{"id":47639,"date":"2025-09-26T16:16:32","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T16:16:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/26\/hear-charlie-puth-debut-new-song-changes-duet-with-babyface\/"},"modified":"2025-09-26T16:16:32","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T16:16:32","slug":"hear-charlie-puth-debut-new-song-changes-duet-with-babyface","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/26\/hear-charlie-puth-debut-new-song-changes-duet-with-babyface\/","title":{"rendered":"Hear Charlie Puth Debut New Song &#8216;Changes,&#8217; Duet with Babyface"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cNew directions are happening,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/charlie-puth\/\" id=\"auto-tag_charlie-puth\" data-tag=\"charlie-puth\">Charlie Puth<\/a> sang Thursday night in the excellent new song \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/changes\/\" id=\"auto-tag_changes\" data-tag=\"changes\">Changes<\/a>,\u201d and he wasn\u2019t kidding. In the first show of a four-night residency at New York\u2019s Blue Note Jazz Club, he debuted sleek songs from an-as-yet-unannounced new album, and unveiled stripped-down, jazzed-up versions of hits from his back catalog, including \u201cSee You Again\u201d and \u201cWe Don\u2019t Talk Anymore.\u201d Along the way, one of Puth\u2019s idols, Kenneth \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/babyface\/\" id=\"auto-tag_babyface\" data-tag=\"babyface\">Babyface<\/a>\u201d Edmonds, popped onstage to duet on his own songs.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Charlie Puth ends his new song &quot;Changes&quot; at Whatever&#039;s Clever Residency in NYC \/\/ September 25\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oZOaUV8tuAA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cThese are how the songs were originally meant to be played,\u201d said Puth, who was backed by a virtuosic band and, for the first time in his career, a crew of backup singers., \u201cAnd then you get advice from record label head number one, two, and three, and then you dye your hair and suddenly you\u2019re a completely different person. This is truly just me tonight. It took ten years to figure it out, but everyone has their own journey.\u201d\u00a0Puth and the band stretched out nearly every song with jams, breakdowns, and solos, with the star occasionally scatting along with his harmonically adventurous keyboard excursions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Charlie Puth surprises fans with Babyface at Whatever&#039;s Clever Residency in NYC \/\/ September 25\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FFx8iNAHCzg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<br \/>\u201cChanges\u201d sounded like a potential hit single, with a throwback feel that lands somewhere between Eighties Steve Winwood and Michael Jackson\u2019s \u201cHuman Nature.\u201d Another new song, \u201cBeat Yourself Up\u201d \u2014\u00a0which he described as \u201ca message to myself\u201d \u2014 is a more uptempo pep talk driven by a funk bassline. \u201cPlease don\u2019t beat yourself up,\u201d he sings. \u201cYou\u2019ve made some mistakes.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<section class=\"brands-most-popular \/\/ recirculation-modules trending-in-article lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-a-2 u-box-shadow-5-5 lrv-u-padding-lr-1 a-span1 u-padding-b-1@tablet u-overflow-hidden\">\n<h2 id=\"section-heading\" class=\"c-heading larva  lrv-u-text-align-center u-border-color-black a-font-theme-primary-xxs lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-letter-spacing-0063 lrv-u-padding-t-050 u-padding-b-0375@tablet lrv-u-padding-b-050@mobile-max lrv-u-border-b-2\">\n<p>\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tTowards the end of the show, Edmonds \u2014 in a black suit that amusingly contrasted with Puth\u2019s Elastica t-shirt \u2014\u00a0stepped onstage, and surprised his host by offering some praise before they started singing together. \u201c\u200aI\u2019m here because he loves music and he<em> is <\/em>music,\u201d Edmonds said. \u201cI\u2019m here because I\u2019ve been a fan of his.\u201d They went on to duet on Babyface\u2019s\u00a0\u201cWhip Appeal\u201d and the Babyface-penned Boyz II Men smash \u201cI\u2019ll Make Love to You.\u201d \u200aPuth had to take a deep breath before they began:\u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s hard singing one of my favorite songs with one of my favorite songwriters.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content-image \/\/  \">\n<figure class=\"o-figure   size-large alignnone lrv-u-max-width-100p\" style=\"width:1024px\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  lrv-u-border-a-2\">\n<div class=\"lrv-a-crop-16x9\" style=\"padding-bottom:calc((606\/1024)*100%);\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div><figcaption class=\"c-figcaption  lrv-u-flex lrv-u-flex-direction-column lrv-u-align-items-center\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase lrv-a-font-body-xs lrv-u-margin-t-050 lrv-u-text-align-center\">Aysia Marotta*<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tEarly on, Puth thanked a longtime fan he spotted in the audience for following him along the \u201cjourney\u201d of his career. \u201c\u200aI think this is gonna be the best time,\u201d he promised.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-live-reviews\/charlie-puth-new-songs-duets-with-babyface-new-album-1235436047\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cNew directions are happening,\u201d Charlie Puth sang Thursday night in the excellent new song \u201cChanges,\u201d and he wasn\u2019t kidding. 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