Charlie Puth

I guess I have that mentality because people have had that mentality with me when I was a budding songwriter.

cedar and frankie didn't look at me like oh who's this kid they were listening to me we should all listen to each other because sometimes people have really good ideas so listen more when you were a songwriter was the vibe differently like what did you do something different as a songwriter than what you do now i think when i came up in the industry it was more pitched bass it was

write a song for this artist at 10 a.m.

and at 7 p.m.

you're going to write a song for this artist.

I feel like, I think the energy is more centered around finished projects now, which is kind of cool.

People seem to care about albums again.

I think that's been the most dramatic difference.

What do I hope people take away from listening to Whatever's Clever?

I hope the people that were...

I hope my day one fans that were with me from like, I mean like the YouTube days, understand me even more and don't feel like it's such a dig to get to the truth of me.

And I feel like the people that might've been on the fence about me, I feel like I've given them something that's a little bit more palatable now where they can potentially understand me too.

My never ending quest to be,

And maybe I can accomplish that through music.

Well, this is a full circle moment.

You do amazing work and you are really good at what you do.

Thank you.

I can tell that you really care about this and you're not just doing it for any...

It was a different time.

I have no regrets, but I'm happy where I am right now.