Sabrina Carpenter is ‘pretty transparent’ in her approach to relationships.
The 26-year-old singer thinks her former romantic partners actually feel ‘pretty flattered’ whenever she writes and releases a song about them.
The blonde beauty – whose new album is called Man’s Best Friend – told CBS Mornings: ‘I feel pretty transparent going into any of my relationships, that I write songs and I think they’re just as down for it.
‘I think it’s also, most of the time, they’ve been pretty flattered when I … when they get a song written about them, good or bad.’
Despite this, Sabrina refuses to confirm who inspired certain songs.
Sabrina Carpenter said is ‘pretty transparent’ in her approach to relationships
The 26-year-old singer thinks her former romantic partners actually feel ‘pretty flattered’ whenever she writes and releases a song about them
The singer – who has previously dated Shawn Mendes and Barry Keoghan – said: ‘It’s more fun for people to picture in their head than the person I picture in my head, I think.’
Sabrina also admits that her music isn’t for everyone.
The Manchild hitmaker reflected: ‘You don’t have to like what I do. I think there’s this weird misconception that every artist has to check every box for everyone to like everything about them.’
Sabrina released her last album, Short n’ Sweet, in 2024, and she previously described the record as ‘a more emphasized version’ of her real-life self.
The chart-topping star suggested that Short n’ Sweet was more authentic to herself than her earlier records.
Speaking to Vogue magazine, Sabrina explained: ‘Short n’ Sweet is absolutely me. There’s no, like, alter ego. But it’s definitely a more emphasized version of me.
The blonde beauty – whose new album is called Man’s Best Friend – told CBS Mornings: ‘I feel pretty transparent going into any of my relationships, that I write songs and I think they’re just as down for it’
She added, ‘I think it’s also, most of the time, they’ve been pretty flattered when I … when they get a song written about them, good or bad’
Despite this, Sabrina refuses to confirm who inspired certain songs
‘It’s interesting because I’m able to dress in this way where you would kind of expect to hear like a voice from the ’60s.
‘But then, when I’m speaking to the audience, I’m just myself.’
Sabrina also claimed that her style and lyrics represent who she is now and how she feels about life.
The Espresso hitmaker – who has enjoyed huge success in recent years – explained: ‘I started wearing outfits that felt more like myself.
‘And then it sort of bled into, like, I was writing these songs that felt more and more like my personality.’
This comes after Carpenter said her new album is ‘not for any pearl clutchers’.
She has defended her approach to songwriting, insisting that ‘even pearl clutchers’ can listen to Man’s Best Friend and ‘find something that makes them smirk and chuckle’.
The singer – who has previously dated Shawn Mendes and Barry Keoghan – said: ‘It’s more fun for people to picture in their head than the person I picture in my head, I think’
During an appearance on CBS Mornings, Sabrina explains: ‘The album is not for any pearl clutchers.
‘No, but I, I also think that even pearl clutchers can listen to an album like that in their own solitude and find something that makes them smirk and chuckle to themselves…’
Sabrina acknowledges that her lyrics can be ‘bold’. However, she also insists that her music is ‘just fun’.
She said: ‘I think that’s the thing, is sometimes people hear the lyrics that are really bold or they go, ‘I don’t want to sing this in front of other people.’ It’s like it’s almost too it, it, it’s TMI [too much information].
‘But I think about being at a concert with, you know, however many young women I see in the front row that are screaming at the top of their lungs with their best friends. And you can go like, ‘Oh, we can all, like, sigh of relief like, ‘This is just fun.’ And, and that’s all it has to be.’
