Sabrina Carpenter's 'Short n' Sweet' is smart and silly

NPR | By Stephen Thompson,

Hazel Cills, Liz Metzger, Mike Katzif, Jessica Reedy

Published August 28, 2024 at 8:53 AM EDT

Sabrina Carpenter's new album Short 'n Sweet is out now. — Sabrina Carpenter's new album *Short 'n Sweet* is out now.

Sabrina Carpenter has had two of the year's biggest hits with "Espresso" and "Please Please Please." Now, she's released a new full-length album called Short n' Sweet, which serves up more catchy silliness and high drama. But does the album keep that "Espresso" magic alive?

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Hazel Cills is an editor at NPR Music, where she edits breaking music news, reviews, essays and interviews. Before coming to NPR in 2021, Hazel was a culture reporter at Jezebel, where she wrote about music and popular culture. She was also a writer for MTV News and a founding staff writer for the teen publication Rookie magazine.

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