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Sabrina Carpenter’s pearl-clutching magic? Humor |
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN |
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12:29 AM EDT, Fri August 29, 2025 |
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Groups of young women may dominate the front rows of Sabrina Carpenter |
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concerts, but up in the nose bleeds or listening on Spotify is the rest |
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of the world, increasingly captivated by the empowering persona crafted |
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by pop’s biggest pint-sized sensation. |
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The singer, who releases her seventh studio album, “Man’s Best |
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Friend” on Friday, has managed to craft an image with uniquely broad |
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appeal. |
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Carpenter’s many hits are playful and confident, often sexual and |
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frequently funny, delivered with wit and a knowing wink by the 5-foot, |
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26-year-old former Disney Channel star. |
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“This is just fun, and that’s all it has to be,” Carpenter said |
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of her music in an interview with this week. |
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The “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” escapist joy offered in her songs |
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or in her stage performances, however, should not be mistaken for |
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silly. Carpenter has been honing her craft for more than a decade, and |
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she’s unapologetic about stoking the occasional controversy. |
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Her new album cover shows Carpenter on her hands and knees with what |
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appears to be a man holding a handful of her blonde hair. It set off a |
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summer debate about whether her art is |
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“The album is not for any pearl clutchers,” Carpenter told CBS. |
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“But I also think that even pearl clutchers can listen to an album |
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like that in their own solitude and find something that makes them |
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smirk and chuckle to themselves.” |
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Carpenter’s ability to be a provocateur adds up to interest - the |
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currency of culture - and she seems to find the intersections of our |
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splintered TikTok age. |
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Her “Short n’ Sweet” album, which featured “Espresso,” |
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“Please Please Please” and “Taste,” made Carpenter the first |
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solo act to have her three first hits in top five of the Billboard Hot |
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100 at the same time, according to . It also scored her two Grammy |
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Awards. |
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Jack Antonoff, Carpenter’s frequent collaborator and producer, told |
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that she is “as intelligent as someone can possibly be, which is why |
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she’s funny.” |
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“When she says something incredibly profound and then chucks it away |
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with a joke, it almost hits deeper,” Antonoff said. “Some of the |
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best songs ever, and these really funny things, live hand in hand. |
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It’s something I’ve personally been yearning for, and I think other |
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people have been, too.” |
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Carpenter’s magic isn’t just that she can weave a clever joke |
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through her lyrics; it’s that she’s making sure she always gets the |
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last laugh. |
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