Is Sabrina Carpenter's New Track, Manchild, About Ex Barry Keoghan? Singer Says…
Sabrina revealed she wrote Manchild 'on a random Tuesday' with Amy Allen and Jack Antonoff.
Ever since Sabrina Carpenter released her latest single, titled Manchild, fans have been wondering if the track is about any of her former boyfriends. While Sabrina has not named anyone in the song, many fans believe that the single is about her ex, actor Barry Keoghan. Following days of speculations, the 26-year-old pop star has finally opened up about the meaning of the track, which was released on June 5.
Sabrina dropped a new Instagram post with a still from the sets of Manchild. Dressed in a white lace top and blue bottoms, she was seen cradling a puppy. The Espresso crooner revealed that she wrote Manchild 'on a random Tuesday" with Amy Allen and Jack Antonoff not long after finishing her work on her sixth studio album, Short n' Sweet.
'It ended up being the best random Tuesday of my life, not only was it so fun to write, but this song became to me something I can look back on that will score the mental montage to the very confusing and fun young adult years of life," Sabrina added.
The Please Please Please singer's Instagram carousel post also featured a photo with her co-writers, Amy and Jack. It included a cute snap of Sabrina dancing with a puppy. The post concluded with an image of the dog with a hat on.
Further, in the caption, Sabrina wrote, 'It sounds like the song embodiment of a loving eye roll, and it feels like a never-ending road trip in the summer! Hence why I wanted to give it to you now- so you can stick your head out the car window and scream it all summer long!" Before ending her post, she thanked her fans, saying, 'Thank you always and forever for listening and thank you men for testing me!!"
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Fans immediately reacted to the post, with one user commenting, 'Sabrina be writing better diss tracks than rappers, lmao."
Another added, 'Thank you, Sabrina, for saving the summer definitely on repeat."
A fan said, 'Thank you, S, for giving us this amazing song! I'm obsessed!"
Though the caption of her latest post did not mention anything about Barry, many fans still linked Manchild to the Saltburn actor.
Barry and Sabrina first sparked buzz in 2023 when they were spotted grabbing dinner together in Los Angeles. They reportedly broke up in 2024.
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