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[Into The Void]

Charlie Puth Didn't Believe That Taylor Swift Shout-Out Was Real at First

 

The singer-songwriter talks about his new song "Hero" — and how an unexpected mention on Tortured Poet's Department gave him the courage to release it

 

Puth was in the middle of having lunch one day last month when a friend who'd heard a leak of Swift's Tortured Poets Department called to say that she had mentioned Puth in one of the songs. Puth didn't believe him. "My brain immediately went to 'Oh, like in an interview or something. That's cool. I love Taylor Swift,'" he recounts to Rolling Stone. Then, he thought, maybe the song and the reported shout-out — "You smokеd, then ate seven bars of chocolate/We declared Charlie Puth should be a bigger artist" — were AI-generated? "I'm going to wake up tomorrow and it was just a big joke that someone was playing on me because someone thinks I shouldn't be a bigger artist, so get the biggest artist since the Beatles to say that I should be a bigger artist. Ha ha ha," he thought.

 

Did you have any clue that Swift was going to shout you out?
No idea. I was in complete denial, too, because there was no way this could be a thing. It's so random

 

Have you talked to Taylor yet?
No. I wrote her a note, and I was just like, "This means more, and I will take this newfound courage to put this new body of work out." Again, I was working on it already, but I was just unsure and it's cool to get a stamp of approval from an artist that you have idolized for such a long time and still do.

 

What's your favorite Taylor Swift song?
The 10-minute version of "All Too Well." It's like watching a really good movie. Like Lord of the Rings could be two and a half hours long, but it feels like it just goes by like that. I could listen to that song a hundred times

 

Have you met Taylor before?
I met her backstage at one of those Jingle Ball shows, but that was a very long time ago. She might not even remember. She seems to be traveling. I want to know her travel tips because I always get so sick on airplanes, and she just keeps going and going and doesn't seem to have a problem.

 

 

 

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/charlie-puth-taylor-swift-new-song-hero-1235026560/

 

Stream Hero now

 

Edited May 24 by Into The Void

[KatyPrismSpirit]

5 minutes ago, Into The Void said:

She seems to be traveling. I want to know her travel tips

oh he knows what hes doing

[liam13]

i detected a little bit of shade, i did

[Into The Void]

Just now, liam13 said:

i detected a little bit of shade, i did

LMAO he is a fan tho

[liam13]

1 minute ago, Into The Void said:

LMAO he is a fan tho

who says fans can't shade their faves

[awesomepossum]

He betta watch his back. He's about to get sued!!

[Rep2000]

4 minutes ago, awesomepossum said:

He betta watch his back. He's about to get sued!!

We declare he should be a smaller artist

[imabadkid]

I love Charlie Puth tbh... and  that's all I'll say 'bout that.

[Gladiator]

17 minutes ago, Into The Void said:

Like Lord of the Rings could be two and a half hours long, but it feels like it just goes by like that

Does it? 

[Into The Void]

10 minutes ago, Rep2000 said:

We declare he should be a smaller artist

ur wish is granted his song is flopping

 

Hero

 

iTunes:

#27 Finland

#30 New Zealand

#39 Mexico

#47 Thailand

#61 United Kingdom

#62 France

#64 United States

#68 Malaysia

#70 Taiwan

#72 Brazil

#83 Australia

#83 Turkey

#98 Spain

#99 Canada

#127 Austria

#131 Italy

#147 South Africa

#156 India

#170 Netherlands

#180 Germany

[Goaty]

49 minutes ago, Gladiator said:

Does it? 

yes 

[Buffy]

I really like the production on the second half of Hero. He should try producing some songs for her.

[Into The Void]

33 minutes ago, Buffy said:

I really like the production on the second half of Hero. He should try producing some songs for her.

He is a good producer. That's his real talent

[Taylor fanboy]

16 hours ago, Gladiator said:

Does it? 

You're not Legolas

I'm not Katy Perry

This is ain't Tolkien

We're modern witnesses