When you’ve ever seen video of Charlie Puth breaking down his songwriting course of you understand that the 32-year-old singer is a mad scientist relating to meticulously crafting his songs within the studio. As he works on the follow-up to his 2022 Charlie album — which topped-out at No. 10 on the Billboard 200 chart –Puth is as soon as once more turning to Taylor Swift for inspiration.
In a chat with Folks journal, Puth stated that as he works on his upcoming fourth studio full-length he’s pondering of adjusting issues up due to some useful suggestions from his fellow pop star. “You may count on what you at all times count on from me, which is chords and key modifications and what I believe are fascinating form of rhythms in manufacturing sense,” he advised the journal. “I at all times take into consideration what I’ve lacked each time I begin a brand new undertaking and one factor that I’d like to reinforce much more is the storytelling of issues. And perhaps that lies within the lyrics and making the lyrics just a little bit extra much less A, B, C, D.”
In his effort to refashion his lyrics in a extra private manner, Puth is leaning into Swift’s intricate, intimate lyrical fashion. “Taylor Swift form of nudged me to try this as properly,” he stated. “And i believe that’s how she approaches her songwriting and that’s how I’ll strategy this subsequent album.” For now, Puth stated he’s planning on engaged on “the entire thing” by himself, a tactic that has made issues more difficult as he generally spends his days “wait[ing] for the melody to seem… however it’s actually, actually value it when all of it comes collectively.”
Again in Could, Puth dropped the only “Hero,” which he described on the time as being “about once you see somebody you like hurting themselves, ruining the issues of their life which can be good, however you simply can’t save them… I’m very excited to share my subsequent album with you, particularly this music as a result of it’s a fantastic illustration of what’s to return.”
Puth added that he determined to place the music out after Swift famously shouted him out on the title observe to her The Tortured Poets Division album when she sang: “We declared Charlie Puth needs to be a much bigger artist.” A number of weeks after that sudden pop star plaudit, Puth teased “Hero” on TikTok.
“I’ve by no means put out a music like this earlier than,” he wrote concerning the Swift affect on “Hero.” “It’s very totally different for me, however I need to thank @taylorswift for letting me know musically that I simply couldn’t hold this on my laborious drive any longer.” He added, “Generally I get just a little nervous being overly sincere in my music which is why this was sitting on my laborious drive for awhile,. However I believe somebody on the market was giving me an indication that I wanted to launch it.”
“Hero” got here on the heels of Puth’s different current singles, “Lose My Breath” with Stray Children, “Lipstick” and “That’s Not How This Works” with Dan + Shay and Sabrina Carpenter. Puth additionally advised Folks that whereas “Hero” received’t be on the upcoming untitled album, the LP “will make a variety of sense” when you hear the entire thing. “I need them to listen to [the album] and be like, ‘Ah, I do know what she was speaking about,’” he says of Swift’s praise-filled lyric.
“I’m completely proud of the extent the place I’m at, but when being a much bigger artist means I get to encourage extra individuals who need to do what I do, then that’s nice.”
