Sabrina Carpenter is back at it with her sixth studio album. Although her album is called Short n’ Sweet, it did not fall short in delivering the pop album everyone was waiting for.
Short n’ Sweet, released Aug. 23, is a highly anticipated pop album for Carpenter. Although she has been in the spotlight for quite some time, her popularity was amplified recently after her album, “emails i can’t send,” was released back in 2022. After touring her album, Carpenter joined the Eras Tour as an opener for Taylor Swift providing more exposure for the “Espresso” singer. Carpenter continues to grow as a musician both lyrically and musically which is something we can see in this album firsthand.
With Carpenter’s first two singles off the album being huge hits, “Espresso” and “Please Please Please” set the high standard for what to expect from the 25-year-old singer. She delivers hits throughout the album with fun and flirty tracks such as “Bed Chem” and “Juno,” to her relatable tracks about girlhood and situationships like “Lie to Girls” and “Coincidence.”
She keeps the album extremely relatable while staying true to the unseriousness she is known for. Seeing her provide more depth to her lyrics for this record than previously on “emails i can’t send” was one of my favorite parts about it. Carpenter does a great job expressing such common emotions and feelings in a genuine, playful and impactful way. Some examples of her successfully achieving this are in track 11 “Lie to Girls.” Carpenter talks about girls lying to themselves trying to ignore red flags, singing, “We love to read the cold, hard facts and swear they’re incorrect.”
Another one of my favorites and very popular with everyone is from track 2 “Please Please Please” where she is addressing having a new love interest and hoping they don’t make her look bad, saying, “Heartbreak is one thing, my ego’s another
I beg you, don’t embarrass me,..”
She continues to remain relatable and even somewhat vulnerable with these lyrics throughout the album.
Although the different more mature pop sound is something that does take a hot second to adjust to when compared to “emails i can’t send,” once you are in it, you most definitely will have this album on repeat. It is fun, catchy, relatable and most importantly a POP HIT (no skips in my opinion.)
If you take anything from this let it be this: grab your espressos because the new generation of pop girlies is here, and Miss Sabrina Carpenter continues to be at the forefront of this group, the pop girlies are here to stay.