Note to Charlie Puth — be careful who you invite over for some “low-key chill.” And definitely don’t stand that person up when she arrives ready to hang out.
That’s the alleged inspiration behind Noa Vlessing’s new song “Oh, Charlie.” The Berklee College of Music student wrote it after recently being stood up by Puth. According to Buzzfeed, Puth and Vlessing met on “nice guy” dating app Bumble, and the two bonded over their Berklee connection (Puth is an alum). The rising pop star invited Vlessing over to hang with him and his friends, so she went to his place with her sister in tow. She spoke to Puth on the phone while en route, but once she got there, he went silent. Puth’s manager said he’d be down, but he never materialized. And he stopped answering his phone.
Oops!
“This song is about last weekend when I got stood up by Charlie Puth,” Vlessing writes on YouTube, where the video is approaching 8,000 views over a few short days. “What an uneasy feeling it is when someone makes you feel so unimportant — especially if this person has some level of fame… and thinks it’s OK to treat those ‘without a name’ as if their time is worth less. A simple ‘I can’t make it anymore’, a ‘don’t bother waiting’ text, or an ‘I’m so sorry’ would do.”
Sources tell Vanyaland that Puth has been untagging all mentions of himself connected to the Vlessing song. Some might say he had it coming.
“But because you were unable to offer me even the most normal of courtesies,” Vlessing adds, “here’s a song I wrote for you — about this #dickmove.”
Damn.