Charlie Puth responds to Taylor Swift’s mention in a new song

Charlie Puth waited a couple of weeks to publicly respond to Taylor Swift name-checking him on her latest album.

“The Tortured Poets Department,” but he finally spoke up Friday to well, allude to the shout-out, if not reference it directly, and to say it’s prompting the release of some new music from him.

Puth will be putting out a single called “Hero” on May 24, in advance of a new album. And although he didn’t explicitly state who it’s about, he made it clear that Swift celebrating him in song was the triggering factor in deciding to put it out, after having had hesitations about it.

“These last couple weeks have been really crazy for obvious reasons, but I wanted to share something with you,” Puth wrote in text over a video of him debuting a portion of the single.