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Sabrina Carpenter Just Made Rare Comments About 'Drivers License' Drama—Here's What She Said
It may feel like it's been a lifetime since Olivia Rodrigo's 'Drivers License' first dropped—and since you've seen her name with Sabrina Carpenter's in the same sentence—but it's actually only been four years since that tired narrative took over our social timelines.
In case you weren't chronically invested, allow me to catch you up to speed: drama surrounding a highly speculated love triangle between former Disney darlings Sabrina, Olivia, and Joshua Bassett allegedly inspired a slew of songs from each of the artists. All these years later, Sabrina has made a rare comment about it all (yes, including that 'blonde girl' lyric) as she promoted her upcoming album, Man's Best Friend, during a cover story interview with Rolling Stone.
In 2021, a certain lyric from 'Drivers License' made waves as fans speculated it pointed back to Sabrina: 'And you're probably with that blonde girl / who always made me doubt / she's so much older than me / and everything I'm insecure about.'
The rumor was only fueled further when Sabrina dropped 'Skin,' on which she sang, 'Maybe blonde was the only rhyme.' The following year, she released 'Because I Liked a Boy,' on which she seemingly laid out the aftermath: 'Now I'm a homewrecker, I'm a slut / I got death threats filling up semi-trucks.'
When Sabrina was asked if her 'restless work ethic' stemmed from a desire to 'shed the 'blonde girl' accusation,' she admitted, 'I didn't really intentionally do that.'
'All I knew was that it wasn't going to stop me from doing what I loved, ever. That's kind of how I've always felt,' the 'Manchild' hitmaker revealed. 'Sometimes, it's about how you are able to be resilient. What that era taught me was to just trust myself, and trust that everything is going to work out the way it's supposed to, and trust that relationships are put into your life for a reason. You might not see that in the moment, but you see it later.'
She then admitted that she's moved past that time in her life, adding, 'I don't think about it, ever' before quipping, 'I've tried being brunette, and it didn't look good on me, so this is what it is.'
Elsewhere in the interview, she dished about Man's Best Friend and why she decided to drop a follow-up to her Grammy-winning album, Short n' Sweet, nearly a year later.
'If I really wanted to, I could have stretched out Short n' Sweet much, much longer. But I'm at that point in my life where I'm like, 'Wait a second, there's no rules,'' she told the publication.
She added that artists like Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt used to drop 10-track albums once a year, which got her thinking. 'If I'm inspired to write and make something new, I would rather do that. Why would I wait three years just for the sake of waiting three years?' she said. 'It's all about what feels right. I'm learning to listen to that a lot more, instead of what is perceived as the right or wrong move.'
That being said, now feels like a good time to press play on this instant classic:
