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Sabrina Carpenter Teases and Torments on the Masterful — and Devilishly NSFW — ‘Short n’ Sweet’: Album Review


Sabrina Carpenter's 'Short n' Sweet' is a musically diverse and hilariously NSFW coming-of-age album that establishes her as a Gen Z superstar.

But mostly, along with the effervescent hooks the album’s lead singles have led fans to expect, there’s even more of the “Did she just say what I thought she said?” in the lyrics, which are filled with f-bombs, sexual innuendos and hilarious put-downs that are even more withering because she sings nearly all of them so sweetly. True to its title, the album cruises quickly a wild variety of moods and musical genres over the course of its 12 songs and 36 minutes, meshing pop, R&B, alt-rock and even country into a far-reaching but surprisingly cohesive whole. For example, the sharp sweetness of the opening “Taste” segues smoothly into the Dolly Parton-meets-ABBA of “Please Please Please” even though they sound nothing alike, and the two acoustic-based songs — the ballad “Dumb and Poetic” and the country-leaning “Slim Pickins” — are grouped together, creating a mini acoustic set in the middle of the album.

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