"Espresso" is the lead single from Sabrina Carpenter's sixth studio album Short n' Sweet. It was released on April 11, 2024, with a vinyl and cassette release on June 7, 2024. The music video was released on April 12, 2024. It was written by Carpenter, Amy Allen, Steph Jones and Julian Bunetta.
An EP featuring five alternate versions of the song, including a cappella, instrumental, slowed down, sped up, and extended versions, was released on May 17, 2024. A remix featuring Mark Ronson and FNZ was released on May 31, 2024.
Background[]
On April 4, 2024, Carpenter's management team, Team Sabrina, posted a photo of a sunset on X with the caption "something's brewing..." and a link to pre-save the song.[1]
On April 6, 2024, Carpenter posted a compilation of photos alluding to the release of the single on Instagram with the caption "can't sleeeep". The photos included the outfit for the single photo shoot, the blue color theme, a Coachella billboard with the same font used for the cover artwork, and a photo from the music video.[2]
On April 8, 2024, the single was officially announced, revealing the cover artwork with a release date of April 11, 2024 at 8 PM EST[3] On April 10, a teaser for the music video was posted on her social media, including her YouTube channel along with a countdown premiere for the music video.[4] The following day, Carpenter posted more photos taken while shooting the music video on her Instagram.[5]
Following the release of the song, Carpenter posted another short teaser of the music video on her social media, with the caption "tomorrow morning we have plans☕️" on her Twitter and "tomorrow morning you have plans ☕️" on her Instagram.[6][7]
Additionally, Carpenter changed her social media profile pictures and banners to the "Espresso" cover artwork, as well as Team Sabrina's profile picture and banner on X. Team Sabrina also changed their name to "Team Sabrina is caffeinated", encouraging other Sabrina fans to add "is caffeinated" to the ends of their names on X.
Following the announcement of Carpenter's sixth studio album Short n' Sweet, the track list on Apple Music was updated to show placeholder tracks for the songs yet to be revealed, and showed "Espresso" as track seven.
Track listing[]
Streaming[]
- "Espresso"
Espresso EP[]
- "Espresso"
- "Espresso (Double Shot Version)"
- "Espresso (On Vacation Version)"
- "Espresso (Decaf Version)"
- "Espresso (Mochapella Version)"
- "Espresso (Espressooooo Version)"
7" vinyl and cassette[]
- "Espresso" (A-side)
- "Espresso (On Vacation)" (B-side)
Lyrics[]
Now he's thinkin' 'bout me every night, oh
Is it that sweet? I guess so
Say you can't sleep, baby, I know
That's that me espresso
Move it up, down, left, right, oh
Switch it up like Nintendo
Say you can't sleep, baby, I know
That's that me espresso
I can't relate to desperation
My give-a-fucks are on vacation
And I got this one boy and he won't stop calling
When they act this way, I know I got 'em
(Mm) Too bad your ex don't do it for ya
(Mm) Walked in and dream-came-trued it for ya
(Mm) Soft skin and I perfumed it for ya
(Yes) I know I Mountain Dew it for ya
(Yes) That morning coffee, brewed it for ya
(Yes) One touch and I brand-newed it for ya (Ooh)
And now he's thinkin' 'bout me every night, oh
Is it that sweet? I guess so
Say you can't sleep, baby, I know
That's that me espresso
Move it up, down, left, right, oh
Switch it up like Nintendo
Say you can't sleep, baby, I know
That's that me espresso
Holy shit
Is it that sweet? I guess so (Mm)
I'm working late 'cause I'm a singer
Oh, he looks so cute wrapped 'round my finger
My twisted humor make him laugh so often
My honeybee, come and get this pollen
(Mm) Too bad your ex don't do it for ya
(Mm) Walked in and dream-came-trued it for ya
(Mm) Soft skin and I perfumed it for ya (Ayy, ayy, oh)
(Yes) I know I Mountain Dew it for ya
(Yes) That morning coffee, brewed it for ya
(Yes) One touch and I brand-newed it for ya (Stupid)
Now he's thinkin' 'bout me every night, oh
Is it that sweet? I guess so
Say you can't sleep, baby, I know
That's that me espresso
Move it up, down, left, right, oh
Switch it up like Nintendo
Say you can't sleep, baby, I know
That's that me espresso (Yes)
Thinkin' 'bout me every night, oh
Is it that sweet? I guess so (Yes)
Say you can't sleep, baby, I know
That's that me espresso (Yes)
Move it up, down, left, right, oh (Move it up, down, left, right, oh)
Switch it up like Nintendo (Yes)
Say you can't sleep, baby, I know
That's that me espresso
Is it that sweet? I guess so
Mm, that's that me espresso
Live performances[]
On May 18, 2024, Carpenter performed "Espresso" on Saturday Night Live. On September 11, 2024, she performed a mash-up of the song with "Please Please Please" and "Taste" at the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards. On October 3, 2024, she performed the song on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. On February 2, 2025, she performed a mash-up of the song with "Please Please Please" at the 67th Grammy Awards.
Carpenter performed the song throughout her Short n' Sweet Tour.
Awards[]
- 2024 MTV Video Music Awards for "Song of the Year" and nomination for "Best Editing"
- 2024 Billboard Music Awards nominations for "Top Billboard Global 200 Song" and "Top Billboard Global (Excl. U.S.) Song"
- 2025 Grammy Awards for "Best Pop Solo Performance" and nomination for "Record of the Year"
- 2025 BRIT Awards nomination for "Best International Song"
- 2025 iHeartRadio Music Awards for "Pop Song of the Year" and nominations for "Song of the Year", "Best Lyrics" and "Best Music Video"
Videos[]
Gallery[]
Photo shoot[]
Social media[]
Merchandise[]
To view the Espresso merchandise, click here.
Trivia[]
- The song marked Carpenter's fourth song to chart on the Billboard Hot 100, debuting at #7 and peaking at #3. It was her first top 5 hit on the chart.
- The song is also Carpenter's first number-one hit in Australia, Iceland, India, Ireland, Malaysia, Singapore, the United Arab Emirates and the UK.
- The song reached one billion Spotify streams on August 6, 2024, becoming Carpenter's first song to reach this milestone as well as the third-fastest song on the platform to reach one billion streams.[8] It is currently Carpenter's most-streamed song.
- The ending of the music video served as a teaser for Carpenter's follow-up single "Please Please Please".
- This is similar to the end of the music video for the lead single from Emails I Can't Send, "Skinny Dipping", which served as a teaser for Carpenter's next single "Fast Times".
- The song was written in Paris, France in July 2023 during a ten-day break from Carpenter's Emails I Can't Send Tour.[9]
- Carpenter indirectly references her fragrance brand Sweet Tooth in the line "soft skin and I perfumed it for ya". In the lyric video, a picture of her Caramel Dream fragrance appears during this line.
- She would later release a Sweet Tooth fragrance named Me Espresso in December 2024, which was inspired by the song.
- On August 22, 2024, the song was released as a Jam Track for the music video game Fortnite Festival.[10]
- The song is featured as a playable track in the dance rhythm game Just Dance 2025 Edition.
- On September 11, 2024, the song won the Song of the Year award at the MTV Video Music Awards, marking Carpenter's first VMA win.[11]
- The song was parodied in the Saturday Night Live sketch "Bridesmaid Speech", which aired on October 12, 2024 and featured singer Ariana Grande, who was the episode's celebrity guest.[12]
- In December 2024, Carpenter partnered with Dunkin' to release Sabrina's Brown Sugar Shakin' Espresso, a specialty drink inspired by the song.
References[]
- ↑ X - something's brewing… 🤎
- ↑ Instagram - can't sleeeep
- ↑ Instagram - just wanted to put out a little song before Coachella 🤎 Espresso 4/11 8pm EST
- ↑ Instagram - Espresso 4/11 @ 8pm et, Music Video 4/12 @ 10:00am et till then I'm on vacation☕💋
- ↑ Instagram - triple shot tomorrow night ☕️
- ↑ X - tomorrow morning we have plans 7am pt/ 10am et☕️
- ↑ Instagram - tomorrow morning you have plans ☕️ 7am pt/ 10am et
- ↑ https://www.nme.com/news/music/sabrina-carpenter-completely-alone-wanting-release-espresso-3781542
- ↑ https://www.vogue.com/article/sabrina-carpenter-march-cover-2025-interview
- ↑ https://twitter.com/FNFestival/status/1825895706101461021
- ↑ https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/sabrina-carpenter-wins-song-of-the-year-espresso-2024-vmas-1235095683/
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLn5qNngGn4
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