Charlie Puth has shared how Elton John's brutal criticism of his 2019 music inspired him to be more honest when he was writing songs.During an appearance on The Ellen Degeneres Show, the 30-year-old singer-songwriter explained the importance of 'telling the truth' in making music.'I felt like my music in 2019, I wasn't…the most important thing you can do, all the songwriters watching this right now, is when you write a song, it's important to tell the truth, and I wasn't really doing that in 2019,' Charlie told Ellen, 64, on Wednesday.
Motivation: Charlie Puth has shared how Elton John's brutal criticism of his 2019 music inspired him to be more honest when he was writing songs.
Seen in April 2022The How Long hitmaker continued, 'The person who really kind of awoken my senses was none other thanElton John.' Honest: During an appearance on The Ellen Degeneres Show, the 30-year-old singer-songwriter explained the importance of 'telling the truth' in making musicI met him at Craig's, the restaurant, and he came up to me and said, you know, 'Hi, how are you?' Charlie recalled.
I'm like, 'You're Elton John.'The four-time Grammy nominee said that Elton told him, 'Yes, I am. You know, your music sucked in 2019, it wasn't good.''Charlie added,'And it was like a gut punch, but I had been thinking that as well.
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