Here Are The Funniest Tweets About Taylor Swift Name-Dropping Charlie Puth On "The Tortured Poets Department"

    "Making an album called 'The Tortured Poets Department' and then name-dropping Charlie Puth has got to be one of the funniest things anyone could do."

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    As a Charlie Puth fan, I'm enjoying this moment he's having thanks to Taylor Swift and her fandom.

    A closeup of Charlie Puth wearing a jacket and a necklace and smiling at an event
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    Taylor's The Tortured Poets Department is finally here, and whether or not you're listening to her surprise double album, you've heard all about poignant lyrics and possible references.

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    There's a possible reference to her past relationship with The 1975 lead singer Matty Healy in "My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys," "Down Bad," and "But Daddy I Love Him."

    Matty Healy onstage
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    There are possible references to her ex-boyfriend Joe Alwyn in the songs "So Long, London" and "Fresh Out the Slammer," with the latter song also seemingly referring to Matty.

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    The song "The Alchemy" uses football metaphors, which makes it a possible reference to her current relationship with Travis Kelce.

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    But the big shocker wasn't a "possible" reference or dissected lyric alluding to a past/current relationship; it was the outright name-drop of Charlie Puth in the album's title track.

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    Once everyone heard the line, "You smoked then ate seven bars of chocolate / We declared Charlie Puth should be a bigger artist," the internet couldn't stop talking about Charlie.

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    Charlie Puth is a talented, award-winning singer-songwriter with perfect pitch who sometimes makes entire songs from random sounds and shows off the process on TikTok. Now, thanks to Taylor's quick reference, his Instagram and Twitter accounts are flooded with new fans, and it's hilarious.

    Taylor says you should be a bigger artist and we all agree 🤍

    — kaitlyn | TTPD 🤍 ⸆⸉ (@kaitsversionx) April 19, 2024
    Twitter: @kaitsversionx

    Here are the funniest reactions to Charlie Puth's name drop in The Tortured Poets Department.

    Charlie Puth rn pic.twitter.com/XZ3ATQIR2m

    — Emily (@emilybernay) April 19, 2024
    NBA/Twitter: @emilybernay

    “We declared Charlie Puth should be a bigger artist” is truly the last thing I thought I’d ever hear Taylor Swift sing in a Taylor Swift song.

    — Alex Goldschmidt (@alexandergold) April 19, 2024
    Twitter: @alexandergold

    We declared Charlie Puth should be a bigger artist pic.twitter.com/JVv5lJaT5d

    — 💫 (@heyjaeee) April 19, 2024
    Twitter: @heyjaeee

    .@taylorswift13 that charlie puth lyric is actually real omg pic.twitter.com/wFmAPBwd3G

    — gaspar (@gaspybaby) April 19, 2024
    FX/Twitter: @gaspybaby

    Being the only two people on earth who think Charlie Puth should be a bigger artist is the most romantic thing I can think of https://t.co/NXu5xnOpTq

    — serena shahidi (@glamdemon2004) April 18, 2024
    Twitter: @glamdemon2004

    Charlie Puth when he wakes up in the morning & sees a ton of streams on his music pic.twitter.com/uJUvfux7fi

    — rebecca. (@bigrapputation) April 19, 2024
    CW/Twitter: @bigrapputation

    making an album called the tortured poets department and then name dropping charlie puth has got to be one of the funniest things anyone could do

    — elowee 2 PAIRS FASHION TIGHTS (@comfortabandon) April 18, 2024
    Twitter: @comfortabandon

    charlie puth right now: pic.twitter.com/6L1qyxDNM7

    — veronica⸆⸉ (@thisisvertrying) April 19, 2024
    Netflix/Twitter: @thisisvertrying

    DID SHE CALL CHARLIE PUTH A FLOP- pic.twitter.com/SEPpeFVvDC

    — swiftie struggle tweets (@swifferstruggle) April 19, 2024
    Twitter: @swifferstruggle

    “We declared Charlie Puth should be a bigger artist.” Okay then collab with him instead of Jack for the 900th time 😤 pic.twitter.com/KhCQQQLD1k

    — Ira (@iramadisonthree) April 17, 2024
    Zeus Network/Twitter: @iramadisonthree

    it’s so funny because Taylor could have made literally anyone a bigger artist by namedropping them and she picked Charlie Puth, the 111th most streamed artist in the world

    — keegan (@FranziaMom) April 19, 2024
    Twitter: @FranziaMom

    You smoked then ate seven bars of chocolate we declared Charlie Puth should be a bigger artistpic.twitter.com/Sc8Q0rTtic

    — brendan radecki (@brendanradecki) April 18, 2024
    Twitter: @brendanradecki

    “we declared charlie puth
    should be a bigger artist”
    being an actual lyric in the new taylor album LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOO pic.twitter.com/z5LQ4RH1uB

    — 🕯️ (@crownofcloud) April 17, 2024
    Twitter: @crownofcloud

    charlie puth rn: #TSTTPD #THETORTUEDPOETSDEPARTMENT
    pic.twitter.com/n1XemZXRGh

    — dani 🍉 (@__daniellle__) April 19, 2024
    CBS/Twitter: @__daniellle__

    daddies, people who live in florida and texas, charlie puth, small men, black dogs, people named clara, chloe, sam, sophia, marcus, aimee, cassandra, peter, and robin last night pic.twitter.com/bNuRo5jt3s

    — paris rae 🍉 (@parisrae13) April 19, 2024
    Twitter: @parisrae13

    What's your favorite line or reference from The Tortured Poets Department?

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