Sabrina Carpenter “Espresso” released

Espresso Sabrina Carpenter

Writer(s): Sabrina Carpenter, Amy Allen, Julian Bunetta, Steph Jones (see lyrics here) Released: April 11, 2024 First Charted: April 24, 2024 Peak: 3 BB, 13 RR, 6 AC, 12 A40, 17 UK, 3 CN, 11 AU (Click for codes to charts.) Sales (in millions): 5.0 US, 1.2 UK, 8.09 world (includes US + UK) Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, --240.97 video, 1745.89 streaming

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About the Song: Singer/songwriter Sabrian Carpenter was born in 1999 in Pennsylvania. As a teenager, she starred in Girl Meets World on the Disney Channel. She released her first single in 2014 and her first album the following year. While her first five albums all charted, it wasn’t until 2024’s Short N’ Sweet that she ascended to the top of the Billboard album chart. It also went double platinum and lifted the previous album, 2022’s Emails I Can’t Send, to platinum status as well. “Feather,” from the Emails deluxe album release, was Carpenter’s first foray into the top 40. She followed that with three top-5, multi-platinum hits from her Short N’ Sweet album. The first of them, “Espresso,” peaked the lowest (#3) but sold the most (five times platinum). It topped the charts in more than 25 countries, including Australia and the UK. WK The song was nominated for Grammys for Record of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance. Carpenter told Vogue magazine that the song was about “seeing femininity as your super power and embracing the confidence of being ‘that bitch.’” WK In the song, she brags about a guy who “can't sleep a wink, his mind buzzing with thoughts of her, and she knows it.” SF She is “the irresistible jolt that’ll keep…[him] wired with anticipation.” SF Vulture called the dance-pop song an “instant earworm” WK while Uproxx praised it for its “infectious groove” WK and Rolling Stone for its “irresistible rhythm.” WK Songfacts.com says it is “one of the catchiest pop songs we’ve ever hear, an earworm that strikes like a heat-seeking missile.” SF Resources: SF Songfacts WK Wikipedia Related Links: First posted 12/27/2024; last updated 1/1/2025.