Doo-Wops & Hooligans<\/em>\u00a0in 2010.<\/p>\nSo, January 28, 2018 at Madison Square Garden was an undoubted career high point. But, on a personal level, not so much. Instead, if not actually a low point, it was definitely a\u00a0turning\u00a0point.<\/p>\n
Lawrence recalls: \u201cI wasn\u2019t happy at that time. I think that God, or a higher power, or a spiritual entity, whatever you want to call it, gives you signals, and talks to you when you need to hear it most.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou see, I had a vision of what success was going to be ever since I was a kid. I was on that mission, striving for that success \u2013 and then I was finally achieving it at the highest level, beyond anything I would have imagined\u2026<\/p>\n
\u201cBut I had never considered the other side of it, the human side. You see someone holding as many Grammys as they can carry, and you don\u2019t think, I wonder what happens when they go home?<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd for me, at that time, I was having an existential crisis. My personal life was a shambles, because I had forgotten myself. I had focused almost all my energy on the goal, the dream, the drive. My success had become my identity. That was where I found my value and that was how I was going to be accepted.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut eventually I realized that I\u2019d had it backwards. I had this double life of being on the road as a rock star, and then trying to come home and be a husband and a dad. That\u2019s not a sustainable life, as it turns out.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, eight years ago, I went into rehab and I got sober. That process taught me what life is really about. There\u2019s nothing wrong with success and chasing your dreams, but don\u2019t forget to bring your true self with you.\u201d<\/p>\n
The first four of those years were spent largely outside the orbit of Planet Mars, with Lawrence prioritizing his family and his sobriety.<\/p>\n
In 2022, however, he reconnected with the artist who, by then, he\u2019d known, worked with, jammed with and partied with for 15 years.<\/p>\n
He rejoined Mars\u2019 touring band, they started writing together again, had one of the biggest hits of their career with\u00a0APT<\/em>., on which Bruno duetted with Blackpink\u2019s ROS\u00c9, and then set about writing album number four,\u00a0The Romantic.<\/em><\/p>\n\n