Charlie Puth Teams With Yacht-Rock Legends for 'Love in Exile'

Charlie Puth’s yacht-rock-inspired single “Love in Exile” brings Michael McDonald and Kenny Loggins into a home-studio session that evolves into a finished track at Conway Recording Studios in Hollywood. McDonald improvised the piano and Loggins contributed guitar as they collaborated with Puth, who reverse-engineered the arrangement and kept the project intimate rather than assembling a larger supergroup. The piece nods to classic yacht-rock while fitting Puth’s modern sensibility, with a focus on craft over star power.