With his soulful vocals and melodic lyrics, Jason Mraz has always swooned us with his music. But it wasn’t until he took to the “Dancing With the Stars” stage that he danced his way into our hearts. Mraz spoke to POPSUGAR about his time on the show, his upcoming “Mystical Magical Rhythmical Radical Ride” Tour, and his must-have products.
Despite having nearly won the coveted Len Goodman Mirrorball Trophy with partner Daniella Karagach, Mraz was initially scared to dive into the art of dance. “I didn’t know what I was doing but just had to start, and every week, I saw an incredible improvement,” he says. “Give yourself a week and see what you can do by putting in a little bit of time every day. . . . I think that goes with not just dance, but with anything.” Another key takeaway he learned from “DWTS” is the value of 60 seconds. “The first week of ‘Dancing With the Stars,’ our dance was 60 seconds long, and we could accomplish a lot in 60 seconds. I know now that within my show, if I break away 30 seconds here, 60 seconds here, another 60 seconds here, that’s a lot of content,” he says.
The “Mystical Magical Rhythmical Radical Ride” is inspired by time. “I’m going on 20-plus years of creating music, and that much time has shown me how some things come back around,” Mraz says. “We’re on this ride through life or this ride through time and how to recognize time, and be grateful for time, and notice that time is precious. It’s our greatest wealth.” With this tour, he wants the audience to live in the moment, bring their friends and family, and just have fun and create memories with the people they love.
Beyond creating music and prepping for his tour, Mraz likes to spend his time unwinding with a good latte, a puzzle like Wordle or Connections, a book, or a journal. “Sometimes I start writing in rhyme, and it suddenly becomes a song, or it’s poetry, or it’s a letter to a friend or a letter to my future self. I just like taking that personal care, that personal time to reflect,” he says. “When you’re writing, you get to feel like you’re checking in with yourself.”
Ahead, you can read through Mraz’s current favorite products, including his go-to portable speaker, his signature latte recipe, and more.
