Why Charlie Puth Doesn't Have a 'Dream Collab' in Mind Ahead of His Next Album (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

Charlie Puth performs in Auckland, New Zealand in November 2023.Photo:Dave Simpson/WireImage

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ThoughCharlie Puth’s previous collaborations have resulted in songs like “See You Again,” “We Don’t Talk Anymore” and “Marvin Gaye,” the Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter says there isn’t a big name on his mind for the next hit partnership.

“There’s no dream collab,” he tells PEOPLE when asked if he has a could-be collaborator on his bucket list.  “But the dream — one of the dreams — is to collaborate with somebody who is really talented but just hasn’t gotten a shot yet, and their dreams all the way come true or start to come true as a result of us collaborating.”

“That to me is better than any collaboration with a big time artist or someone who I just selfishly want to collaborate with,” he continued.  “Helping someone else and making them realize that they were capable of it all along.”

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Thinking back on his own early days as a songwriter, Puth can still remember writing his first song.

“I remember it was in G minor and I was 7 years old when I wrote it,” he recalls.  “And it was just a melody, no lyric attached to it or anything. And I still have it in my head nowadays. I still haven’t used it. Maybe one day I will, but for me it’s always just kind of started with melody. It was never really a lyric thing, but that’s obviously changed over the maybe 20 years that I’ve been doing this."

Charlie Puth in New York City in October 2022.Santiago Felipe/Getty

Santiago Felipe/Getty

In May, Puth released “Hero” after some encouragement fromTaylor Swifton her recent song “The Tortured Poets Department.”

“My new song HERO is about when you see someone you love hurting themselves, ruining the things in their life that are good, but you just can’t save them,” Puthwrote in a caption on Instagram announcing the song. “It’s one of the hardest songs I’ve ever had to write, but I wrote it in hopes that you’ve gone through something similar in your life, and that it can fill in the BLANK for you like it did for me.”

“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. I’ve never put out a song like this before- it’s very different for me, but I want to thank@taylorswiftfor letting me know musically that I just couldn’t keep this on my hard drive any longer,” he added of the “Cruel Summer” singer, whoname dropped Puth on her latest album.

However, Puth tells PEOPLE that the latest song won’t appear on his next album — he is currently working on a project that will “probably” drop in 2025.

source: people.com