Sabrina Carpenter Summer 2.0 Commences With New Single ‘Manchild': Stream It Now
Sabrina Carpenter's new song 'Manchild' is here, kicking off what could very well be another summer of dominance for the pop star.
Following the success of hits such as 'Espresso,' 'Please Please Please' and 'Taste' on the charts last year, the pop star returned Thursday night (June 5) with a track that pokes fun at an incapable male partner. Carpenter first teased 'Manchild' a couple of days prior to its release, posting roadside billboards along Interstate 69 that read 'Hey men!' and 'I swear they choose me, I'm not choosing them.'
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'This one's about you!!' the Grammy winner wrote pointedly on Instagram as she officially announced the song Tuesday.
Carpenter revealed that 'Manchild' will be accompanied by a music video dropping Friday at 10 a.m. ET. In a teaser, the musician abruptly falls out of a moving car as it barrels down a dusty road, seemingly pushed out of the vehicle by its male driver. 'STUPID, SLOW, USELESS — BUT THERE'S A CUTER WORD FOR IT, I KNOW,' reads fine print at the bottom of the frame.
'Manchild' marks Carpenter's first new music since '15 Minutes,' 'Couldn't Make It Any Harder,' 'Busy Woman' and 'Bad Reviews' dropped in February as bonus songs on her Short n' Sweet deluxe album. The original LP dropped last August at the high point of a breakthrough summer for the star, spending four weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200.
Carpenter has since been touring in support of the album, kicking off her Short n' Sweet arena tour in September with a North American leg. This spring, she traveled across Europe on a run of dates that will pick back up with two performances at London's Hyde Park in July.
Listen to 'Manchild' below.
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