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.

Teddy Swims “Lose Control” hit #1

Lose Control Teddy Swims

Writer(s): Jaten Dimsdale, Joshua Coleman, Julian Bunetta, Marco Rodriguez-Diaz Jr., John Sudduth (see lyrics here) Released: June 23, 2023 First Charted: August 19, 2023 Peak: 11 BB, 19 BA, 13 DG, 12 RR, 1<35 AC, 14 A40, 2 AA, 35a RB, 2 UK, 2 CN, 4 AU, 1 DF (Click for codes to charts.) Sales (in millions): 6.0 US, 1.8 UK, 11.06 world (includes US + UK) Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, 681.76 video, 1839.33 streaming

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About the Song: Jaten Collin Dimsdale was born in 1992 in Georgia. He grew up listening to Marvin Gaye, Al Green, and Stevie Wonder at an early age. In high school, he got into musical theater and took up instruments including piano and ukulele. He took up the nickname “Teddy Swims” from a childhood reference to his size and “an internet-speak acronym for ‘someone who isn’t me sometimes’ referring to the idea of integrating different parts of his personality.” WK1 He started his career working with a variety of bands in alternative rock, post-hardcore, hair metal, and soul. In June 2019, he posted a cover of Michael Jackson’s “Rock with You” to YouTube. That October he did a cover of Shania Twain’s “You’re Still the One” that became his most-watched video. He showed his diversity with covers of Lewis Capaldi’s “Someone You Loved,” Bonnie Raitt’s “I Can’t Make You Love Me,” The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights,” Marvin Gaye’s “What’s Going On.” WK1 He also released his first original single, “Night Off,” in 2019. His major label debut single, “Picky,” followed in January 2020. He released four EPs in 2021 and 2022. In September 2023, he dropped his first studio album, I’ve Tried Everything But Therapy (Part 1). At this point, he’d released more than 25 singles – none of which had charted. Finally, however, he got his break when “Lose Control,” the album’s lead single, became his first entry on the Billboard Hot 100 on August 26, 2023. The song debuted at #99. More than six months later, it went all the way to the top. Songfacts.com said, it “isn’t just a song. It’s a raw, emotional battle cry. Teddy Swims sings about how love turns him into a mess of emotions when he’s not with his sweetheart.” SF It is “a vocally demanding track that explodes into a lung-busting chorus reminiscent of ‘Tennessee Whiskey,’” SF a song popularized by George Jones in 1983 and again by Chris Stapleton in 2015. Swims said of “Lose Control” that, “Being in love can be like an addiction sometimes — always chasing the highs from the lows. It's about losing yourself and losing control when it all starts to cave in and thinking that the only way out is through being with that person, chasing that feeling over and over again.” WK2 Resources: SF Songfacts WK1 Wikipedia entry for Teddy Swims WK2 Wikipedia entry for “Lose Control” Related Links: First posted 4/14/2024; last updated 6/15/2025.