Charlie Puth‘s just gotta know: How long will these SpaceX launches be going on? After one of Elon Musk‘s rocket missions lifted off at 3 a.m. in Southern California — terrifying the musician’s family in the middle of the night — Puth gently called out the tech billionaire on X for the loud disruption.
In a post written Wednesday (Dec. 10), the songwriter-producer kept things cordial while describing how SpaceX’s latest launch affected him and his wife, Brooke Sansone, who is currently expecting their first child following the couple’s wedding in September 2024. “Hi @elonmusk,” Puth wrote. “…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,” he continued. “I hope they do not get louder :/”
At press time, Musk has not responded to Puth’s plea.
Billboard has reached out to SpaceX for comment.
According to the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, volume levels above 120 dBA are “not safe for any period of time.” Wednesday’s SpaceX launch took place at 3:40 a.m. PT, with the company’s Falcon 9 model launching 27 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
A disclaimer on SpaceX’s website reads, “There was a possibility that residents of Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo and Ventura counties may have heard one or more sonic booms during the launch, but what residents experienced depended on weather and other conditions.”
The next launch in the area is scheduled for early in the morning of Dec. 14.
Get weekly rundowns straight to your inbox