Only the student can surpass the teacher. But tell Taylor Swift. And this Tuesday, April 30, Sabrina Carpenter (the artist who has accompanied him in part of his The Eras Tour as opening act) has achieved what seemed impossible: surpassing it as world number 1 on the Spotify platform. Espressothe latest single from the 24-year-old American artist, has surpassed Fortnight, the Taylor and Post Malone song that had been topping the chart since it came out The Tortured Poets Department.
This is Sabrina’s first global number 1. And the artist, little by little, has become one of the pop voices of the moment. Something that shouldn’t surprise us when your musical godmother (in some way) is Taylor Swift. But how has Sabrina Carpenter become one of the candidates for pop diva of the new generations? And all the decisions she has made in the last year have led her to be on the pop map. We tell you!
The opening act for the biggest tour of the decade
Taylor Swift has been on tour around the world for more than a year with The Eras Tour. The American singer, who is truly addicted to breaking all kinds of records, has managed to make her tour the largest (in terms of revenue in history), managing to surpass $1 billion last December (and that that at that time there was still half of the tour left).
During the tour through the United States, Asia and Oceania, Taylor had one of the most promising emerging American pop artists: Sabrina Carpenter. The singer was enjoying great popularity thanks to her album emails i ca n’t send. Although her image was still associated with the Disney world. Well, the whole love triangle of Driver License that Olivia Rodrigo sang about how a third person appeared in her relationship with Joshua Bassett. But thanks to her public appearances, her relationship with Taylor Swift, and the maturity of her album, fewer and fewer remembered that era.
Feather: nothing like a controversy with the church
Last 2023, a year after releasing emails i can’t send, Sabrina released a deluxe version with new songs. In time to go on tour with Taylor Swift. And nothing gives you as much exposure as singing in some of the biggest stadiums in the world alongside the biggest star in the world.
Along with this release, Sabrina Carpenter released the video for Feather: a fun and (a little gore) visual where we see how all the people who are physically interested in the singer have a tragic end. What Sabrina did not expect (but which in the end caused more people to talk about the video) is that the parish where she filmed the end of the video (in which she appears as a widow after accidentally killing all the boys around her) ended up denouncing her for going “without pants while there were profane decorations on and around the altar.”
Whether it was because of the video clip full of irony or because of the denunciation of an English church, who was going to remember the Disney girl now?
Espresso: his last hit
Espresso has been the last push for Sabrina to move into the first league as a pop star. It is the first number one and possibly the first official song of summer 2024. Sabrina has opted for a totally catchy song, a perfectly cared for production and lyrics that you can’t get out of your head. Besides, Sabrina presented this song for the first time live at Coachella. In a performance that she has already become iconic.
And Sabrina has embraced that 1950s star personality for each of her shows. Not only for her video clips, but also for her staging in shows. In this way, it is not surprising that the most viral video of this year’s Coachella is the one of her dancing during one of the transitions of her songs. The artist chose the theme lovefool of The Cardigans and the movements he made soon went viral.
Nothing likes more than a love story
To all this we must add that Sabrina Carpenter has become one of the protagonists of the gossip press in recent months. The reason? She has started dating one of the hottest guys in Hollywood: Barry Keoghan (Saltburn, Eternals). The British actor with bad boy looks and the singer, who is applying for America’s new girlfriend, make an ideal couple. And honestly, nothing sells more in Hollywood than a young couple of achievers.
Barry Keoghan and Sabrina Carpenter at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party / Dave Bennett/VF24
To all this, of course, we must add the effort, perseverance and care that Sabrina is taking in each of the steps she is taking. Sabrina Carpenter postulates to be one of the most talked about faces in pop in 2024. And if not, time after time.
