How Hits Were Made on Instagram: "Bruno Mars built the opening of “24K Magic” around a talk box. You hear that robotic lead voice before anything else. Byron “Mr. Talkbox” Chambers performs the talk box intro, while Bruno Mars handles the vocoder layers that follow. This choice anchors the record in the lineage of Roger Troutman and Zapp, where the talk box shaped West Coast party anthems. You recognize the glossy glide and the animated consonants because they echo that tradition. If you love so