You’ve probably heard the adage that Charlie Puth should be a bigger artist , but in hindsight, it feels prescient. Since the start of his career, which rang off with a feature on the inescapable smash “See You Again” with Wiz Khalifa in 2015, Puth has gone from wallowing in schlocky doo-wop to crafting sharpshooting anthems, ever in the quest to write the perfect pop song. But his mainstream success never quite matched the scope of his talent — sure, he picked up a handful of hits along the way, for himself and others, but it’s somehow always felt like he’s been just out of reach of pop’s upper ranks. If Puth’s “Whatever’s Clever!” world tour is any indication, Puth is now, in fact, a bigger artist — not quite dominating the cultural zeitgeist, per se, but cultivating a dedicated fan base that swells with each release.…