Charlie Puth Thanks Taylor Swift for Encouraging Him to Release ‘Hero’: ‘Never Put Out a Song Like This Before’

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,” Puth wrote on Instagram

On Tuesday, May 21, the “We Don’t Talk Anymore” artist, 32, shared a post to Instagram announcing his new single “Hero” and how the pop megastar inspired him to release it.

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,” Puth wrote in a caption alongside a photo of himself blocking the sun in a green lounge chair next to roses. “It’s one of the hardest songs I’ve ever had to write, but I wrote it in hopes that you’ve gone through something similar in your life, and that it can fill in the BLANK for you like it did for me.”

He continued: “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. I’ve never put out a song like this before- 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.”

“HERO is yours on May 24th and this is the single artwork. Thank you to all of my fans- you’ll never know how much you mean to me….” Puth concluded the post.