The Complexity of Charlie Puth's Vocal Technique & Production in "How Long"

By Asaf Peres

Here's a map of (almost) all of the changes in Charlie Puth's vocal technique and vocal arrangement throughout his song, "How Long" (2017). There were even some nuances I had to leave out because there was simply no room to fit any more detail in this graph.

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