Inspiration comes when you least expect it. No one knows this better than Charlie Puth, whose signature frankness recently revealed details of his personal life that we could never have predicted. In a June 13 conversation in Interview, the 31-year-old musician talked about the period of time he was willing to pursue to get the perfect piece of music, admitting that he once took a break in the music industry. at sex to capture an unexpected stroke of genius. “I wrote the song while I was acting,” he said of his song “Marks on My Neck”.
Puth added: “Maybe I should have focused on the performance a bit more, but the tune just popped into my head and I literally stopped, recorded a short dialogue and then had to go back to acting. ” (Who said chivalry is dead?)
“I wrote the song in the middle of the action.”
Puth went on to explain the meaning behind “Marks on My Neck”, which appeared on his eponymous album released last year. He also swears the story isn’t as bad as it originally was: “That’s where that tune comes from. I’ve passed someone and what better way than that. [to do that] than meet new people? Maybe things won’t go well for this person and that’s what I’m eager to find out, that’s okay.” inspired the tune into a pop hit.
“I remember waking up and looking at myself in the mirror, noticing these marks on my neck, and each day they would heal and fade but so would the person who left them for me,” he continued. As for his ex-partner? “We went our separate ways.” Now, all that remains is his new sexual record and the knowledge that, for Puth, his creative process is a priority.
