Inspired by Swift, Puth releases ‘Hero’
Charlie Puth is back with new music.
The 32-year-old singersongwriter released the single “Hero” on Friday.
Puth said Tuesday that “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.”
“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 wrote on Instagram. “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 said he decided to release the song after being inspired by fellow singer Taylor Swift.
“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,” he shared.
Swift referenced Puth on her song “The Tortured Poets Department,” which features the lyric, “We declared Charlie Puth should be a bigger artist.”
He released his most recent album, “Charlie,” in October 2022.
A Gulfport man died Wednesday after being rescued by neighbors from a burning apartment unit Tuesday morning.
Gulfport Fire Chief
Billy Joe Kelley confirmed the resident’s death.
The structure fire happened at Sugar Mill Apartments, a 2-story, 58-unit complex on Mill Road. Kelley said the call came in at 10:24 a.m. he responded with seven units and 24 firefighters.
“Upon our arrival, we found fire showing from a bottom-story apartment,” Kelley said.
Firefighters arrived at the scene as the victim was carried out of the unit by neighbors.
“The tenant was lifeflighted in critical condition,” said Kelley. “There were also two neighbors with minor injuries transloud noise and a column of smoke that filled the Sugar Mills Apartment complex’s courtyard to the point he couldn’t see anything. Sorrels said he was nicked by flying debris at some point.
Michael Polk Sr., another Sugar Mills resident and upstairs neighbor to the victim, said he could see the flames from the road while he was backed-up in traffic.
Polk said he knew the man who was assisted out of his apartment. Polk said he used to run errands for him, as he had limited mobility and used an oxygen tank.
At the scene, bubbling and melted paint spoke to the heat of the blaze.
Wall cubbied that held fire extinguishers had melted against the wall, dropping the extinguishers to the ground. Many hours after the fire, a burn smell lingered.
The apartments’ manager said she wasn’t sure the cost of the damage caused by the fire. She said she was in the office, noticed the smoke and rushed to call neighboring residents to the apartment where the fire started.
“I just thank the Lord he spared my place through all this.” Polk said. “But I feel for them as well.”