Sabrina Carpenter Breaks Down Her Favourite Lyrics

Why did I do that? Okay, one more time. Hey, it's Sabrina Carpenter and this is my favorite lyrics. Tell me who I am. Guess I don't have a choice. All because I liked a boy. I wrote this lyric in New York. I wrote this song in New York. After a lot of reflection and coming to a conclusion of how one thing can become such a big thing over something so miniscule. I think all any songwriter ever wants is to speak their truth and speak, you know, closest to their own voice. And I feel like that song perfectly captured a really interesting time in my life. And I feel like really summed up a lot that I wish I could have said for a really long time. So that song is really special to me. And I love seeing how it's related to people all over the world. Because I think when I wrote it, I didn't think anyone would relate to it in the way that they have, which has been really nice. Anytime I do that, by the way, feel free to edit it out. Basically, at this point, I didn't think I was writing a song anymore. I thought I was just being a silly girl. And I ended up using these lines as an outro for my song Nonsense. And they just rhymed, truthfully. Pop hit, pop quiz. Actually, now that I'm realizing it, it bothers me that I say pop twice. I'm going to change the song. I think I'm going to unrelease it and try one more time. But feel free to use these as pickup lines. They work. Oh, that's a good question. Because I feel like some cities I just went a little rogue in. It had nothing to do with the city and more to do with the rhyme. If the rhyme rhymed with something good. I think I said something in Philadelphia, which is where I was born, about rearranging my organs. It's just because it rhymed with the city I was born in. So it's kind of funny how those things happen. And my mom was in the car that night. But I'd probably say Philly was my favorite. It's so weird reading these out loud. I prefer them with melodies. But this song is Sue Me. And this was a song that I wrote after I got... I actually really loved That's My Name Don't Wear It Out, though. Because I felt like I always heard people say it my whole life. And it was one of the first songs I feel like my sense of humor and my personality was really infused into the song. How do I empower myself and make myself feel confident? I think a lot of it is letting go. Physically. I know people say letting loose and dancing is good for that. But it really is. I feel like sometimes if I'm ever feeling too self-conscious, to just shake it out and get it out of your system is really important. So I love that I have friends that love to dance with me. My friends do Just Dance all the time, which is also a really weird thing that I've never told anybody. But we'll be texting and they'll be like, BRB, gotta Just Dance. And then I come back in three minutes and I'm like, how was it? And they're like, we did the good one. So no one cares. I deserve an hour in a week to focus on my thoughts. Not so obsessed with yours. I can't hear myself speak. I start crying. No, this is probably one of my favorite lyrics on the album, Emails I Can't Send. It was just such a real thought at a time in my life where I felt like I was giving so much of the space in my mind to other people and other things and not myself at all. And so I was just kind of like begging for even just like the smallest amount of time that I could actually like dedicate to myself and my own thoughts. And it's quite literal in that sense. But every relationship is so different. And sometimes you need to learn the lesson yourself and you need to take all the time that it takes to learn it. There's no like, you have to do this and this is the only right way. Like, I think if anything, I've learned that every situation is so specific and individual based on the people. And sometimes all it does take is communicating and working things out. And other times it's really good to step away from people and step further away and then further and then take more steps and then never again. So, oh, this is another jerker. I'm not going to say that ever again. I meant like tear jerker, obviously. I didn't mean... This one is really fun to sing live. Being myself, did that emasculate you? Learning from you that I can walk away too. Whenever I'm playing shows, I feel like the girlies just scream this lyric from their gut a little harder. Like I can like hear, like I can hear them losing their voices when they scream this line, which is really awesome. The fact that that could give anybody any sort of sense of clarity maybe from where they're at in their life in a situation that isn't good for them. I think learning from you that I can walk away too is another one of my favorites on the album because it took me a long time to learn that lesson. So, and I still learn it all the time. You got to be reminded sometimes I got to listen to my own album. Why do you think so many men are scared of successful women? Whoa, I'm going to go back here. I don't know if that's like a universal truth. In some cases with anyone that is sure of themselves and is confident and kind of like shines a light, that can bring out other people's insecurities and make them ask themselves questions that maybe they're not ready to answer about themselves yet. And so I think it's a little bit less about like them being scared of it and more just like people crossing paths at times that maybe they're not ready to cross paths at yet. Also, it's pretty intimidating when you're five foot tall and so awesome. If you show me too much love, it makes me leave. I guess that's one of many things that's wrong with me. So I wrote this song when I was 17. Maybe too self aware, too young of an age, but I actually still am this way sometimes, which is not something I recommend. But it is just something that I was like, super aware of in that moment of being like, you know, when you're focused on yourself, it's a really, it's a good thing to be focused on yourself. But also, sometimes you push away really good things and really good people when you're too focused on yourself. So life is about balance. And what else gets you here? I lost my balance. What gives me the ick? Oh my God. It's like little things, like weird things. It could be as simple as like a bad flannel, honestly. Like if you're wearing a, like just like a flannel that I'm not a fan of, like the colors working together, I'm probably just gonna like look at you a little different. But then, you know, clothes can change. For me, like I'm scared to eat in front of people. I've never said this, I feel so vulnerable. And that's not an ick for other people. But for me, like I'm always just like, for whatever reason, eating in front of people is like my, I hate it. And I always feel like people are getting the ick from me if I'm eating in front of them. I don't know why. I don't know why. I just want to like eat with like a little bubble over me. Some people like, oh, they swim weird. I don't know, like there's like some weird ones. I'm like, it's so funny to me. Okay, let's do this one. Reading these lyrics, I'm a little crazy. Okay, you used a fork once. It turns out forks are everywhere. What can I say? There's a lot in between the lines. So forks are super common. And they're like very popular. Because you only have really a few options. It's like a fork, a spoon, a knife, and then like a spork in some territories. But in this case, I was like, oh, it's so dumb. Like he used to eat with a fork. I literally said that as a joke. And I was like, what if it was? And then they let me put it out. Someone was like, master it. I mean, if I'm going to take myself seriously, I'm an artist. I can do it, I swear. Sometimes, like at the end of anything that's really painful, it's like the smallest thing in the world can set you off. And the smallest thing in the world can remind you of them. And that's what I was really trying to capture. I was just like, it can literally be anyone or anything or, you know, any little minuscule detail. And fork just did it. And now my fans bring forks to shows, which I'm a little concerned about. Sometimes they're waving forks at me. It looks like pitchforks. That's why I feel like I'm being almost attacked. But it's so peaceful. Like they just wave them. Anyways, I put too much on myself thinking I don't deserve what I've earned. It's like not even 10 a.m. I wrote this song when I was, I believe I was, I just turned 18. I think that's like a scary time for anyone. You feel everything and it feels so much heavier because you're young and you're experiencing it all for the first time. And there's definitely been a lot of times I've like had imposter syndrome where I think you can work so hard and still not, you know, be enough. But obviously those are thoughts that kind of come and go most days. And it's normal for everyone to kind of have them. So, yeah, I don't feel that way all the time. But then there's moments. Definitely hard on myself. I've always sort of been that way. And sometimes it's also what drives me a little crazy. And I think I'm working on trying to be a little bit more present and also just practicing gratitude as much as I possibly can. This is, if I'm just writing happy songs, will anybody sing along? This is actually like a real thought that I had at some point. I was just like, oh, I hope people don't hate my music if it's all just happy and upbeat because I'm like either falling in love or I like someone. That's like a thing that I've heard throughout my whole life. I think people being like, the more hurt and in pain you are, the better the songs. And I'm like, don't tell me that because I don't want to be in that perpetual state forever. And I've learned that that is not the case. People will sing along to happy songs as well. It's just one of those things that we all are like secretly afraid to be like cute and giddy. It's really nice when we can have those moments where everyone's just like, oh, it's fun to be in love or it's fun to like celebrate something exciting and positive. So it'd be so nice, right? If we could take it all off and just exist and skinny dip in water under the bridge. I think this has to be like one of my favorite metaphors on the whole album. It all started with skinny dipping water under the bridge of feeling like you can shed yourself of your past and just be OK with the fact that things happen and let it be and not be so hard on yourself for making mistakes and going through the motions of feelings because it's really important to feel every aspect of life, whether that's like good, bad, happy, sad, everything in between. I also just think it was funny because it was not a song that I immediately heard and was like, that's the smash single. I felt like it was something that was taking a bit of a left turn from maybe some of the stuff in the past and setting a foundation for everything that was coming. That's quite an answer. You know when people give those answers, you're like, we don't care. I'm like, why did I explain? Just edit it out. And you never do. That's the thing. You actually never do. You guys specifically never do. I'm always like, please? And you're like, don't worry. We'll edit it out, love. We've got your back. You don't. You're not. You're going to keep all of this. Oh my God, it's still going. Other artists that inspire me as lyricists. Nicole, Joni Mitchell, Taylor Swift. Yeah, there's some really, really incredible lyricists of our generation. I'm lucky to be alive to witness, for sure. These have been my favorite lyrics. Thank you guys so much for watching and make sure to subscribe to PopFuzz.