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Why Charlie Puth Loved Elton John Telling Him His Last Album ‘Sucked’ · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest. Charlie Pooth is back
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Speaker 1: in a big way with his rising new single Lights,
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Speaker 1: which produced performed that written by Charlie himself, and the
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Speaker 1: decision to take such a d i y approach to
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Speaker 1: making music like he did early in his career came
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Speaker 1: from some unsolicited a vice and blunt constructive criticism from
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Speaker 1: Elton John. Charlie tells The Kelly Clarkson Show. Elton expressed
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Speaker 1: that he wanted to work with him, which was great,
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Speaker 1: but he was brutally honest with him. He told him
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Speaker 1: his twenty nine music suck. Charlie agreed with him. Charlie
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Speaker 1: says it was not good enough. He said I could
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Speaker 1: make it a lot better, and I should just make
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Speaker 1: it myself like I always had. He was the first
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Speaker 1: person that ever said that to me, But I was
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Speaker 1: thinking the exact same thing when he said it. Those
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Speaker 1: are the words of Charlie Poot. The results speak for themselves.
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