Bruno Mars Loses His Sunlight In "It Will Rain"

Follow up Christina Perri's video for "A Thousand Years," Bruno Mars has finally unveiled his delayed video on MTV for "It Will Rain," which opens with a pivotal scene from "Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1" movie soundtrack. The new clip feels more like a denim brand's lookbook than a peek at the vampire franchise's fourth film. Mars taps his songwriting skills to win his girl back after they go through a lot of drama, but there's no sunlight for the ballad singer in the video as it appears his on-screen love life is shattered.
"It Will Rain" has the dated feel of a song from the '80s, perhaps because of the drum track. Speaking to Billboard magazine, Mars explained that "the Twilight movies, "for me [are] a love story. But it's a dark love story. And I think the best way to describe the song is: it's the darker side of love. I think that pretty much sums it up. 'It Will Rain' started off with me and the guitar, and I just had this melody in my head and basically laid it down after I saw the film." Rolling Stone saying Mars' clean-cut looks and gently scuffed croon make him an ideal nonthreatening crush with its desperately yearning melody. It sounds a little bit like "Wild Horses," and a lot like Mars' next radio juggernaut.
The Phil Pinto-directed clip displays the emotional quality of the song. Mars deals with the subject of love gone awry and all of the positive and negatives that come along with being in a serious relationship that eventually self destructs. Both love and division coexist. It's an emotional tug of war in the tortured love song with a few clips from the movie sprinkled in. After the opening sequence with Bella and Edward getting married in front of their friends and family, the video cuts to a love story between Mars and his lovely leading lady. The couple experience the many joys, trials and tribulations of being in a relationship. And as is often the case in real life, things starts out cute; every little moment and snuggle is more romantic than the one before.
But at some point, the pair begin to fight, though Mars isn't going to let her go that easily: He uses his songwriting skills to persuade her to stay with him. The heartbreak expressed on the track is mirrored in solo shots of Mars standing around looking sullen. As the video closes out, we see that the song Mars wrote while his lady was asleep turned out to be romantic enough to win her back. However, at the very end, he is all alone standing in front of a rainy window, and this scene reflects his true loneliness. Mars does a great job of conveying the lyrics of "It Will Rain" in a visual form, giving us glimpses of deep pain and joy.