Singer-songwriter Charlie Puth has confessed that superstar Alicia Keys taught him a valuable lesson about stage presence. 

He told Ryan Seacrest that watching Keys performing live helped him with his own approach to concerts:

"I befriended Alicia Keys and I wrote a couple of songs with her these past couple of days and it's been really eye-opening for me. Just seeing her live with her band, just the vibe that she sets on the stage is something I always knew I wanted my shows to be like that ... I saw that and I think I got it down now."

Back in March, Puth told Capital FM that he would love to collaborate with solo sensation Zayn Malik: "Maybe Little Mix, I’m going to check out their stuff. Stevie Wonder said he wanted to do something with me, I’d love to take him up on that offer. I’d work with Zayn, anybody. I think the R&B, stylistically we could mesh. It would be really cool.”

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