Sabrina Carpenter'sShort n' SweetIs About How Some of Her 'Shortest' Relationships 'Affected Me Most'

Mar. 15, 2025

What inspiredSabrina Carpenterto title her new albumShort n' Sweet?

The “Espresso” singer, 25, opened up toApple Music’s Zane Loweabout the origin of her upcoming sixth album’s title in a new interview — and revealed her petite nature didn’t have much to do with it.

“I called itShort n' Sweetfor multiple reasons. It was not because I’m vertically challenged,” said Carpenter. “I thought about some of these relationships and how some of them were the shortest I’ve ever had, and they affected me the most.”

Sabrina Carpenter.The Zane Lowe Show / Apple Music 1

The Zane Lowe Show / Apple Music 1

The former Disney Channel star added, “I think about the way that I respond to situations, and sometimes it is very nice, and sometimes it’s not very nice. And again, the thing about albums, projects, writing songs, it’s all moments.”

Carpenter acknowledged it’s “harder for other people to understand” the passage of time when listening to a singular album, explaining that she’s “not the same person” as when the material was written.

Short n' Sweet, featuring the hits “Espresso” and “Please Please Please,” is set for an Aug. 23 release through Island Records.

Barry Keoghan and Sabrina Carpenter in Beverly Hills in March 2024.Dave Benett/VF24/WireImage for Vanity Fair

Dave Benett/VF24/WireImage for Vanity Fair

Earlier this week, some of Carpenter’s fans wondered if they were watching a short relationship play out in real time as breakup rumors surrounded her andBarry Keoghan, who’ve been dating since 2023.

Amid the rumors, asource exclusively told PEOPLEthe relationship between Carpenter and theSaltburnstar, 31, is “on and off.”

In a June interview withRolling Stone, Carpenter alluded to having an undefined relationship with Keoghan and asked to “skirt around” answering whether or not the actor is her boyfriend.

“The [dating] pool is the pool, and when you meet people that feel authentic and are so brilliant and amazing in every way, that’s what you do,” she said at the time. “Obviously, I write songs about exactly how I feel, so I guess I can’t be so surprised that people are interested in who and what those songs are about. That’s something that comes with the territory.”

Elsewhere in the new Apple Music interview, Carpenter said she longs for a love so strong she’ll hold onto it for a long time.

“I’ve always yearned to care enough about a person or a situation or a relationship in my life that it provokes that much feeling in me, because I think that’s why we’re here,” she said.

source: people.com