"Looks like it was made in Microsoft Paint": Internet cracks up as Bruno Mars shares hilarious fan-made banner celebrating his VMA win with Rosé

Bruno Mars and Rosé won Song of the Year for their hit track APT at the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards on September 7, 2025. But the two singers weren't the only ones celebrating the win, because their fans in the Philippines also honored their latest feat with a special banner.

The hitmaker shared a screenshot of a congratulatory banner from the Philippines, created to celebrate his and Rosé's award on his Instagram Stories on Tuesday, September 23, 2025. The banner featured an image of the K-pop star holding a moon man statue beside an image of a man resembling Bruno Mars. He reposted it with the track of Black Eyed Peas' Bebot, with a caption of an ROFL emoji.

Fans took to social media to join in on the fun, poking fun at the Bruno look-alike in the banner. One X user, in particular, mentioned how it was made at 3:00 am using Microsoft Paint, but that it was the best part of the entire banner.

Jaspe

@rfngljaspe

@PopBase That banner looks like it was made in Microsoft Paint at 3am and honestly that’s the best part.

Other fans also commented on how "unserious" the singer is for reposting the banner, with more fans sharing more laughter because the man was "definitely" not Bruno.

Cam¹ ꫂ ၴႅၴ is MESSY

@Mismamarrachas

@PopBase we love this unserious man

steven || reputation era 🐍

@grandeunext

@PopBase That is NOT Bruno Mars, I’m crying 😭

Clairee_ingrid 🇨🇲

@IngridClairee

@PopBase It’s so funny bc this man is definitively not Bruno 😂😂😂💀

Meanwhile, other fans pointed out how Bruno Mars has Filipino blood and that he gets the joke, adding that he still has some "pinoy humor" in him.

Angel ^᪲᪲᪲

@bggimbapsh

The pinoy humor is still inside him 😌

Stephʕ•̫͡•ʕ

@stephaneegss

He’s Filipino. He gets it😆 We love you, Bruno🫶🏼

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Bruno Mars continues to break records without releasing an album for years

Bruno Mars at the 67th Annual GRAMMY Awards (Image via Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Bruno Mars hasn't released a solo studio album in nearly a decade. The last solo LP was his third, 24K Magic, and it came out in 2016. It's also been years since he released his collaborative album with singer-rapper Anderson . Paak, An Evening with Silk Sonic, in 2021.

In the years after that, the 16-time Grammy winner released two songs, but they are not ordinary songs. In August 2024, he teamed up with Lady Gaga to release Die With a Smile. It was later included as a closing track for Gaga's latest studio album, Mayhem, which came out in 2025. It reached the No.1 spot of the Billboard Hot 100 and stayed there for five weeks.

At the 2025 Grammy Awards, Die With a Smile won them the Best Pop Duo/Group Performance, besting Gracie Abrams and Taylor Swift's Us, Beyonce and Post Malone's Levii's Jeans, and more. Lady Gaga gave Bruno Mars the props at the Grammys, saying, "I don't know music without Bruno."

Also, according to Luminate, Die With a Smile was the most-streamed song for the first half of 2025. The second one is APT, which is another Bruno Mars song, with BLACKPINK Rosé. APT peaked at No.3 on the Billboard Hot 100, stayed on the chart for 45 weeks, and topped Pop Airplay for five consecutive weeks.

Also , at the 2025 VMAs, APT won Song of the Year, and Die With a Smile won Best Collaboration.

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Stay tuned for more news and updates on your favorite musical artists as the year progresses.