--- description: The crooner performs an exclusive rendition of his new single "Love Someone" title: Jason Mraz "Love Someone" Acoustic Video Performance: Watch image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbf00421c98d0f07c/6986902b361760c9f590c191/jason-mraz-01.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # VIDEO: Jason Mraz Announces New Album, With An Exclusive Acoustic Performance by [Diane Tsai](/author/diane-tsai/) and [Lily Rothman](/author/lily-rothman/) May 19, 2014 8:25 PM CUT  Jason Mraz performs at Green Music Center on March 16, 2014 in Rohnert Park, Calif. Jason Mraz performs at Green Music Center on March 16, 2014 in Rohnert Park, Calif.Steve Jennings—WireImage/Getty Images by [Diane Tsai](/author/diane-tsai/) and [Lily Rothman](/author/lily-rothman/) May 19, 2014 8:25 PM CUT Jason Mraz has just [announced](http://summerofyes.jasonmraz.com/ "undefined") that his next album, _YES!_, will drop July 15 — and the _I’m Yours_ singer-songwriter recently dropped by TIME’s office to discuss the album and treat us to a solo acoustic performance of the lead-off single “Love Someone,” which is available today. But what exactly is Mraz saying “yes” to? The New Age-minded musician _does_ believe that saying “yes” to other things can open an internal door to creativity, and he tries to say “yes” about things in his own life — but he tells TIME that the album title is mostly a reference to the other people who have said “yes” to him. The most important among those are the four musicians known as Raining Jane, a long-time backing band for Mraz who are his full-fledged collaborators on _YES!_ Mraz says he maintained veto power, but it was a refreshing change to shift the focus on the album away from just himself. Take “Love Someone,” for example: the song isn’t about a specific personal relationship; instead, the love in question is a more general feeling of being lucky, especially as relates to music. “When I let go in a song I feel like the mental chatter, anything that might show up as doubt or fear, that tends to fall away,” he says. “You just lock into one beautiful thing, which I feel is love, and when I sing to someone or with someone I feel that’s giving the love away. You get it back in return with how amazing you feel.” Mraz — whose arm bears a “BE LOVE” tattoo — says that he believes that all of us “are” love, and that as soon as one recognizes that it’s easy to be open and giving. That humble side isn’t just an act, at least in one area: though Mraz is known for his [fedoras](http://www.examiner.com/slideshow/jason-mraz-and-his-trademark-fedora-hat#slide=1 "undefined") and is often seen sporting a baseball or trucker cap, he’ll readily admit that he doesn’t have the best hat collection in the music business. “I think Pharrell’s hat collection would win,” he says. “He’s got some pretty awesome hats.” Watch the full acoustic performance of “Love Someone” here: ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/104623/jason-mraz-yes-album-acoustic-performance/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/104623/jason-mraz-yes-album-acoustic-performance/"},"headline":"VIDEO: Jason Mraz Announces New Album, With An Exclusive Acoustic Performance","datePublished":"2014-05-19T20:25:08.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-30T11:31:30.747Z","description":"The crooner performs an exclusive rendition of his new single \"Love Someone\"","url":"https://time.com/104623/jason-mraz-yes-album-acoustic-performance/","keywords":["Music","Exclusive","Album","performance","song","guitar"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbf00421c98d0f07c/6986902b361760c9f590c191/jason-mraz-01.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Diane Tsai","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/diane-tsai/"},{"@type":"Person","name":"Lily Rothman","jobTitle":"Rothman is managing editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/lily-rothman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbf00421c98d0f07c/6986902b361760c9f590c191/jason-mraz-01.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Jason Mraz performs at Green Music Center on March 16, 2014 in Rohnert Park, Calif.","caption":"Jason Mraz performs at Green Music Center on March 16, 2014 in Rohnert Park, Calif.","creditText":"Steve Jennings—WireImage/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/104623/jason-mraz-yes-album-acoustic-performance/","name":"VIDEO: Jason Mraz Announces New Album, With An Exclusive Acoustic Performance"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Jason Mraz - Love Someone","description":"Jason Mraz gives an acoustic performance of his new single, \"Love Someone,\" from his latest album in the TIME studio.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/QG2qTAm1/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-05-19T15:28:20.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/QG2qTAm1.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/104623/jason-mraz-yes-album-acoustic-performance/","duration":"PT4M26S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/104623/jason-mraz-yes-album-acoustic-performance/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```