Charlie Puth

When I saw my name on the Hype Machine, I was like, wow, I made it.

And I get to go to class and then refresh and see if my song went up on the Hype Machine.

And sometimes it would.

That made me so happy.

So I kind of wanted to be an artist, but I never really admitted it to myself.

Yes, I was terrified to sing in front of people and I knew to be an artist I had to sing in front of people.

I went through college like terrified to sing in front of people, but I just forced myself to do it.

My parents, my dad, my parents are my number one fans and my ultimate, I joke that my mom's my first A&R.

My dad would always encourage me to sing in front of people.

I didn't do it until... The first time I did it was at this club in New York called Birdland, and I was 16.

And I was so bad, but the audience was so nice.

I ripped the bandaid off.

I was like, okay, so now I can sing on the internet because I sang in front of people.

You sang covers?

I sang covers on the internet.

So if I do that, that's less terrifying than being in front of a crowd.

And then I can graduate by them playing in front of multiple crowds one day.

But it was a step-by-step process for me.

No.

I just hope it sounds good.