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Mendes is the Canadian megastar who began by covering Adele and Rihanna songs on YouTube.
Hunter:Dee, we are gathered here today to declare pops new prince.
Hes Justin Timberlake without all the baggage.
He has written and released the song of the summer!
(Or at least the song ofmysummer.)
Charlie Puth just makes greatpopmusic: Every song onVoicenotesslaps.
My Leo heart loves Attention.
How can one album go from L.A.
Girls to How Long to Done for Me?
Its almost unreasonable what pure, sexy R&B melodies Charlie Puth has put into our ears.
BOY is a song about being in love witha mystery older woman!
In the romantic comedy of my life, Empty Cups would soundtrack the climax.
Join the CP Family.
Dee:Hunter, my dear sweet confused friend.
BOY is a certified bop.
Im happy for you!
But, also, let me stop you right there.
Have you heard that my sweet prince, Shawn Mendes, has three of those babies?
He named it after himself because even he knew he had achieved his final form!
Hunter:Listen, I like Shawn Mendes and Im into his eponymous album.
Where Were You in the Morning and Why are sweetly gloomy ballads.
Hes definitely a good pop star, but hes not the leading pop star of my heart!
The rest ofNine Track Mindwas lackluster, sure, and Charlie himselfhas addressed that.
Were not defined by our past sweetie ;)
I have a question for you, Dee.
Charlie Puth ispop musics bad boy.
What exactly does Shawn Mendes have to offer other thana few Harry Potter costumes?
I dont pretend to know a damn thing about Shawn Mendes.
Maybe he spends every night at the strip club.
Maybe hes got a secret child, likesome other Canadian we know.
In the age of pop starsoversharing absolutely everything, Shawn is a breath of fresh of air.
Hes mysterious, probably because hes also a little boring.
And Im not mad at it.
I mean, Shawnjust discovered electric guitarsand thinks hes Dylan now.
Another thing: They both seem to share exceptionally sweet fan bases, which often overlap.
Youre practically president of the Puth fan club, invented it even.
Whats it like to rep a community so small?
(Also, do you really think hes asecret Trump supporter?This is my favorite Puth conspiracy.)
Hes about the music, but I like people willing to be weird.
Hell pause in a Vulture interview to let you know his tour is nearly sold out.
Hellvery obviously alludeto a fling with Selena Gomez, but then say he doesnt kiss and tell.
Charlie Puth feels like every boy we all went to high school with that suddenly became extremely famous.
Hes literally just a guy from Berklee with perfect pitch that accidentally wrote a super-popular song.
I love how weird he is, and how willing he is to be so random.
It does overlap with Shawn, to be sure theyre mutual fans irl!
but the tried and true Notetakers dont bend to the prevailing trends.
We have chosen the pop prince less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.
(As for the Trump stuff Im just unconvinced by a thinly sourced babe.net expose!)
Ive known Puths all my life.
Theyre infuriating, obnoxious, and also irresistible in that train-wreck-you-cant-look-away-from sort of way.
But I hold no ill will toward him.
