“Please Please Please” is the Number One song in the country, earningSabrina Carpenter her first-ever chart-topping position on the Billboard Hot 100 with the single from her upcoming album Short n’ Sweet, out Aug. 23.
The singer and songwriter released “Please Please Please” nearly four weeks ago alongside a crime drama music video starring herself and her real-life boyfriend, Barry Keoghan. Last week, the record debuted at No.2 on the Hot 100 before making the jump to the top spot.
“There’s like an Olivia Newton [John] feeling, there’s a Dolly feeling, there’s an incredibly super modern pop feeling,” producer Jack Antonoff recently told Rolling Stone about the single. “The little vocal runs she does are so bizarre and unique — they’re doing this really odd, classic, almost yodel-y country thing. She’s becoming one of the biggest young pop stars, and that song is such a statement of expressing yourself, not just lyrically, but sonically.”
“Please Please Please” arrived as a follow-up to “Espresso,” the sunny lead single from the album that seemed the be clear frontrunner for pop’s song of the summer until Carpenter made a lap around herself in the race. “Espresso” has been on the Hot 100 for six weeks and has made it as high as No.3. It slips down to No.4 this week, but Carpenter has had her fair share of slow-burn singles in her career — it’s not too late for the caffeinated hit to climb even higher.
“My mom has been like, ‘Do you feel crazy right now?’” Carpenter told Rolling Stone, recalling the pop fervor that has surrounded “Espresso” for the past two months. “I just love that people get my sense of humor.”
Carpenter’s chart milestone arrives the same week tickets go on sale for her arena tour, taking place later this year in support of Short n’ Sweet.
Elizabeth Weinberg
Elizabeth Weinberg
Elizabeth Weinberg
