He signed with Arista Records in 2018 and has released four singles, "Sexual Vibe", "Half Gone", "Look Away", and "Crying My Eyes Out".
[2][3] His parents are Debra, a music teacher[4][5] who also wrote commercials for HBO,[6] and Charles Otto Puth Sr., a builder and real estate agent.
[9] He took time off of school to work full-time in finance but discovered that despite enjoying his coworkers, he was not great at the job.
He started an internship in Los Angeles at a record company where he used a music editing program and wrote songs for musicians.
[11] Growing up, Puth was a fan of Van Morrison, Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, Carly Simon, James Taylor, Otis Redding, and Bill Withers.