new charlie puth

I like the choke. Adds a teensy momentary edge to an otherwise edgeless production

the choke thing took me out of it at first

calls to mind this recent longneck post from the Burna Boy thread:

This is exactly what I needed. Just one question though: is choking someone during sex considered to be extremely romantic these days? I get that it's a "thing" in prn atm, I'm just not sure I'm ready for it to become a trope in love songs just yet.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), vrijdag 26 juli 2019 13:23

sorry, meant to block quote

i like hearing him do something w/ more of a groove but this production is cool... it's almost like "cry me a river"ish which...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJFHLMiD1Js

I like watching him in an undershirt.

ILM is “hungies hive”

new song seems to split the difference between old annoying Charlie and new and improved but somehow still works?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTMzLbz9_r0

ps Charlie plz call me

although a 27 y/o singing this song makes me a bit skeevy

i liked way more 'i warned myself' but he seems to be getting cuter with each video.

new single has a trap-ish production. it's a little bit corny, but it's nice. and he's very cute.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOoSbUoayQE

i think about him flapping the ears on his pokemon hat more than i'd like

is he nude in the video

i like this one

"mother" is a bit OTT for me, but this and "i warned myself" are cool. there's a kind of put-on darkness to these tracks/this album cycle that's a little ridiculous... this one is a little lighter tho

finally a new one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXRI0vr_zPQ

ah see this is really dope

he was trying too hard w/ the previous singles, he's much better making this kind of meticulously arranged patrick bateman pop

There are moments when he looks like Ellen DeGeneres.

yah this is the right sound. cheating on you was ok but didnt like the other two hes released

i assumed this revive was about his love for hoagies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JD61F6SNkTo

he was trying too hard w/ the previous singles, he's much better making this kind of meticulously arranged patrick bateman pop

― J0rdan S.

I still think 'I warned myself' is one of his best songs.

yeah that one was actually cool enough but i never wanted to replay it

just listened to voicenotes again... what a killer album

he's so sweet. i just can't. sorry.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asYfhMHAgqs

Voicenotes follow-up when

i'm at work rn and cannot listen to the new song, someone plz listen and tell me it rules thx

is he nude on the cover

snap judgement but i dont really like it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFsAon_TWPQ

i like it! cute and fun. i don't even really care about him as a singles artist at this point so whatever needs to happen to get his next album out that's really all i care about. so rooting for this one to take off, i guess

yeah thats about right. its fun enough but im ready for an album

heard it on the way home tn, i thought it was all right + now hearing it again at home w/ the video i think it will grow on me

he’s been making the song on tik tok for months, if anyone is interested in the nerdy block by block machination

Benjamin Moore

i think his new song (and video) is incredible.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nq3x1AkwgpY

+1

Still thinking about the hair.

looking forward to this album. been listening to the pre release tracks a lot recently. “smells like me” (biting my lip…) and “i don’t think i like her” are my favs of the ones that are out. “that’s hilarious” is a good opener too

some amazing songs on this...

"there's a first time for everything" in particular is crazy... a perfect 3 minute pop song condensed into two minutes, it's like crushing a pop music pill and snorting it. i love the echoes of "the rock show" in the verses

"tears on my piano" also goes hard

and i'm inducting "smells like me" into the illustrious society of classic rip offs of the 1975

Hi, sarge

can't think of a melody
that makes you come back to me
got
all
these
tears
on
my
piano

don't hear much 1975 in "Smells Like Me" but still, great song on a decent album

Puth's writing is significantly underrated here. ilm would lose its collective mind over some of these songs if they appeared on the new crj record.

agreed

"I Don't Think That I Like Her" would be a smash Sam Hunt single

“Smells Like Me”, what a song!!!

Listened to this again recently and it's half excellent, half solid. Might like it more than the last one. His melodies are indelible.

"Smells Like Me" is very Hall and Oates, no? -- tons of fun but doesn't excite me like "That's Hilarious" > "Charlie Be Quiet!" The latter does the soft/loud thing a la Rina Sawayama, and how perfect to have the electric guitar riff blow up on the words "be quiet!" 2 minutes of pop perfection.