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Sabrina Carpenter: how the Espresso singer became a piping hot pop prospect
She’s set to depose Taylor Swift from No 1 and has the most-streamed song in the world this week – the culmination of a decade of slow-burn success
The perfectly weighted lyrics are charismatically spiky – “I can’t relate to desperation / My give-a-fucks are on vacation” runs the opening couplet – and Carpenter’s matter-of-fact explanation that she’s “working late, ’cause I’m a singer” has become an instant meme. Musically, Espresso evokes vintage funk and disco but with digital production sheen, and Carpenter told Vogue that she also wanted to blend of old and new in the stylish sun-kissed video, directed by Dave Meyers. Photograph: Don Arnold/TAS24 for TAS Rights ManagementAfter opening for Ariana Grande and the Vamps on their 2017 tours, and a stint as the lead in Mean Girls on Broadway (cut short by the pandemic), Carpenter signed with Universal Music Group’s Island Records in 2021.
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