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Why The Success of “Light Switch” Is Particularly Meaningful For Charlie Puth · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest, Charlie Poot's latest hit,
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Speaker 1: light Switches catching fire. Even though the song breaks many
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Speaker 1: of the rules of pop music, it's tempo is a
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Speaker 1: frenetic four beats per minute, far faster and the average
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Speaker 1: one six tvpm of pop songs. Also utilizes goofy samples
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Speaker 1: like a real light switch, and even the way Charlie
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Speaker 1: made it, posting step by step videos and spontaneous ideas
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Speaker 1: on TikTok while creating it, is the polar opposite of
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Speaker 1: the secrecy surrounding most songs. He tells Insider, I made
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Speaker 1: light Switch on the Internet thinking it wasn't gonna see
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Speaker 1: the light of day, and yet here I am talking
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Speaker 1: about it. Millions of people have heard it. I love
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Speaker 1: watching the reaction videos on TikTok when people put the
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Speaker 1: song on the show their response when the beat drops.
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Speaker 1: I live for that reaction. You make music to make
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Speaker 1: people dance. As cliche is that sounds, but there's nothing better.
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Speaker 1: Light Switch is out now. That's Direct from Hollywood.