Jason Mraz Waiting for His Rocket to Come

For Jason Mraz, his life-altering journey began with a single word: ‘No.’ No touring, no recording, no work for a year: “I want to go to the grocery store again. I want to do my own laundry. I want to tend to a garden. I want to raise a cat,” said ‘Mr. A-Z.’

Mraz came to the decision after a remarkable four years where he had seen his major label debut, Waiting for My Rocket to Come explode off the success of hits like “Remedy (I Won’t Worry),” “You & I Both” and “Curbside Prophet.” Shortly thereafter, he returned with his Grammy-nominated, critically acclaimed Mr. A-Z, which continued his chart success with “Wordplay.” Throughout, his reputation as a tremendous live act soared.

But when he took a well-earned break, something unexpected happened: he rediscovered himself. “I suddenly woke up and real songs started coming out of me,” Mraz recalls. “Songs that I didn’t plan on writing. But that just became a reflection of how I feel and the mood that I was in and these awakenings that I was having,” he says.

The result is We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things., his most self-assured effort to date. In true Mraz style, the 12 tunes are wrapped in clever, observant lyrics and strong, engaging pop melodies, but this time they are inspired “by these moments of self realization, self empowerment and self improvement.”

Highlights include first single, “I’m Yours,” a warm breeze of a song about finally giving into love and life’s possibilities, set to lilting island tempo. Another highlight is “Lucky,” a simple, endearing duet with new platinum singer-songwriter Colbie Caillat.

The album takes its title from a piece of art by Glasgow-based doodle artist David Shrigley that Mraz saw in Scotland while traveling. “What I love about mankind is that yes, we sing and we celebrate and we dance when we’re foolish and we steal things,” says Mraz, who asked Shrigley to design the album art. “It’s hard to have a new idea in music, in fashion, the land we walk on. It’s all recycled. I think to say we stole it is a lot more fun.”

Lessons now learned from sages and prophets in all forms, Mraz is confident he won’t lose his way again.

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