 Ari Levine talked in an interview with Sound on Sound about producing some of Mars ' songs . " The Other Side " , whose production was re @-@ arranged , was intended for somebody else , and several people wrote parts of the track . Concerning the lyrics ' concept Mars said that they describe : " the lifestyle you end up living as an artist " . He also explained that the title of the record came from the final lyrics of one of its songs , " The Other Side " . 
