Charlie Puth has pleaded to Elon Musk to stop launching rockets at 3am.
The ‘See You Again’ singer and LA resident has joined the wave of complaints against the SpaceX CEO, who maintains rocket testing bases in California, Florida and Texas. Puth took to X/Twitter to chastise Musk for firing the Falcon 9 rocket last night, gently requesting that the launches don’t increase in sound.
“These sonic booms have gotten progressively louder since they started launching the rockets in Santa Barbara,” he wrote. “This one at 3am today felt like 150-160 dB, violently shook our whole house, and really frightened my pregnant wife. I hope they do not get louder :/”. Since posting the tweet, Musk has not responded to Puth.
Musk has launched over 160 missions from his California and Florida sites this year. Locals have shared concerns about the intense noise made from the rockets, with longtime resident Janice Keller describing the sound as “emotionally and physically disturbing”.
SpaceX acknolwedges the sound of sonic booms, in particular from its Starship rocket – once described as “likely the loudest rocket ever“. However, Musk has claimed the Texas site “experiences storms and hurricanes that are far more serious than Starship launches” – despite the New York Times reporting that sonic booms could risk structurally damaging surrounding buildings.
Hi @elonmusk …these sonic booms have gotten progressively louder since they started launching the rockets in Santa Barbara. This one at 3am today felt like 150-160 dB, violently shook our whole house, and really frightened my pregnant wife. I hope they do not get louder :/
— Charlie Puth (@charlieputh) December 10, 2025
In December 2024, Charlie Puth said he would release an album at “the top of” 2025, which would serve as the follow-up to 2022’s ‘Charlie’.
Though Puth added he was “contractually obligated” to release something this year, no album has surfaced so far, with his only release being the single ‘Changes’.
Puth may still drop the album in 2026, where he is also due to perform the national anthem at the Super Bowl. He will be performing before Bad Bunny takes over the headline slot at the Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show at Levi’s Stadium.
Elsewhere, watch Jeff Goldblum join Charlie Puth for cover of Cyndi Lauper’s ‘Time After Time’.
