Puth got some frank criticism from the Rocket Man, but he took it to heart.

But before that came together, Puth got some frank criticism from the Rocket Man about his work.

It wasn’t good."

Charlie Puth and Elton John

Charlie Puth and Elton John.Emma McIntyre/Getty Images; JMEnternational/JMEnternational for BRIT Awards/Getty Images

“I had been thinking that as well,” he said.

“I was going through a messy breakup, and I think that was going alongside it.

And it was kind of a wake-up call a little bit.

I was in denial in a little bit.”

But I was thinking the exact same thing when he said that."

“His house is so amazing,” Puth recalled.

“It’s a lot of Gucci.

It’s exactly how you’d imagine Elton John’s house to be.”

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