The other natural side effect of a breakup is that you worry about when you’re gonna get fucked again, which is perhaps one of the reasons why Puth’s social media presence is got incredibly hot: During the pandemic, he became famous for his rise to new levels of public excitement. Between his how-to videos on chords and musical notes, his streams are a deluge of dirty jokes, blatant shirtless thirst traps, videos of himself working out, or just straight zooms in on his crotch while wearing underwear that leaves little room. to the imagination. If you don’t know what her body looks like, you haven’t been on social media for the past two years.
“I’m very excited,” admits Puth. “All the time.”
But he insists it’s just showing off the hard work (and expensive: “Those gym workouts are expensive in LA!”) that went into achieving his dream figure. He maintains that he does not publish them “to upset anyone”.
He refers to a growing suspicion among his fans that he is gaybaiting – posting sexually explicit content in order to appeal to gay male audiences, despite identifying as straight. He denies having played games: on the contrary, he admits that he was inspired by the queer community for his music. He drives through West Hollywood every day, and once, while listening to a song he was working on and “half satisfied,” he drove past gay clubs WeHo Pump and The Abbey, “and everyone was out dancing to something that doesn’t play on the radio.
“I think LGBTQ+ culture is so far ahead of its time, culturally, sonically, musically, everything,” he adds, “that when I had a less than perfect song in the studio and I was on my own and seeing everyone having a great time, I literally heard a different song in my head. I rearranged everything, went back to the studio, I was so inspired.” This song, he says, eventually became “Loser” on Charly.