Charlie Puth is claiming the people who were part of Ellen DeGeneres’ record label that contracted him in 2011 disappeared.
In an appearance on a recent episode of Rolling Stone Music Now, the singer-songwriter shared that following his entering the eleveneleven record label, managed by the former talk show host, he witnessed the team that handled the recording of his first EP vanishes.
“Not putting any blame on one person, but from a collective… all the people that were in that room, they just disappeared,” Puth said in the interview with Rolling Stone. “I didn’t hear from anybody.”
The singer gained traction online following his opening a YouTube channel in 2009. After his famously-seen cover of ”Someone Like You” by Adele, he and his song collaborator Emily Luther inked a contract with DeGeneres’ label.
Eleveneleven started in 2010 with Mile Hamlin, a talk show presenter, ahead of closing in 2012.
While he has not had a convenient experience with the now shutdown company, Puth still talks about DeGeneres in a place of positivity, saying rumors of her bad attitude at work is not true for him.
“People describe Ellen as rude,” he stated. “I’ve never experienced that. Maybe she likes me.”
Furthermore, the musician doesn’t hold grudges about his early tracks not being released in public because he was still developing as an artist.
“I don’t know how good they are,” he revealed.
After he dropped his third album, Charlie, the 30-year-old revealed to EW a month ago that it was easy to work with his new label, Atlantic.
“I have the support from a record label now, too,” he stated.
“When I signed with Atlantic, their primary goal was for me to just deliver a full body of work for them, which, previously, was not the case. Before, it was all just about pumping out singles, and nobody really cared about me – they just cared about the song on the radio.”
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Puth versus Chance
Puth’s statements came following singer Greyson Chance’s revelation on his encounter with eleveneleven, in which he alleged DeGeneres of being “degrading” and “manipulative.”
In an interview with Rolling Stone, Chance said he had “never met someone more manipulative, more self-centered and more blatantly opportunistic than her,” alleging she was “domineering and way too controlling” about the decisions such as his clothing styles.
“She would come in and look at a rack, yell at stylists, berate people in front of me and say, ‘This is what you’re wearing on the show,’” said Chance. “She was just degrading to people.”
Puth revealed in his latest sit-down that although he has not encountered a problematic experience, he does think the label was not managed well.
“We both have different experiences, me versus Greyson. But I do agree with him that no one was present, certainly, after the creation of my first demo EP,” he stated.
When asked for comment, DeGeneres’ representatives did not instantly reply to some media outlets.
Puth is currently making a massive following in the new: TikTok. His most viral videos include some showing himself playing the piano and making impromptu tunes and short songs.
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