Growing up in New York, LP's family expected her to become "something like a doctor or a lawyer," but her decision to be a singer-songwriter was an early one," I didn't feel like doing anything else." She put a band together in her 20's, but the initial feedback was not encouraging, "I was always told I didn't have songs." Nevertheless, she persevered and released two albums on independent labels, Heart-Shaped Scar in 2001 and Suburban Sprawl & Alcohol in 2004. You know, I would have had to pay them all back." She acknowledges that the choice to drop her was an impersonal business decision, albeit an expensive one. I detect a wry smile in her voice when she explains how the label ate the entire debt. Her former label agreed to write-off the $1.6 million which had been invested in their partnership. The Prediction and the Promise.doc The Prediction and the Promise."Those three songs have been so good for me," continues LP with some degree of understatement. Permission granted to reproduce for classroom use. He is holding every memory of the friend who predicted his future. That was a night I’ll never forget.” “Hold every memory,” Charlie wrote in the song “See You Again,” and that is what he is doing. “People probably think I’m a crazy person because I sit there for a long time,” he says. It became a Number 1 hit.Įvery time Charlie visits Boston, he goes to the bridge where his friend died. They asked rap star Wiz Khalifa to add rap lyrics, and they played the song during the movie’s final scene. He had kept his promise.ĭozens of songwriters wrote songs for the movie, but the filmmakers liked Charlie’s song best. “And I’ll tell you all about it when I see you again.” Ten minutes later, the song was finished. “It’s been a long day without you my friend,” he sang. He sat down at his piano and began to play a melody. The filmmakers wrote a new ending for the movie, and they wanted a song for the final scene - a song in memory of Paul Walker.Ĭharlie thought about Paul Walker, and he thought about his friend in Boston.
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Paul Walker, one of the movie’s stars, had died in a car accident before the movie was finished.
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A few days after he arrived, he heard that filmmakers needed a song for the movie Fast and Furious 7. At the funeral, Charlie made a promise to his friend’s father: “Someday I’ll write a song for him.”Īfter he finished college, Charlie moved to Los Angeles. Three months later, he was riding his motorcycle on a bridge in Boston when he was hit by a pickup truck. Unfortunately, Charlie’s friend never saw his prediction come true. “Someday you’re going to write a Number 1 song.” As they walked around the city, they talked about music and about Charlie’s future. It was March 2012, and Charlie and his friend were music students at a college in Boston. “Do you have power in your apartment?” he asked him. He called a friend who lived in the same building. Late one night, Charlie Puth was studying in his apartment when the power went out. (You’re already here! So you don’t need to click on a link after you watch the video. (The audio recording is below the story.) Finally, read the story again while you listen to it. Students: First, watch the YouTube video below. More lesson plan ideas for this song are on the Lesson Plans page. Also at the bottom of the page is an audio recording of the story.
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Permission is granted to reproduce for classroom use. At the bottom of this page, you will also find the story in a Word document and in a pdf. Teachers: The story below is at the high-beginning level.