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Sabrina Carpenter Makes Super Sweet Announcement After Grammys Milestone
Heartbreak is one thing, Sabrina Carpenter’s Emails I Can’t Send is another.
Before releasing the Grammy-award winning album Short n’ Sweet, the former Disney Channel star funneled her most vulnerable emotions into what she deemed her “first big-girl album.” And in turn, the 2022 album was ultimately inspired by her “biggest heartbreak to date.”
“My first real one,” Sabrina told Vogue of the life-altering heartbreak in an interview published Feb. 11. “I hate to say that. It definitely makes all my exes before that feel like s--t. I don’t mean to do that.”
“I just think in a sense of really understanding the grieving-someone-that’s-alive feeling,” she continued, “I never felt that until this one.”
Indeed, the “Espresso” singer—who has since gone through a public breakup with Saltburn actor Barry Keoghan after one year of dating—took that very feeling and used it as a catalyst to launch her rise to a new level of pop stardom. And in doing so, she took her creative endeavors into her own hands.
“That was my first time,” the 25-year-old noted, “really getting to sit and steer the whole thing.”
During her newfound era of self-expression and exploration, Sabrina leaned into all things girly and glamorous—and even raunchy—leading to the conception of the iconic “Nonsense” outros.
“The whole album’s a heartbreak album, and then ‘Nonsense’ is sort of like, ‘Maybe I can fall in love again,’” she explained of the album’s No. 1 hit. “It’s a very funny, unserious song.”
So unserious, in fact, that Sabrina added a unique twist to the end of the song at each show during her Emails I Can’t Send Tour. And on one especially memorable night in Los Angeles, her outro even alluded to the alleged love triangle rumors between her, Joshua Bassett and Olivia Rodrigo, which many fans speculated the album was written about.
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"I've got a great personality but no t-ts," Sabrina said, going off-script in the song's outro before adding, "This song is not about Joshua Bassett."
And beyond eliciting an absolutely feral reaction from the crowd, her creative lyric changes helped inspire her most recent album.
“I think they taught me a little bit more wordplay and a couple more innuendos,” Sabrina explained. “That might have bled into the next album. But it wasn’t because of that song. If anything I was kind of conscious of not doing ‘Nonsense’ 2.0. But I was happy that people felt they got an unfiltered version of me, and they weren’t running from it.”
(Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for AEG)
Indeed, expressing her unfiltered self was a phenomenon that the Girl Meets World alum dreamed of ever since she entered the industry at a very young age.
“I’m such a stubborn little spit,” she said. “I remembered growing up, and a lot of people telling me, ‘You have to stay in your lane and pick your genre, otherwise you’re not a cohesive artist and you don’t know who you are.’ And that always bugged me.”
Along with appreciating the clever innuendos and references in her songs, keep reading to see some of Sabrina’s most vicious clapbacks to her critics.
(Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for AEG)
Talkin’ Nonsense
Not everyone is a fan of Sabrina Carpenter’s love for lace and provocative lyrics. In fact, music producer Pete Waterman labeled the “Nonsense” singer’s live shows as downright “offensive.”
“They’ve won all of their freedoms and their rights, women,” Waterman said in January 2025. “They fought for everything they’ve got, and now they’re throwing it away, is the way I would look at it.”
And in her response, the Girl Meets World alum did not hold back.
“My message has always been clear,” Sabrina said in an interview with The Sun on Sunday, “if you can’t handle a girl who is confident in her own sexuality, then don’t come to my shows.”
“Female artists have been shamed forever,” she continued. “In the noughties it was Rihanna, in the nineties it was Britney Spears, in the eighties it was Madonna—and now it’s me.”
(Photo by Marleen Moise/Getty Images)
Can’t Blame a Girl for Clapping Back
To the critics calling Sabrina’s renowned “Juno” poses and raunchy lyrics “lazy,” Sabrina countered their “totally regressive” opinions.
“It’s essentially saying that female performers should not be able to embrace their sexuality in their lyrics, in the way we dress, in the way we perform,” the pop star explained to The Sun. “It’s like those who want to shame don’t make comments when I talk about self-care or body positivity or heartbreak, which are all normal things a 25-year-old goes through. They just want to talk about the sexual side of my performances.”
(Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for AEG)
She’s Working Late, ‘Cause She’s a Singer
During Sabrina’s Short n’ Sweet Tour, critics on social media shared their suspicions that the “Espresso” singer was lip-syncing during her shows.
"Hate to say it," one person wrote in an October 2024 TikTok video, "but 30 percent lip singing [sic] 30 percent backing track [and] 40 percent singing."
The Disney alum, however, was quick to shoot down the claims.
"I sing live at every show 100 percent," Sabrina declared in the comments. "Would you like to speak to my audio engineers?"
(Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for AEG)
Keeping it Short n’ Sweet
It doesn’t take many words for the Grammy nominee to silence her haters.
In June 2024, a keyboard warrior shared their disapproval of Sabrina’s hit single “Please Please Please.”
“I don’t think I've ever seen someone fumble a second single this hard,” the user wrote on X, formerly Twitter, “my goodness.”
But as soon as the tune reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, she posted side-by-side screenshots of the rankings alongside the comments with the caption, “ohhhh I’m a grateful grateful grateful girl.”
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It’s Funny and It’s Ironic
After receiving backlash for her iconic “Feather” music video filmed in the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church in Williamsburg, Brooklyn—which she had received permission from the church to film in—Sabrina’s story differed from the one Msgr. Jamie J. Gigantiello told in his official statement.
“The parish did not follow diocesan policy regarding the filming on Church property,” the parish’s then-pastor said in his November 2023 statement, “which includes a review of the scenes and script.”
But Sabrina refuted his claims with one simple sentence.
“We got approval in advance,” Sabrina quipped to Variety at the time, “and Jesus was a carpenter.”
(Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images for MTV)
What a Coincidence
While onstage at NYC’s Madison Square Garden in September 2024, Sabrina alluded to her “Feather” music video scandal having played a part in New York mayor Eric Adams’ federal investigation at the time. The pastor that approved Sabrina’s “Feather” music video—though he said he was “not aware” of its inappropriate content—was demoted, leading to “broader administrative review” of the parish.
In their review, the diocese told the New York Post that they may have found a connection between the Parish and Adams involving business dealings between the pastor and senior figures within Adams’ embattled administration. (The mayor was charged with bribery and wire fraud scheme in the ongoing case, to which he has pleaded not guilty.)
And to that, Sabrina said, "Should we talk about how I got the mayor indicted or…”
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