Everything We Know About Sabrina Carpenter's New Album 'Short n' Sweet'

Short and sweet, the sixth studio album from Sabrina Carpenter, is still in the sun in preparation for its late summer release. The record, which arrives on August 23, is bolstered by the relentless singles “Espresso,” in which she works late because she's a singer, and “Please Please Please,” in which she pleads with a man not to embarrass her because she's too pretty. scream.

The two hit singles—both of which reached the top three on the Billboard Hot 100—are further evidence of Carpenter's expert understanding of what makes a great pop song sound and feel so good. She started laying that foundation first on her 2018 album Singular: Act Ithen more specifically in 2022 Email I can't send. Short n' Sweet sees the return of “Nonsense” partner Julian Bunetta and brings in her dream partner Jack Antonoff, with more to be revealed later.

Carpenter throws away any limiting rules about her creative process Short and sweet, Lead with an honesty that fully brings out her personality and embraces the change in her emotional state she experienced while making this record compared to her last.

“This project is very special to me and I hope it's something special to you too,” Carpenter wrote on social media, while revealing the album's title, artwork and release date earlier this month. Here's everything we know about the record so far.

Short n' Sweet features Sabrina's most honest songwriting — and it's not holding back
Carpenter's fifth studio album, 2022 Email I can't send, which opened with a searing title track about the irreversible impact infidelity has on trust and love. “Because of you, I can't love right/ I get nice guys and abuse them,” she sings. “Read their texts like they're having sex right now/Afraid I'll find out it's true/And if I do, then I blame you/For all the worse I guess.” It's a raw opening to an album that makes room for both the singer's river of tears and the wildest pop star fantasies.

With Short and sweet, Carpenter continues to embrace that balance with the most honest songwriting of her career. “I hope they find what they need to guide them in their lives through my mistakes,” says Carpenter Rolling rock to narrate her experiences in music for her audience. “Because I think the more open I am about my experiences, the more other people say, 'Oh, maybe it's okay that this happened to me. It's not the end of the world.”

Carpenter experienced a complete emotional shift during construction Short n' Sweet
In 2022, Carpenter was hyper-focused on holding herself together as she prepared to release Email I can't send. Although this was her fifth studio album, there were so many more eyes on her this time around — some were supportive and eager to see her succeed, but others were deeply doubtful of her abilities and believed she would fail for her own sake. perpetuating the drama narrative surrounding the album's release.

“So many people have probably faced the situation of being labeled as something they don't have,” he said Rolling rock at that time. “And it's frustrating because you want to do something about it. But if you do something, people are mad. if you don't do something, people are mad.”

Heading towards Short and sweet, the visibility Carpenter experiences has increased tenfold. “Espresso” has become the biggest hit of her career and what looks like the pop event of the year. And it's follow up, “Please Please Please,” is hot. It is a different kind of attention and this contrast is reflected in the emotional state of the musician. She says Rolling rock that the most significant difference between her current life and when she was released Email I can't send is that “I cried every day then. I don't cry every day now.”

The singer doesn't put an end date on her music
Great pop songs often have an enduring shelf life that allows them to survive the test of time. With Email I can't send“Nonsense” and “Feather” were not immediate hits, but late singles that eventually broke through and reached Carpenter's Saturday night live set list together with the most instant 'Espresso'. Now, like Short n' SweetThe singer's lead singles introduce the general public more to the singer's discography, songs from her previous albums such as Singular: Act 1 and Development are seeing resurgences on TikTok.

Carpenter has her sights set on the future as she moves into Short n' Sweet era, but doesn't want to put an end date on the music he creates. Even though she's grown from some of the feelings she's described in her songs, she resists the urge to overthink them or make major changes to reflect where she's at right now.

“I think every artist is like that,” he says Rolling rock. “I think music is in seasons and the work should dictate a certain time. Just because I might have written a song a year ago and I don't feel like it anymore, doesn't mean it doesn't belong in a project.”

Jack Antonoff, one of Sabrina's dream partners, worked on the half Short n' Sweet
Even before Carpenter entered Taylor Swift's pop orbit both as a friend and on the Eras tour, she was a huge fan of an essential friend and collaborator in that world: Jack Antonoff. The pair met outside a comedy club in New York a few years ago and the singer “heard my pants off because I wanted to work with him for the rest of my life.” Soon, they became friends. And one of Antonoff's favorite places to hang out with friends is in the studio.

“It was only a matter of time,” says Carpenter Rolling rock. “He heard some of the stuff I was working on for this album and we just started making magic.” Antonoff collaborated with Carpenter on “Please Please Please,” adding, “She's becoming one of the biggest young stars in pop, and this song is such a statement of expression, not just lyrically, but sonically.” The producer worked on about half the album over the past year, a process that involved “some of the best days of my life,” says Carpenter.

Short n' Sweet it is concise and collaborative
Apart from Jack Antonoff, his only other revealed partner Short n' Sweet So far—on the production front—is Julian Bunetta, who directed “Espresso.” Carpenter and Bunetta first collaborated while making Email I can't sendcollaborating on “Nonsense” and “Bet U Wanna”.

The two producers approach pop in distinctly different styles, but then again so does Carpenter. The singer credits Email I can't send unlocking her ability to move between genres, from folk-pop and alt-pop to electro-pop and sticky-sweet pure pop, all of which she continues to explore on the upcoming record.

Carpenter found it Short n' Sweet it still maintains a sense of cohesion despite the range of sounds and collaborators on its tracklist. “At first, I was wondering if they were separate projects or if they felt like one,” she says, referring to the set of songs she made with Antonoff. “And then, as it all came together, I was like, 'This is an album.'