Bruno Mars Can’t Wait for Fans to Play With His ‘Tall, Chiseled’ Avatar as Fortnite Festival Season 9 Icon
FORTNITE (IN-GAME), JUN 18 – Fortnite Festival Season 9 adds a new 32-player mode and exclusive Bruno Mars-themed cosmetics and music, including collaborations with Lady Gaga and BLACKPINK's Rosé.
- Fortnite Festival Season 9 launched on June 18, 2025, featuring Bruno Mars as the new headliner and Festival Icon, replacing Sabrina Carpenter.
- Epic Games introduced this event following the Festival's debut in late 2023 and continued its focus on music collaborations with popular artists like Mars.
- The season includes the World Tour Bundle with multiple Bruno Mars-themed items, a redesigned Main Stage, and a Season 9 Music Pass offering unlocks like 'Die With A Smile' and Silk Sonic tracks.
- Bruno Mars described the avatar experience as "very fun," recalled no hesitation to return, and noted this time he gets to lean more into music, while players can unlock collaborations with Lady Gaga and Rosé.
- The event's launch expands Fortnite's music-centered content, suggesting continued integration of major artists, though some fans expressed disappointment over repeated appearances and teased new acts like deadmau5.
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Bruno Mars Can’t Wait for Fans to Play With His ‘Tall, Chiseled’ Avatar as Fortnite Festival Season 9 Icon
Fans who’ve been dying to see Bruno Mars become a Fortnite Festival Icon can now die with a smile, as the game has announced that the hitmaker is its Season 9 headliner. Following in the footsteps of past Festival Icons such as The Weeknd, Sabrina Carpenter and Billie Eilish, Mars transforms into a playable avatar performing some of his biggest hits — including Billboard Hot 100-topping Lady Gaga collaboration “Die With a Smile” and ROSÉ duet …
Bruno Mars confirmed as the next Fortnite Festival icon
As part of Fortnite Festival Season 9, players will be able to jam out to new tracks from 16-time Grammy winner Bruno Mars. But if you’re no good playing with a Riffmaster, fret not, because you’re amazing just the way you are.Mars follows on from Sabrina Carpenter, who took over Fortnite for the last couple of weeks and saw gangs of players teaming up on others who weren’t donning a Sabrina skin.With Bruno Mars returning to Fortnite on 18th Jun…
Bruno Mars Is Dropping In On ‘Fortnite Festival’ To Lead The Upcoming Season 9
Getty Image Fortnite Festival moves fast: Sabrina Carpenter was named the “Icon” for the game’s Season 8 in April, but now we’re already onto the next one. The new season launches tomorrow (June 18), and today, it was announced that leading the charge this time will be Bruno Mars. He follows in the footsteps of Carpenter, Hatsune Miku (Season 7), Snoop Dogg (Season 6), Karol G (Season 5), Metallica (Season 4), Billie Eilish (Season 3), Lady Gaga…
Fortnite’s various modes add Bruno Mars, a co-op wave survival mode, and the mobile-ready Blitz Royale
The distraction circus that makes up Fortnite appears to have gone into overdrive this week, with the multiple modes and variants of the once PvE-only wave survival shooter bringing a clearly wide assortment of updates. Including… a PvE-only wave survival shooter mode. Huh. That mode is housed within LEGO Fortnite in the form of Expeditions, […]
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