GRAMMY-nominated and multi-platinum singer/songwriter/producer, Charlie Puth, released his highly anticipated third studio album CHARLIE, via Atlantic Records. He reveals all sides of his personality, expressing vulnerability and humour for the first time in his career.
CHARLIE is available to stream/download here.
“I’ve been doing this for eight years, but CHARLIE is finally me,” says Puth, “for a long time, I was trying to be ‘the cool guy,’ but that was a foggy piece of glass in front of the world. Now, the glass is broken. There’s no window. You can reach right in.”
Throughout the album, humour is infused with honest storytelling – all from his life and relationships. He confesses “this is sonically my personality. The album has ended up being the most personal body of work. It’s like the sound turned into a physical being.”
CHARLIE Out Now
Although fans got a first-hand glimpse of the forthcoming project via TikTok, Puth uses 12 tracks to showcase the evolution of CHARLIE, opening with “That’s Hilarious“. This track was co-written with longtime collaborator JKash. Featuring his hit single “Light Switch,” Puth introduces the album with a splash.
Additional tracks include his hit collaboration “Left and Right” (feat. Jung Kook of BTS), which has served as Puth’s highest charting debut, reeling in over 400 million streams and 214 million video views. Other tracks include the genre-bending “Smells Like Me“, which UPROXX described as a “modern pop and ’80s synth ballad”; and the “haunting” (ROLLING STONE) “I Don’t Think That I Like Her”, featuring Travis Barker on drums.
Puth paints an expansive canvas of self-realization. Closing it out with “No More Drama,” punctuated by his hypnotic high register.
Celebrating the release, Puth is set to perform a medley of tracks on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon on Tuesday, October 11th on NBC in addition to an appearance on ABC’s LIVE with Kelly and Ryan on Thursday, October 13th.
Puth will set off on his ‘One Night Only’ tour, produced by Live Nation. It offers 12 dates across North America, Canada, and Europe, with the run of intimate underplay shows kicking off in New Jersey on October 23rd at the Count Basie Center for the Arts. Puth will then make his way West stopping at The Theatre at Ace Hotel in Los Angeles on November 9th and wrapping at the Theater am Potsdamer Platz in Berlin on December 6th.
Tickets are available now at charlieputh.com/tour.
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CHARLIE Track List
- That’s Hilarious
- Charlie Be Quiet!
- Light Switch
- There’s A First Time for Everything
- Smells Like Me
- Left and Right (Feat. Jung Kook of BTS)
- Loser
- When You’re Sad I’m Sad
- Marks on My Neck
- Tears on my Piano
- I Don’t Think That I Like Her
- No More Drama
About Charlie Puth
Charlie Puth has proven to be one of the industry’s most consistent hitmakers and sought-after collaborators. Puth has amassed eight multi-platinum singles, four GRAMMY nominations, three Billboard Music Awards, a Critic’s Choice Award, and a Golden Globe nomination. His 2018 GRAMMY-nominated LP, Voicenotes, was RIAA Certified Gold only four days after its release and has logged over 5.6 billion streams worldwide.
Puth’s 2020 collaboration with Gabby Barrett on their “I Hope” Remix earned him his fourth top 10 track on the Billboard Hot 100, hit number one on the Billboard “Adult Pop Songs” chart, and won a 2021 Billboard Music Award for “Top Collaboration.”
Puth also co-wrote and produced The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber’s record-breaking single, “Stay,” which quickly become one of the biggest songs of 2021 and holds the title for the longest-reigning No. 1 on the Billboard Global 200 chart and the first to lead it for double-digits – spending a total of eleven weeks at the top of the chart.
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