Sabrina Carpenter has formally entered the race for 2025’s music of the summer time with the discharge of her newest single, “Manchild.” Dropped Thursday night throughout digital platforms, the observe doubles down on the wry, tongue-in-cheek tone she’s just lately turn into recognized for, taking sharp purpose at immature males with a sound that blends retro synth-pop with trendy pop sarcasm.
Co-written with Amy Allen and Jack Antonoff, who additionally co-produced the observe, “Manchild” follows carefully within the thematic footsteps of Carpenter’s chart-topping single “Please Please Please.” With slicing lyrics like “Fuck my life, received’t you let an harmless lady be? / By no means heard of self-care / Half your mind simply ain’t there,” and “Oh, I like my boys playin’ laborious to get / And I like my males all incompetent,” the music performs as a biting but playful commentary on romantic misadventures, capturing the chaos of younger maturity with humor and chunk.
The music’s music video premiered Friday morning and leans into surrealist satire. Within the video, Carpenter hitchhikes throughout a desert panorama, encountering one absurd male caricature after one other—starting from a person using a jet ski on land to a different washing his face with gasoline. The visuals mirror the observe’s lyrical message: a winding street of irritating relationships that in some way nonetheless seems like a joyride.
Its launch comes on the heels of Quick n’ Candy and continues the momentum of her breakout 12 months. In an announcement on Instagram, she referred to as the music “an embodiment of a loving eye roll” and a soundtrack to the “complicated and enjoyable younger grownup years of life.”
Although unconfirmed, hypothesis has swirled about whether or not the observe attracts inspiration from her former relationship with actor Barry Keoghan. The lyrics don’t point out anybody by identify, however followers rapidly related the dots—particularly after Carpenter teased the one with a not-so-subtle caption: “This one’s about you!!”
Carpenter and Keoghan went public in early 2024 however reportedly parted methods by December. Since then, the singer has stayed targeted on her profession, with “Manchild” marking her second main single in latest months. As along with her viral hit “Espresso,” she debuted the brand new observe dwell at Primavera Sound in Barcelona.
Whether or not or not “Manchild” finally ends up topping charts, it’s one other sharp, strategic entry in Carpenter’s rising pop repertoire—balancing sarcasm, self-awareness, and plain summer time enchantment.
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