“Left and Right,” a breezy pop track about yearning over ex-love, marks Charlie Puth’s first official collaborative release with BTS‘ Jung Kook.
The song was first teased on Charlie’s TikTok on February 25, 2022, originally as a solo song. Two months later, Charlie tweeted teasing ‘a dream-collab...
[Chorus: Charlie Puth]
Memories follow me left and right
I can feel you over here, I can feel you over here
You take up every corner of my mind
(Whatcha gon' do now?)
[Verse 1: Charlie Puth]
Ever since the d-day y-you went away
(No, I don't know how)
How to erase your body from out my brain
(Whatcha gon' do now?)
Maybe I should just focus on me instead
(But all I think about)
Are the nights we were tangled up in your bed
[Pre-Chorus: Charlie Puth]
Oh, no (Oh, no)
Oh, no (Oh, no)
You're going 'round in circles
Got you stuck up in my head, yeah
[Chorus: Charlie Puth]
Memories follow me left and right
I can feel you over here, I can feel you over hеre
You take up evеry corner of my mind
Your love stays with me day and night
I can feel you over here, I can feel you over here
You take up every corner of my mind
(Whatcha gon' do now?)
[Verse 2: Jung Kook]
Ever since the d-day y-you went away
(Someone tell me how)
How much more do I gotta drink for the pain?
(Whatcha gon' do now?)
You do things to me that I just can't forget
(Now all I think about)
Are the nights we were tangled up in your bed
[Pre-Chorus: Jung Kook, Both]
Oh, no (Oh, no)
Oh, no (Oh, no)
You're going 'round in circles
Got you stuck up in my head, yeah
[Chorus: Both, Jung Kook, Charlie Puth]
Memories follow me left and right
I can feel you over here, I can feel you over here
You take up every corner of my mind (Of my mind)
Your love stays with me day and night
I can feel you over here, I can feel you over here
You take up every corner of my mind
(Whatcha gon' do now?)
[Bridge: Charlie Puth]
Did you know you're the one that got away?
And even now, baby, I'm still not okay
Did you know that my dreams, they're all the same?
Every time I close my eyes
[Chorus: Charlie Puth, Jung Kook]
Memories follow me left and right
I can feel you over here, I can feel you over here
You take up every corner of my mind
(Whatcha gon' do now?)
Your love stays with me day and night
I can feel you over here, I can feel you over here (Oh)
You take up every corner of my mind
(Whatcha gon' do now?)
[Outro: Charlie Puth, Jung Kook, Both]
(Oh, woah)
I can feel you over here, I can feel you over here
You take up every corner of my mind
(Whatcha gon' do now?)
Left and Right was written by Jacob Kasher & Charlie Puth.
Left and Right was produced by Charlie Puth.
Charlie-puth-and-jung-kook released Left and Right on Fri Jun 24 2022.
It’s their first official release, but both artists performed together at the 2018 MBC Plus X Genie Music Awards in Incheon, South Korea, where they’ve sung Charlie’s “We Don’t Talk Anymore” as a duet and performed “Fake Love” with the rest of BTS‘ members.
Charlie Puth:
It’s about me singing about the inside of my brain, how these memories will haunt me from the left side of my brain to the right side of my brain. You hear it in an audio session it sounds exactly how the lyrics sound.
—via Elvis Duran Show
“Left and Right” recording sketch
“Left and Right” behind-the-scenes
Worldwide:
Over 350M streams on Spotify
Over 240M views on YouTube
No. 1 on iTunes Song Chart in 102 countries and regions worldwide
No. 3 on Spotify Global (debut)
US:
No. 1 on Billboard Digital Song Sales Chart (debut)
No. 1 on iTunes US Song Chart
No. 2 on Billboard Global Excl. US Chart (...
Charlie Puth:
This song is simple. You can’t eat at a Michelin-starred restaurant every night. Sometimes you just got to get a burger and fries from McDonald’s: three chords, fun and not about anything super heavy. I loved that dichotomy of how BTS‘ music is very well-produced, very crispy, very br...