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Post by SHOOTER on May 21, 2018 16:07:58 GMT -5
Voicenotes enters at #4 Billboard top 200 Don't remember the sales 58k SPS; 39k sales.
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Post by rickroller on May 21, 2018 16:52:53 GMT -5
I hope Done for me enetrs hot 100 this week...album may help It has already entered.
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2018 3:07:25 GMT -5
I hope Done for me enetrs hot 100 this week...album may help It has already entered. Really? Last week? I totally did not see it on.
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Post by SHOOTER on May 22, 2018 11:17:30 GMT -5
Really? Last week? I totally did not see it on. It debuted at #74 last week; up to #53 this week.
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2018 11:42:31 GMT -5
Yes, thank you I checked after I saw the post above
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Charlie has bleached his hair and it looks like this
Charlie needs to fire his "stylist" and whoever who thought that this looked good. This look is so tragic. He looks like a Perez Hilton troll doll that was left out in the rain and then put in Men's Wearhouse drag.
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Post by Agent YoncΓ© on Jun 23, 2018 0:45:24 GMT -5
'Done For Me' is officially my favorite song from him.
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Post by George on Jul 12, 2018 16:28:48 GMT -5
The video for βThe Way I Amβ is so good, in terms of showing Puthβs hottness this era:
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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2018 11:38:58 GMT -5
The video for βThe Way I Amβ is so good, in terms of showing Puthβs hottness this era: I just kinda find it ironic that he changed himself for the track with the title The way I am as I kinda do not see this more sexy image of his as 'him'
I do like it and I hope it is really his decision to spice it up and be more sexy but if he was pushed to do it to sell or appeal more ...then...
certainly nothing can be worse than his hair in How long :)
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Post by Active Aggressive on Jul 24, 2018 16:15:27 GMT -5
He needs some work if he is going to be shirtless like that on tour. He's not Nick Jonas or Usher or someone like that. He looks like a twink that just started working out.
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Post by George on Aug 6, 2018 15:30:40 GMT -5
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In Flaunt Magazine. Twenty years ago, a six-year-old Charlie Puth was listening to the Spice Girls hit βSpice Up Your Lifeβ while watching a group of girls from school dance to the anthem in their family living room. βThey asked if Iβd like to join, and thatβs the first time that I knew I wasnβt a dancer. But then I just became enamored with the popularity of the Spice Girls, and I wondered, βHow could I ever be as popular as them?ββ The last decade has likely satiated Puthβs curiosity, with three Grammy nominations for his 2015 mega-hit βSee You Again,β close to 5 billion views on YouTube, and prime real estate on global hit charts. Among a handful of next-generation musicians pumping fresh blood into pop music, Puth is confident, attentive, and candid as we chat at a Brooklyn studio overlooking the Manhattan skyline. His journey to international prominence began just over the Hudson River in New Jersey, the same fertile musical soil that brought us the likes of Bruce Springsteen, Whitney Houston, and the Jonas Brothers. Growing up, Puthβs mother, a music teacher, noticed her son had the rare gift of perfect pitch, meaning he could name or sing a note without reference tones. βB flat minor!β he chimes, playfully offering proof after listening for a moment to the background music in the studio. βI donβt know what song it is, but I can see the notes happening in my head.β Having perfect pitch is a nuisance at timesββI could hear the fire drill in the shower this morning: F sharp,β he laughs. It affects his social life as well: βI get really bad socially because when people mention songs, I start to hear the song in my head.β But for a musician who produced his last album himself, an exceptionally refined ear is more gift than curse. After his commercially successful yet critically divisive first album, Nine Track Mind, the 26-year-old decided to take total control over his second release, Voicenotes, handling lyrics and productionof the complete track list. The album title encapsulates the way compulsive inspiration is captured in the digital age, with an iPhone ready for spur-of-the-moment βvoicenoteβ recordings. For Puth, this means waking up at 2 a.m. to make the kick drum in βHow Longβ a bit more βpunchy.β The midnight calls seem to be paying off, with fans and critics alike lauding Puthβs honed sound and new direction. Still, heβs his own toughest critic. βI think I suck. I really do. When people say to me that they love my music, and that itβs the best thing they ever heard and theyβre so in love with it, I donβt understand it because I find every problem, every issue with every piece of music that I put together,β he confesses. βSo I learned to just smile and say, βThank you so much.β But, I really donβt understand it. Iβm a bit of a tortured soul in that way. Nothing that I do will ever be good enough for me.β Hereβs a glimpse of the other side of the irresistible hooks and sleek, danceable productionβa sensitive, introspective soul that often mixes heartbreak and a bit of pain into the pop. This aspect of Puth mostly comes through in the lyrics, which thread mournful revelations on unsettled love, regret, and desire alongside the lighthearted sexy fun of a sing-along-in-the-club banger. βIβll always find a reason to be bummed out about something, but I can create the image of myself that I want to be in my music. If Iβm really in a bad mood, I can make a happy song. Performing it will trick my brain. Itβs all about writing records and making them sound a certain way. Its just tricking my brain to making me feel an emotion that I want to feel.β Take for example, album-closer βThrough it All,β which finds Puth reminiscing on the troubles that come with an ascent like his: You could say Iβve lived a crazy life for a man so young / The kind that made me question my faith / Now Iβm looking back just wondering where the time has gone / But I guess itβs just the price you pay... Or the wistful memory of simpler times and the wince of regret on βL.A. Girlsβ: Boy, I miss the days weβd take a Greyhound in NYC / Wish I couldβve seen that it was perfect how it was / Listen, I donβt want this to be the way you remember me / βCause I know I was wrong, wrong... This fluid intertwining of meaning and confession with perfectly crafted pop is what Puth calls βhitting two birds with one stone.β βItβs about suggesting an emotion without really saying it,β he explainsβlike taking a smiling selfie at the club when youβre heartbroken, pretending youβre having the time of your life when youβre really hoping that one person out there will see it and think of you. βThese songs are supposed to outline that juxtaposition with a sad lyric, like in βHow Long,β which has the danciest, most up- tempo beat on radio right now.β From teenage covers on YouTube to an online singing competition that captured Ellen DeGeneresβs interest, the internet has been a launch pad for Puth and for many of his peers. Itβs also a source of inspiration. His music speaks to young people today in part because he acknowledges the messy digital territory where romance increasingly takes place. The malleability of his lyrics captures that state where smiley emojis, food photos, and selfies have layered, shifting meaningsβwhere interest or affection or jealousy can be disguised in a like or a #TBT, and an unanswered text can portend heartbreak. On the brink of his biggest North American tour to date, Puthβs career has surpassed his wildest expectations. He couldnβt have guessed, as he imagined, what it might be like to be one of the Spice Girls, or while a jazz major at the Manhattan School of Music, that one day heβd be playing to adoring crowds at Radio City Music Hall and the Greek Theatre. Itβs something he thinks about a lot. βIβm a nostalgic person. Iβve walked past my beach club three times yesterday in New Jersey where I used to go on the swing set and listen to Kelly Clarkson and just dream about making records that sounded as big as that. It all comes back to me.β Any advice for those who wish for the same success? βYoung artists ask me that all the time. Iβm like, βBro, I donβt know. Just be yourself. You already have the advantage βcause youβre yourself and thereβs no one like you.β Donβt pretend to be like other people. Iβm not going to write about a topic that Iβm not going through at the time, because people are smart. Theyβre going to catch the bullshit.β If Bieber might come off as a swagged-out egotist, Ed Sheeran a John Doe, and Shawn Mendes a Ken Doll, Puth is none of the above. Earnestly imperfect, constantly questioning, vulnerable and honest, heβs a refreshing tonic to the alpha stylings so often seen in contemporary pop and hip-hop. But whatβs his next move? Though he says he βgoes with the wind,β he admits wondering about the direction music is heading and how he will fit. But for now, heβs content where he is. βIβm glad I can reach new fans with this new music. This is the music that I really wanted to put out for a long time,β he tells me. βItβs not cheap, or too cheeky or immature sounding. This is truly made for me.β All I can say, even though weβve known each other for less than an hour, is that Puth neednβt sweat the future. On my way back home, a little buzzed on the M train, I put on βHow Longβ and let the lyrics chime: Was it real or just for show? A seemingly simple song that speaks to all of itβlove in the Instagram age, masked pain, keeping it real in an era of inauthenticity. Heβs already one step ahead. www.flaunt.com/content/charlie-puth
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Post by Active Aggressive on Aug 12, 2018 10:59:18 GMT -5
This guy wants SO badly to be taken as a sex symbol LOL.
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Post by Lumi on Aug 13, 2018 1:13:45 GMT -5
Shawn's was better :kii:
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Post by Ling-Ling on Aug 13, 2018 6:31:33 GMT -5
OMG at those pics. Terrible. He's about as sexy as a cold bowl of oatmeal.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 13, 2018 7:20:42 GMT -5
LMFAO. WHAT is that βsex on a plateβ photo? They canβt be serious..
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Post by Active Aggressive on Aug 13, 2018 16:43:31 GMT -5
OMG at those pics. Terrible. He's about as sexy as a cold bowl of oatmeal. Right. I wouldn't be so hard on him if he wasn't pushing this preposterous sexy image constantly.
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OMG at those pics. Terrible. He's about as sexy as a cold bowl of oatmeal. Oatmeal can be pretty sexy if you use it the right way.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 14, 2018 14:22:53 GMT -5
He's trying too hard and it's so far a total misfit Reminds me of what 1D's Liam was tryna do, except even worse
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He's trying too hard and it's so far a total misfit Reminds me of what 1D's Liam was tryna do, except even worse I feel like we are a short time away from either Charlie or Liam doing a fully nude, sexually explicit photoshoot and it ends up being so unsexy because of how desperate it looks. I could imagine a photo with Charlie sitting totally nude on a La-Z Boy recliner manspreading with a Post-it note on his stomach with a downward pointing arrow and then the caption reads 'LOOK! DICK!' DNW. It would be photographed by Terry Richardson of course. :sip2:
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Post by lynn on Aug 15, 2018 6:07:35 GMT -5
I don't want to spoil anyone's fun, but Charlie's fans are loving his sexy image and he is likely at least in part responding to them. If you watch his very early YT videos, he's pretty self-aware.
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Post by Dammn Baby on Sept 1, 2018 13:35:05 GMT -5
He looks like he watched Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping and took it seriously.
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Post by Active Aggressive on Sept 1, 2018 15:33:39 GMT -5
Ugh. So gross and unfortunate.
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That new picture looks like a "before getting ready" one because his hair is clearly not done and he needs to re-arrange some things.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2018 23:37:59 GMT -5
He can look so good but he has literally 0 sex appeal. All his "sexy" pics just look awkward and kinda cringeworthy.
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