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Sabrina Carpenter’s ‘Short n’ Sweet’: All 12 Songs Ranked
Read about Sabrina Carpenter's new album 'Short n' Sweet' with our review and song ranking.
Carpenter tosses out shimmery hooks that stick in your brain and cheeky phrases that you’ll want to share with your friends — get ready for “bed chem” and “Juno” to turn into slang — but as her sexuality has become a bigger part of her musical identity, her romantic subjects have also become more fleshed-out, and her self-examinations more poignant. Working with studio vets like Jack Antonoff, Amy Allen, Julia Michaels and Julian Bunetta, Carpenter has assembled a team of confidantes that know how to navigate an unfamiliar shade and maximize a refrain — and at 12 songs, Short n’ Sweet breezes by, a well-oiled machine without a uneven track in the bunch. 1 on the Hot 100 chart, the “Espresso” follow-up to continue her upward trajectory, and a music video meeting with her romantic partner Barry Keoghan — but ultimately, its legacy (and function on Short n’ Sweet) will likely consist of its cross-genre approach, as the sonic boundaries that the song erases hinted at an album that similarly hopscotches across styles.
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