Rufus Wainwright Jealous Of Time Mark Ronson Has Spent With Bruno Mars

It’s been a couple of years since Rufus Wainwright teamed with produced Mark Ronson, and it seems the recent praise of the producer’s smash collaboration with Bruno Mars, Uptown Funk, has sparked a little jealously.

His seventh record, Out Of The Game, was produced by Ronson in 2012, and while he’s “still very much am enamoured of [Ronson]”, immediately after spending “intimate time together in the studio” the singer was a goner: “At that point I think I was truly obsessed and in love [laughs]... I used to call him ‘Dreamboat’.”

“I dunno if [Out Of The Game is] my best record, but I do know that it’s my favourite-sounding record. I think the quality that Mark gets in terms of recording vocals and instrumentalists is really second to none I mean, there’s a certain warmth and depth and easiness to it... and there’s nothing precious about it.”

While Wainwright says he’d love to work with Ronson again down the track, he hasn’t yet given the producer’s latest smash colllab with Bruno Mars, Uptown Funk, a spin. “I don’t think I listen to Bruno Mars out of pure jealousy,” he jokes. “He’s getting more Mark time than me these days so I can’t.”

Rufus Wainwright is touring Australia in March of next year, and you can find all details in the Gig Guide or on The Music App.