanese. Apparently they're Korean. Okay. I'm not going to. I would have confused that too. I don't have my glasses on. I can't figure out, exactly.

I just see their caricatures of some kind. So this is K-pop then. It's like a K-pop thing. We are mixing K-pop with Bruno, which is, you know what? If you want to get on the board with K-pop, throw Bruno.

Oh, yeah. You're going to Mars. You're going to go to Mars. Say? So what would Bruno bring right there? Didn't he say something? What was he? Let's see, I'm going to like just like

skip lyrics that I don't think matter. Okay, but didn't he's a... Do you want to like... Just real quick. What did you say again? He was... Pre-chorus, that's for his... Oh, okay, we got to...

Did Bruno just sing something? Yeah, he said. Bruno just sang his part. Do you want me? He was like... Sleep tomorrow, but tonight go crazy. All you got to do is meet me at the... Apatapita.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm just saying that, you were right about that. We didn't get to that part when we're going through legs, but yeah, you're right. They're saying apartment, right? They're just like, they're being fun about it. They're saying... They're saying...

They're saying... Epitinthus. It's way more fun than saying apartment. It's cool, but also... at the same time. I gotta be honest. Hey, that's K-Bop for you. Whoa.

That's just fun pop music. I don't know. There you go. There you know what I'm talking about. Okay, Brinamar says, it's whatever, it's whatever, it's whatever you like. It's whatever, it's whatever you like. Okay. Turn this.

Okay, I think when they write something in Korean, it's a apatipit. Because, like, isn't that what he says right there? Yep. Into a club. I'm talking, drinking, dance, smoke, freak party all night. Girl, what's up? Which is significantly cheaper to do if you do it at your apartment rather than trying to go out to do. I think people learn that during COVID.

We learn that during college. Yes, yes. But like the world found out because as I DJ clubs and stuff, it is not nearly as many people out there. Really? Enjoying themselves. Yeah. Everybody's like, you know what? This is too expensive.

I can buy a whole handle of Tidos, which, by the way, I met Tito. Last night. Last night. He's psyched on it. He was cool. you should have worn your Tito jersey they gave him a whole baseball jersey oh yeah I guess

you're wearing in the next episode yeah I'm wearing the Tito's jersey next day whatever we do I'm not sure what we're doing but uh I don't know what to say anymore throw back in there then oh you know the game are you ready to build up

oh man started hitting the drum cell hard on that one this song has energy but it's also very like super poppy Like this is like you can't get more Mainstream pop Making sure that grandma likes it As well as the two year old likes it

Oh yeah As like No this is meant to be Our elementary school teacher likes it like Even though they're talking about meeting at the apartment And getting drugs and shit He just said that You don't even need to know what they're

You don't even know Need to know what the A patapit is You know Like kids could make it like they just It's something fun that kids could say This is definitely meant to be played at kids parties Look at this video This video is just like

them having fun dancing around the pink background their heads are like cut out there's like you know lighting bolts happening around it it's fun you know it's a good energy i understand why like kids would be into this and uh probably start making like tic-tok videos to it and whatever they do with shit nowadays you know question for you does it sound like any other song you've ever heard it sounds like mcgie doesn't it let's watch listen it yeah i told you yeah i mean you told me it's exact same beat yeah no when you were talking about i mean that literally clicked in my head when you were talking about how like it sounds just super poppy and like You know, it's like fun, but it's like the most poppy kind of sound ever. And I'm like, yeah, just like Mickey. Yeah, it's like I was about to say it's the modern version of what Mickey was to the 80s. And a little less cheerleadery, but it could be. Now, I made another mix specifically, bro.

I was like, you know what else could work with this? Have you ever heard of offspring? Of course. Pretty fly for a white guy. Yeah. Oh, yeah, yeah. Well, it's the exact same BPMs. I don't know if you've seen all these like different stuff where they throw in a different song with this.

I'm already hearing. Listen to what I did here. Pretty good, right? Yeah, that's probably. of that when I made it. I didn't actually make that. I found that but I wanted to act like I was a good producer DJ and that I created it but I didn't. I found that. You actually

need to like make one and bring it to the table. Yeah, I do, but I didn't. And then so whatever and then one final one, let's put this in house form. Let's see what this sounds as a house song. Are you ready for this? I like, because I like me mixing some house songs. Let's do one more. Yeah, see, this song

can go different places, very mixable, throwing at different stuff. So, yeah, Yeah, I'm a fan. I have to say so far, I don't want to say it's a five-clapper, but it's sneaking up there. It's climbing up the ranks. It's climbing up the ranks with just its ability to transition into pretty much any, you know, song, old song, new songs, people. It just seems like it's going across the board as a success. I also appreciate that everything Bruno is doing this video is, like, making me laugh.

Even from his dance music to, like, even then when he was just playing the drums. And she was, like, coming up and, like, hugging him and, like, singing. And he just was like, Yeah, he's just the most straight face ever. And at first I thought, like, wait, does he actually play the drum? Because I don't know, Bruno Mars plays the drums. But he seems like a guy who could, you know? He was, like, performing Silk Sonic with Anderson Park and, like, he's a drummer.

And, like, I feel like he just seems like a very musically acclimated person who could probably do that. But then she was playing the drums. And I was like, oh, no, I don't. I doubt that. He has been doing, like, shit like Elvis since he was three years. Have you ever seen those videos of Bruno? No, but I believe it. Yeah.

There's videos like, you can look it up, maybe throw it in the thing if you can't. There's three-year-old Bruno singing Elvis. Yeah, he just makes performing look very easy, but, like, fucking off the charts. Like, every step he does, every single, like, he just looks like he's in lock with, like, every, like, he's got stage presence and performance down to, like, as high as you can, the highest level. I think as good as anybody we have right now. And as you hear the rumor, I'm not sure if it's a rumor, could be true, that he actually owes a bunch of money in Vegas, and that's why he has to actually do a residency, and he doesn't got getting paid for any of the residence.

because he has to get all that money back to the casino because of how much he lost. Do you hear about this? Yes, I heard it from you. So that's my verified. I'm not sure if it's a true story. So I'm going to say allegedly, because apparently that saves you from, you could say anything you want in this world. This is like the high stakes equivalent of I can't pay this bill and they send you to the kitchen to watch dishes until you can like, you know, like pay your debt off. I'm like, all right, that's about, you owe us about three hours in the kitchen, so get to work.

All right. Alright, but that. All right, let's finish this song. I'll get the energy back in the road. Let's go. Why would you make it come to such a slow, depressing crash like that? I bet the song ended on like a happy note. Well, it's because I'm using a DJ version.

It just, it would have, um, there's reasons to my madness. Question me all the time. I felt like it was worth questioning. I know. It's just a sad way to end in the song. It was like, all right. I was having a good time. It was fun.

And it's time to end it. It's basically showing, okay, the song's over. What's your Snapsing. collapse. Life sucks now. No, wait. I wanted to get back to the Bruno favorite Bruno song. Oh, what is it? What do you have? You didn't even tell me. I don't have it prepped. So what are you about to say? For me, it's a battle in the final between Treasure and 24K Magic. 24K. 24K. Yes. Now, at the beginning of 24K or like the actual beat?

Take it. Back to the... Oh, you're talking about that. But it starts with an epic beginning. Do you remember the beginning of that one? I actually, immediately I'm blanking on it. So go ahead and like it. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. You're right, Castle. That is a good one, man. That is a good one. I agree that that is in the top. And then if we're going to add stuff like this, I have one more. I just want to say about that one.

One thing I appreciate about you saying that is that I will never forget, it's 2016 when that one came out. And I was maybe like, this song is my jam. And I told you about it. I was like, dude, this new Brunimar's song. And then the way Justin's mind works is if you say like, no, that song is good. You got to listen to it. He's going to listen to it.

He's going to go opposite. No, no, that song sucks. I don't even like it about me. I don't hate this part about me. And then I was like, and I realized, like, you know what? I set it up too much for him and I was going to get it. But then while we were in Vegas, it became like our song the whole time. And I would just put it on and not like say, oh, remember this is the song.

I just put it on. And then by the end of the trip, he was fucking all about it. And I was like, you got, you got to tell you. Yeah. And I learned for that point. Like, if you want Justin to learn about song, you just play it, let him start parting to it and then be like, yeah, it's a good song. And then you know how to fucking set it up with like the whole like. Don't prep me.

Don't prep him. Don't prep him. Yeah. You can't tell him this is a good song. You need to like this. I'll be like, no, I don't. Yeah, I hate this song. I hate it already. Everybody that likes the song is wrong.

Do it to me. And then there's one other one. This last one. I've got to get it on since we're talking about favorite songs. It's not done. It's not done. It's my part. Oh, yeah.

That's what my, no one's never popular. Nobody really knows that one. But it gets down. That song, that has a modern funk noise right there. That's funky as everything. What's that call? That's called Perm. Perm.

Yeah, okay. Perm. Never really made it on charts. But I remember thinking it, might and I thought it would and I used to play it and nobody was like what fuck is this? I get down to it. I just feel like we don't have enough like artists like Bruno these days. Like we did a couple episodes we did like Midnight Star and like there you got a group of fucking individuals who try hard.

They're like performing. They're singing. They're putting like emphasis in their lyrics. You know they're like they're performing every step. They are making music for you to enjoy every second of it. And I just feel like a lot of artists these days. don't really do that and Bruno's out there like trying every step and he's like I well he wants to entertain you he wants to perform for you he wants you to enjoy the show and the song so you know

he wants to take the performance to Mars yeah that's I've already said that's where we're going snaps and snaps and snaps and snaps god damn it slaps and snaps what do you got appetit uh pit three with an eye with it for each letter it also had me thinking like what other letters of like three like you know acronyms could you actually pronounce civis zivis zcvus zcvius yes hbo HBO AIDS games over shut it down he immediately ruined the game it's not fun anymore am i having fun with this game anymore you can say that's that's it's said exactly how and as i'm saying it they all sound stupid he they made this randomly work i don't

know because that's the magic of bruno but yeah i'll give a three uh i'm not going to have it in my rotation. Not really, but it's not really for me. That's fine. I appreciate the energy of it. I appreciate the music video being fun. The energy,

it's just great energy, you know? It's, yeah, just give it that. So I'll give it three, three stops for that. For a pet. You ready for mine?

Yeah. A, pat. The exact same? Exactly same. Did you just copy me? Yeah. You son of a.

I mean, everything you said was correct. It's good. I know it was. It's not my favorite. But if it comes on, I'm not going to hate on it. It's not cool.

It's down to it. it you know and as a DJ this is this is what gonna be good one I have your rotation this is gonna gonna come up a lot elementary school rotation for the remainder of my career like there's no chance I'm not playing this is like I still play I got a feeling which is by the way 22 years old I think at this point um yeah so I still this is a jam upon jams that I will be playing at all carnivals and all elementary schools anytime I'm a DJ so yeah it's a fun happy K-pop pink time you know and enjoy and with that I say we go to the

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