Charlie Puth subtly acknowledged Taylor Swift name-dropping him on The Tortured Poets Department album additional than a 7 days following the document was released.
Swift, 34, shared an Instagram submit on Sunday, April 28, to celebrate the album’s milestones therefore considerably, which incorporates 2.6 million streams, and Puth, 32, subsequently shared one particular of the photographs by means of Instagram Stories. The picture shared by the singer showed Swift sitting in the recording studio with the words “The Tortured Poets Department” written in sharpie.
Swift didn’t shy absent from contacting out her exes and enemies on The Tortured Poets Division, which dropped on April 19, but the pop star really praised Puth in the title keep track of.
“You smoked then ate seven bars of chocolate / We declared Charlie Puth should be a bigger artist,” Swift sang on “The Tortured Poets Section.”
Enthusiasts immediately commenced speculating that the song was impressed by The 1975’s Matty Healy, who briefly dated Swift adhering to her 2023 split from Joe Alwyn. Healy, 35, earlier gave Puth a shout-out in a 2018 tweet, writing, “That Charlie Puth and Boyz II Men monitor is harrrrrd.” At the time, Puth responded via Twitter, composing, “Thank u matty!”
Whilst identify-dropping is “Nothing New” for Swift — her 2010 song “Dear John” calls out her ex John Mayer — TTPD references an unprecedented quantity of superstars by identify. In the refrain of the title observe, she references poets Dylan Thomas and Patti Smith as effectively as “Lucy” and “Jack,” whom followers are speculating are truly Boygenius’ Lucy Dacus and Swift’s pal and collaborator Jack Antonoff.
Swift also offers a shout-out to Stevie Nicks in “Clara Bow” — a song named immediately after the early Hollywood actress — in addition to title-dropping herself. “You glance like Taylor Swift in this light-weight, we’re loving it,” she sings.
Whilst Swift has by no means publicly shared her admiration for Puth prior to, the “See You Again” singer is certainly a admirer of hers. Puth once covered Swift’s music “Teardrops On My Guitar,” praising Swift in the course of the social media online video. “This is why [Taylor] is this sort of a genius, male,” he suggests prior to breaking down the chords employed in the tune. “I assume it’s fantastic.”
Puth’s song “Tears On My Piano” is even a reference to just one of Swift’s 1st major hits. Following previewing the tune by way of TikTok in 2021, Puth confirmed in the feedback section that the song was inspired by Swift’s “Teardrops On My Guitar” from her 2006 debut album.
