Sabrina Carpenter

The song and drama surrounding it caused quite the stir on social media, unsurprisingly tainting the budding relationship between Carpenter and Bassett. Now, ...

Though “because i like a boy” is rooted in Carpenter’s tabloid love triangle, she’s confident the song will resonate with others too. On the second verse, we learn a bit more about just how bad the situation was for Bassett, whom “drivers license” is rumored to be about, though neither he nor Rodrigo ever confirmed it. Co-written by Carpenter, producer John Ryan, JP Saxe, and Julia Michaels, “because i liked a boy” contrasts the reality of her romance with the public’s perception of the relationship.

Sabrina Carpenter seemingly addressed the Joshua Bassett and Olivia Rodrigo drama in new song 'Because I Liked a Boy' — read lyrics!

“I don’t really subscribe to hating other women because of boys,” Olivia, for one, explained while speaking with Variety in August 2021 of her success following the “Drivers License” release. “It was all so innocent / Now I’m a homewrecker / I’m a slut / I got death threats filling up semi trucks,” Sabrina, 23, sings on the tune. “Now, looking back on it, the last two or three years of my life, that song came from a really real place in my life, so it didn’t feel right to not kind of write that song.”

Sabrina Carpenter's new album "emails i can't send" is out and she's opening up about the Olivia Rodrigo, and Joshua Bassett love triangle.

Titled "because i liked a boy" the track starts with Sabrina possibly opening up about time with Joshua, with her singing: "You showed up with a boombox / And stars in your eyes / Who knew cuddling on trampolines / Could be so reckless? As for where else she looked for inspiration when writing this song, Sabrina said "One of my favorite movies is Easy A, and I was sort of picturing Emma Stone’s character because she was labeled to be something. For the final chorus, she sings, "And all of this for what? However, Sabrina was quick to refute these claims, saying that "the song isn’t calling out one single person," and that while "some lines address a specific situation, others "address plenty of other experiences I’ve had this past year." In 2021, Olivia went on to write multiple hit songs, seemingly about her experience — and fans went *wild*. Basically, everyone thought that Olivia had written "drivers license" about Joshua , with lyrics like "And you're probably with that blonde girl / who always made me doubt," pointing toward his new relationship with Sabrina. Now, more than a year later, Sabrina is opening up with her side of the story in her fifth studio album emails i can't send.

The song opens with Sabrina seemingly opening up about her initial love story with Joshua. She sings: "You showed up with a boombox / And stars in your eyes / ...

Sabrina ended by saying: "One of my favourite movies is Easy A, and I was sort of picturing Emma Stone’s character because she was labelled to be something. The song opens with Sabrina seemingly opening up about her initial love story with Joshua. She sings: "You showed up with a boombox / And stars in your eyes / Who knew cuddling on trampolines / Could be so reckless? Now, Sabrina is opening up about her experience in it all (and a whole lot more) with her highly anticipated fifth studio album Emails I Can't Send.

Sabrina Carpenter and Joshua Bassett were first linked in 2020. Here's a complete timeline of their rumored relationship, from their Halloween costumes to ...

"I had to fight the urge to do what I normally do — cover it up with confidence — and instead just actually feel those feelings," the singer told Rolling Stone about writing the album. The song tease came a month after Bassett released his song " Doppelgänger," which details running into someone that looks like an ex. In March 2022, Carpenter teased a brand-new track on TikTok, which fans quickly theorized was about Bassett as the lyrics detailed getting closure from a recent breakup. "I really want the focus to be on the art instead of some of the talk and the chatter. In September 2021, Carpenter released "Skinny Dipping", a song about trying to find closure after a breakup. "Thank you for seeing me, and each other, as living, breathing, healing and hurting human beings," he wrote in a text message to fans. "That's kind of cool to have that shared experience and whatnot," he said. "I didn't want my EP to be overshadowed by some other narrative that people were trying to make," Bassett told Billboard about his decision to remove the song. "I sent her a quick message and was like, 'Hey, I think you're really awesome and I have this song I think you would sound great on, let me know what you think,' and she responded like 10 minutes later, gave me her number, and I sent her the song," he recalled. And a lot of people were trying to get to me." so i was inspired to do what I usually do to cope, write something that I wish I could have told myself in the past." She captioned the clip, "And that's on failed relationships."

At the time, fans were convinced that the songstress shaded her rumored ex-boyfriend and costar, and his new girlfriend, Sabrina. Although their relationship ...

I think this was a really interesting song for people to kind of misinterpret and make it into something that it wasn’t really supposed to be in the first place. “I have a right to stand up for myself,” he said in the December interview. “The reoccurring theme was I was allowing people to get under my skin. Following the release of “Drivers License” in January, the High School Musical: The Musical: The Series actress seemingly started the first love triangle of 2021, and the internet was shook. “I genuinely was coming from a place as a 21-year-old that is navigating her feelings and was going through a lot in my personal life,” the former Disney Channel star said during an appearance on The Late Late Show With James Corden in February 2021. Things got even messier when Sabrina dropped “Skin.” One of the first lyrics in the song read, “Maybe ‘blonde’ was the only rhyme,” which appears to be a direct reference to Olivia’s single.

Sabrina Carpenter has dropped her fifth studio album, 'emails i can't send.' Read about the songs and her inspirations for the album here.

emails i can’t send is a 13-track record that details the mountains and valleys of not only Carpenter’s vocal range but her recent experiences with love and loss. In fact, she wrote several notes that she believed would remain drafts. Like a shaken soda bottle, if you didn’t open it up, an explosion was imminent.

Sabrina Carpenter's new song "because i liked a boy" seems to be a response to the speculation about her relationships with Joshua Bassett and Olivia ...

Tell me who I am, guess I don't have a choice.” Finally, Carpenter delivered her response to “drivers license” in “because i liked a boy.” In the dreamy ballad, Carpenter addresses how she’d been painted as the villain that broke up the High School Musical sweethearts, but claims that’s not how the story actually went. The most buzzed-about song is the album’s lead single, “because i liked a boy,” because the lyrics seem to clearly be addressing that Sabrina Carpenter/Joshua Bassett/Olivia Rodrigo drama that “drivers license” stirred up.

Sabrina Carpenter Discussed The Joshua Bassett And Olivia Rodrigo "Drivers License" Drama In Her New Song ... "When everything went down, we'd already broken up.".

She uses humor to deflect her pain and what she’s going through and I do that, too. And it’s frustrating because you want to do something about it. As you're likely aware, Olivia sings, "You're probably with that blonde girl / She's so much older than me" — which many interpreted to be about Joshua and Sabrina.

Singer Julia Michaels has deactivated her Twitter after she received backlash for claiming that she wrote “all of” the songs off of Sabrina Carpenter's new ...

Michaels has co-written hits for stars like Selena Gomez, Ed Sheeran, Britney Spears, and Justin Bieber. Saxe, who is also dating Michaels, has worked extensively with her, writing “If the World Was Ending” in 2019. She is credited with co-writing 6 of the 13 songs on Carpenter’s new album, alongside other songwriters like Jorgen Odegard, JP Saxe, Leroy Clampitt, and Carpenter herself. Singer Julia Michaels has deactivated her Twitter after getting backlash for claiming that she wrote “all of” the songs off of Sabrina Carpenter’s new album, emails i can’t send.

Rising pop star Sabrina Carpenter has released her wildly anticipated new studio album, 'emails i can't send.'

emails i can’t send finds Sabrina at her most vulnerable and gives audiences an intimate look into her personal growth and strength. “I’ve experienced both me being discontent and also happy, so I want to show that. The Discovery Size fragrance is available now, with the full-size Eau de Parfum to follow in September.

In her new song "Because I Liked a Boy," Sabrina Carpenter seems to sing about the backlash she faced after Olivia Rodrigo released "Drivers License."

As with “Skin,” “Because I Liked a Boy” is about Carpenter’s own experience, but she thinks it’s relatable, too. The singer didn’t specifically tie her song to the dramatic “Drivers License” fallout, but her lyrics certainly seem to match it, given that the song is about being the target of people’s wrath simply because she liked a boy. That backlash now seems to be the inspiration for her latest single, “Because I Liked a Boy.”