“I can identify any note. I'll say what it is or you can ask me what a note is and I'll sing it”: 8-year-old musician Lake Anthony challenges Charlie Puth to a ‘perfect pitch battle’

Kids with perfect pitch are having a moment. A week after Jay-Z casually dropped into conversation that his daughter, Blue Ivy, has it, Jennifer Hudson has been speaking to viral 8-year-old musician Lake Anthony about his note identification talent.

In fact, it seems that Lake is something of a musical prodigy. Inspired by Charlie Puth – more on him in a moment – he’s been entertaining social media users with his guide to making a beat using chopped up samples from the phrase ‘water please’ (among many other videos), and he’s been playing drums since the age of 4 and singing since he was 5.