CHARLIE PUTH (with Steven J. Horowitz)
Pop Pantheon
DJ Louie XIV
4.7 • 630 Ratings
🗓️ 29 June 2023
⏱️ 102 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Steven J. Horowitz returns to Pop Pantheon to discuss the career of contemporary pop’s sexiest studio rat, Charlie Puth. Louie and Steven tackle Charlie’s oddball career in pop music, from his rocket into mainstream consciousness singing the saccharine hook on “See You Again” to his personality-less debut album, 2016’s 9 Track Mind. They examine the critical reevaluation he received following his criminally underrated sophomore album, 2018’s Voice Notes, his latest self-titled album, Charlie Puth (2022), and, finally, rank him in the official Pop Pantheon.
Listen to Pop Pantheon's Charlie Puth Essentials Playlist
Join Pop Pantheon: All Access, Our Patreon Channel, for Exclusive Content and More
Shop Merch in Pop Pantheon's Store
Grab Tickets to See Louie DJ at Gorgeous Gorgeous in LA on 7/14
Follow Steven J. Horowitz on Twitter
Follow Steven J. Horowitz on Instagram
Follow DJ Louie XIV on Instagram
Follow DJ Louie XIV on Twitter
Follow Pop Pantheon on Instagram
Follow Pop Pantheon on Twitter
Join Pop Pantheon: All Access, Our Patreon Channel, for Exclusive Content and More
Shop Merch in Pop Pantheon's Store
Follow Pop Pantheon on Instagram
Follow DJ Louie XIV on Instagram
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Pop Pantheon, the podcast where we completely overanalyze all of your favorite pop stars and then rank them in the official Pop Pantheon. |
| 0:17.5 | This is your host, DJ Louis X. Louis XIV, reminding you to please rate, review, and subscribe |
| 0:23.1 | to this podcast wherever you're listening to it right now and helping us get in front of |
| 0:26.9 | more people. |
| 0:27.3 | We appreciate that so much. |
| 0:29.1 | Follow us on social media at Pop Pantheon Pod and me at DJ L-O-U-I-E-X-I-V on Twitter |
| 0:34.6 | and Instagram. |
| 0:36.4 | Join our Patreon channel, Pot Pantheon, All all access for at least three bonus episodes of the show per month and access to our Discord channel and so much more at Patreon.com slash Poppantion. |
| 0:46.7 | Our latest bonus episode is on Pop Pantheon Fave, Kim Petrus's new album Feed the Beast, which dropped last week. |
| 0:53.2 | And check out our merch at Poppantheonpod.com. Niche Legend Dad Hat. You need that. Let me tell you that. You really do need that. All right. So next gorgeous, gorgeous L.A. This is my queer pop party. It is happening on July 14th at Resident in downtown Los Angeles. If you want to come, which like, why wouldn't you |
| 1:11.3 | want to? If you're in the greater Los Angeles area and you want to hear me play pop music all night |
| 1:15.3 | long, the ticket link will be in the show notes of this episode. All right. So this week's |
| 1:20.1 | installment is a hobby horse of mine. I think anybody that listens to this podcast might know |
| 1:25.3 | that I am a huge fan of this week's subject, |
| 1:28.5 | Charlie Puth. I feel like I walk around all the time having to justify that to people, |
| 1:33.1 | which is like weird because I feel like this audience is obviously devoted to a lot of pop |
| 1:38.1 | stars that feel underrated or underappreciated. But yet Charlie Puth, I think, somehow feels |
| 1:42.2 | like even underrated amongst that group of people. |
| 1:45.4 | He's also a male pop star that I feel a lot of affection for or a contemporary male pop star that I feel a lot of affection for, which is honestly rare. |
| 1:52.5 | I just think he has made some of the best most unimpeachable pop music of recent times, and I really wanted to take an opportunity on the show to illustrate |
| 2:01.2 | why I believe that, to make my case. |
| 2:03.8 | He's also made some bad songs, too, and I think that we are going to get into all the good, |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from DJ Louie XIV, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of DJ Louie XIV and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.