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-My whole thing on TikTok
is to prove that anything,
anything in this world
can be made into music.
Like, everything
has tonality to it.
-I wanted to test this tonight,
if you don't mind.
We have stuff here.
Like, what could we do tonight?
-Well, what has sound to it?
Wait. Let me see that cup.
-This cup?
-Is there anything in it?
-Yeah, there's water.
-Do you have anything I can tap?
-That has tea in it.
That's for you. I have cups.
I have extra cups.
Do you want a cup?
-Wait. This is --
Yeah, give me a spoon
because I'm sure
you have spoons somewhere.
Take another "Tonight Show" cup.
Yeah. I've marked up your table.
So, okay. I hope this works.
But every --
[ Laughter ]
Bear with me.
Everything has tonality to it.
So if I were to --
[ Rhythmic tapping ]
[ Humming tone ]
Here we go.
So that's kind of like a --
♪ Ooh ♪
If I had a way
to record something,
I would, like, make a whole song
out of this cup right now.
-I have a way to record
right now.
-Wait.
[ Laughter ]
[ Cheers and applause ]
-No.
[ Laughs ]
-We got a setup.
-No.
-Oh, yeah, oh, yeah.
This is --
-Wait. Hold this.
-I'll hold that.
Charlie, we're always ready for
you here at "The Tonight Show."
That's why we love
when you come back.
-Okay.
-You're just making art.
-What is this?
This is Pro Tools, so...
-I don't know
how to do Pro Tools.
-I thought your producer was
joking when he said that he --
-If you even mention an idea,
we're going to make it happen.
If it makes it on the air
or not, we don't know, but...
-Okay, so, everyone
bear with us for a second.
I'm gonna -- Okay.
So I'm gonna record --
This is what I do on TikTok.
I'm gonna do it on the show
that started it all.
You record a little --
[ Tapping ]
That's it. Wait. Hold on.
[ Tapping ]
There. Ooh.
[ Tapping ]
I like the little --
Okay. Here. Take that.
You can put that down.
-You just got that.
-Okay. So...
-♪ Dee-dee, dee-dee ♪
-Here it is.
Can we get sound?
[ Tapping ]
Ooh.
That's -- Here. Play that again.
This is -- There we go.
So I can put it --
[ Tapping ]
There's the sound of the glass.
But if you pitch it down...
[ Tapping sound played
as descending scale ]
♪♪
So that's just one note.
I feel like I'm teaching
all of a sudden.
-This is like a master class!
I love this.
-[ Vocalizing ]
♪♪
So, this is what
that sounds like here.
[ Tapping echoing ]
Ooh. We got reverb.
Ugh.
[ Tapping booms ]
Too much. Wait.
So I can --
Okay. So, that's one layer.
And I can add
a little rhythm to it.
Again, that's the cup sound.
♪♪
Okay. And then we need,
like, a bass or something.
♪♪
[ Cheers and applause ]
♪♪
Oh, I'm not done.
Okay, so that's looping.
Again, these are all just
cup sounds pitched down.
If I put a kick drum,
then you have a completed...
[ Kick drum thumping ]
[ Cheers and applause ]
♪♪
-What?!
-Wow.
And there you go.
That's a whole song.
-That's how you do it
right there! Come on!
[ Cheers and applause ]
Charlie Puth. That is amazing!
"Charlie" is available
right now,
and he's performing
for us later in the show.
We'll be right back
with Kate del Castillo.
Stick around, everybody!
-♪ Let's get it ♪
♪♪
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