Sabrina Carpenter’s new album, Man’s Greatest Buddy, is already making headlines for its bawdy lyrics, however followers have zeroed in on one track that appears to reference the pop star’s ex-boyfriends.
Within the refrain of “Go Go Juice,” Carpenter, 26, lists a few names that maybe not coincidentally rhyme with males she’s been linked to prior to now. The verse additionally explicitly makes use of the phrase “rhymes,” which led followers to begin connecting the dots.
“I’m simply consuming to name somebody / Ain’t no one protected after I’m just a little bit drunk,” the Grammy winner sings. “May very well be John or Larry, gosh, who’s to say? Or the one which rhymes with ‘villain’ if I’m feelin’ that manner.”
Listeners have been fast to guess that “John” was a nod to Shawn Mendes, to whom she was briefly linked in early 2023. (Followers beforehand speculated that the Brief n’ Candy tracks “Coincidence” and “Style” have been about Mendes, 27, reuniting with ex Camila Cabello after his fling with Carpenter.)
“Larry,” in fact, is believed to be a nod to Barry Keoghan, whom Carpenter dated for a few yr earlier than Us Weekly confirmed their cut up in December 2024. Keoghan, 32, famously starred within the music video for “Please Please Please” earlier than their breakup.
Barry Keoghan. Getty Photos
Social media sleuths went on to invest that the phrase “gosh” is supposed to reference Joshua Bassett, whereas the “villain” in query is allegedly Dylan O’Brien. Carpenter and Bassett, 24, have been linked in 2020 after his cut up from Olivia Rodrigo. (See additionally: Rodrigo’s “Drivers License” and the road concerning the “blonde lady” who’s “a lot older than me.”)
Carpenter and O’Brien, 34, have been linked in 2022 after they have been noticed hanging out in New York Metropolis, however neither ever commented on their alleged connection.
As per traditional, Carpenter hasn’t confirmed whether or not her new lyrics are about any particular exes — and he or she doesn’t plan to.
“I simply wouldn’t say,” Carpenter informed Gayle King throughout a Friday, August 29, interview on CBS Mornings. “It’s extra enjoyable for individuals to image of their head than the individual I image in my head, I feel.”
King, 70, requested whether or not Carpenter felt “badly” that Keoghan specifically acquired backlash from her followers after their cut up, however the “Espresso” singer argued that her romantic companions know what they’re signing up for after they date a songwriter.
“I really feel fairly clear going into any of my relationships, that I write songs. And I feel they’re simply as down for it. I feel it’s additionally, more often than not they’ve been fairly flattered after they get a track written about them, good or unhealthy,” Carpenter defined. “I feel they’re simply excited to get a shout-out. I’m not terrified of males in that sense. … I feel I’ll entice precisely who I’m supposed to draw.”
Man’s Greatest Buddy is out now.
