After spending much of 2012 out of the spotlight, Bruno Mars re-emerged Monday night with a YouTube video chat during which he answered fans' questions and premiered his new single, "Locked Out of Heaven." It's a lean, bouncy soul-rock cut that quickly mushrooms into a dramatic synth-pop epic -- think the Police (circa "Ghost in the Machine") infiltrating the Human League.
"Your sex takes me to paradise," Mars moans in the song's chorus, and if you were wondering whether all that grenade-catching had made a man out of him, there's your answer. Listen to the song below.