The duo — known these days as  Silk Sonic — delivered a dazzling performance of their new song ” Leave the Door Open ” during the 63rd annual awards show on Sunday.

The two matched in maroon 70s-style inspired suits and alternated taking the lead singing their new song, with Mars handling the chorus.

“If you just wanna lay me some/Imma leave the door open/Imma leave the door open girl/let you feel the way I feel,” he sang.

Performing against a starry background, the two singers sang a dazzling and dreamy rendition of “Leave the Door Open.”

The performance came a week after Mars posted an open letter to the Grammy organizers on Twitter, writing, “If you can see it in your hearts to allow two out of work musicians to perform at your show, we would really appreciate it. We  just released a song and could really use  the promotion right now.”

The “Uptown Funk” singer said he and .Paak “have a lot riding on this record (and the Pelicans game next week, but that’s another story). We haven’t been able to perform for a while and we just want to sing. We’ll send in an audition tape and  take as many COVID tests  as we need to. I promise we won’t be extra. We just really want a gig again.”

“I hope you’ll consider this request and give us the opportunity to shine. Love, Silk Sonic,” he concluded.

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Many things are taking place:

What’s the song you’ve been listening to the most lately? The one you hit on repeat? For many of us, since last Friday, it’s Silk’s Sonic’s “Leave the Door Open”, right? Silk Sonic is Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak, a track that’s been steadily climbing over the last few days because it’s good but also … really, really, really funny. If there was ever a song that could represent what the best sex should be like, it’s “Leave the Door Open”. And by that I mean smooth and sensual and stimulating, obviously, but also really, really, really fun. Like you’re feeling it the way you should feel it in the places where the feeling is and also laughing throughout because it’s a good f-cking time, literally!

That’s “Leave the Door Open”. It’s hot and comedic. It’s lusty and hilarious. And it’s intended to be that way, you can tell, because of how Bruno and Anderson perform it in the video. Look at their facial expressions – these two aren’t taking themselves too seriously, they’re not brooding at the camera, this whole vibe is a wink, for the express purpose of getting a giggle out of you, maybe followed by a feigned eyeroll, before you come back for more.

Important to note that BTS’s fanbase isn’t that easily exploited. They don’t bite for everyone. But Anderson actually has some established ARMY cred – his son, Soul, is deep into BTS, a member of ARMY himself:

Anderson and his wife, Jaylyn, are raising their two sons, Soul and Shine, to speak both Korean and English. So the social media promotion this week with the BTS tags wasn’t totally out of nowhere. And that was just part it – Anderson and Bruno continued to bicker over social media and angst about whether or not the Grammys would return their call until, naturally, the Recording Academy picked up