Chase “Lil Huddy” Hudson – an 18-year-old TikTok influencer – has released his single America’s Sweetheart featuring Charli D’Amelio. The single has gained over 5 million views within days of its release.
Hudson made the announcement to his 11.3 million followers on Instagram:
“My brand new song ‘America’s Sweetheart’ and the official music video featuring @charlidamelio is OUT NOW ! This song means everything to me and I can’t believe I finally get to share it with you all”.
In an interview, Hudson revealed that the single was inspired by his relationship with ex-girlfriend Charli D’Amelio:
“It was written about a time that me and Charli had gone through during the beginning of when we’d first gotten out of our relationship. Back when quarantine first started, I was going through a really tough time”.
The pair was one of the most popular TikTok couples in early 2020; however – they decided to break up and remain close friends instead.
He also shared that his team wanted D’Amelio to star in his music video and agreed she was the perfect choice:
“[The past] is something we’ve gotten out of and have grown from. We were hanging out. We were at a dinner, and I wanted to show her the song I had just written… my team and everyone was approaching me about it. They were like, ‘We really want to cast Charlie for the music video. We think it makes so much sense’. I had to realize that, this makes so much sense, why wouldn’t we have her in the video? The vision I already had for the music video made so much sense for having her in it, and I love the way it worked out”.