Taylor Swift declared that Charlie Puth should be a bigger artist on her song “The Tortured Poets Department,” but the “Attention” singer would probably sound confused after his latest fan encounter.
In a hilarious new TikTok from screenwriter Harry Daniels, Puth looks completely bemused as the creator approaches him from behind a fence and begins singing Swift's lyrics to “Tortured Poets” — in which she yells at the musician to “See You Again ” outside.
“You smoked and ate seven chocolate bars/ We declared that Charlie Puth should be a bigger artist,” sings Daniels in an exaggerated tone.
“What is this?” Puth says looking lost. But Daniels was already gone.
The TikToker is known for surprising musicians with spontaneous renditions of their songs. In April, for example, he toured Coachella and sang for Katy Perry, Gwen Stefani, Paris Hilton, Tyga, Becky G, Rene Rapp and Wallos Dylan Minnette.
The video comes nearly two months after Swift surprised fans (and Puth) by including him in the lyrics to the title track of her latest album. Department of Tormented Poetswhich recently spent a seventh week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. It took a while for the “Light Switch” artist to properly respond to the clamor, but in May, he revealed that the recognition inspired him to release a new song of his own titled 'Hero'.
“I've never put out a song like this before,” he wrote on Instagram last month. “It's very different for me but I want to thank @taylorswift for letting me know musically that I couldn't keep it on my hard drive anymore.”
“My new song HERO is when you see someone you love hurting themselves, destroying the things in their life that are good, but you just can't save them,” he added at the time. “I'm very excited to share my next album with you, especially this song because it's a great representation of what's to come.”
Watch Daniels sing for Charlie Puth below.
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