Taylor Swift declared Charlie Puth should be a bigger artist on her song “The Tortured Poets Department,” but the “Attention” singer would probably declare himself confused after his latest fan encounter.
In a hilarious new TikTok from serial serenader Harry Daniels, Puth looks totally baffled as the creator approaches him from behind a fence and starts singing Swift’s lyrics on “Tortured Poets” — in which she gives the “See You Again” musician a big shout-out.
“You smoked then ate seven bars of chocolate/ We declared Charlie Puth should be a bigger artist,” Daniels sings in an exaggerated tone.
“What is this?” Puth says, looking lost. But Daniels had already walked away.
The TikToker is known for surprising musicians with spontaneous performances of their songs. In April, for instance, he made the rounds at Coachella and sang for Katy Perry, Gwen Stefani, Paris Hilton, Tyga, Becky G, Reneé Rapp and Wallows’ Dylan Minnette.
The video comes nearly two months after Swift surprised fans (and Puth) by including him in the lyrics to the title track of her latest album The Tortured Poets Department, which recently nabbed a seventh week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. It took some time before the “Light Switch” artist properly responded to the shout-out, but in May, he revealed that the recognition inspired him to release a new song of his own titled “Hero.”
“I’ve never put out a song like this before,” he wrote on Instagram last month. “It’s very different for me, but I want to thank @taylorswift for letting me know musically that I just couldn’t keep this on my hard drive any longer.”
“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,” he added at the time. “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.”
Watch Daniels sing for Charlie Puth below.
