Sabrina Carpenter has new music on the way! And the song is dedicated to someone… special.
This week, the ‘Espresso’ singer has been dropping cryptic hints, teasing a mysterious new project.
It began on Monday, June 2, when she posted a 16-second video on social media. The clip shows her hitchhiking on the side of a dusty road, with a suitcase in tow. Carpenter wears high-cut denim shorts, with a tied-up white blouse and silver heels. Her signature golden locks—courtesy of celebrity hairstylist Laurie Heaps—are curled and more voluminous than ever.
In the clip, a truck passes her by, to which the singer responds with an offended expression before she tries to get the attention of the next car. The video is silent right until the last few seconds.
“Oh boy,” she says playfully in the voice over.
The mystery began to amp up on Tuesday, with fans spotting more hints out on the street. As the singer is ever the connoisseur of innuendo, a series of roadside billboards began to appear on Interstate 69 (a combination of national and state highways in the US), promoting her new project.
“I swear they choose me, I’m not choosing them,” read the first, with two more reading “Amen,” and “Hey men!”
Eventually, a fourth and final billboard was discovered in Texas, reading “Manchild,” which fans speculated may be the title of a new single. They didn’t have to wait long for confirmation, as this morning, Carpenter took to her socials again to finally clear the air.
“This one’s about you!!” reads the caption to her latest post, suggesting a song stacked with pointed Easter Eggs—perhaps regarding a certain cute guy in a white jacket with a thick accent? Given that the singer and Barry Keoghan recently split up with no public explanation provided, fans are chomping at the bit to read into whatever this new release has in the way of clues.
The post then confirms that we won’t be waiting long for “Manchild”, with the single dropping this week, which will be available on vinyl.
Carpenter’s last album, Short and Sweet, dropped in February of 2024, with its arena tour kicking off last September. She has also recently appeared at the BRIT Awards, the Met Gala, and even SNL. The singer will also be headlining Lollapalooza in Chicago next month—a great place to live debut a new single, perhaps?
“Manchild” drops this Friday, 8 am Malaysia time.
This story first appeared on GRAZIA International.
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