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Pop Culture Happy Hour

Sabrina Carpenter Man’s Best Friend

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4.510.6K Ratings

🗓️ 4 September 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Sabrina Carpenter is following her breakout album Short n’ Sweet with a new collection of cheeky earworms called Man’s Best Friend, which includes the breakout singles “Manchild” and “Tears.” Carpenter explores many of the same lyrical themes as she has in the past — winking innuendo and wry commentary on being a woman in the dating scene. But she kicks it up several notches while playing around with more retro-heavy sounds.

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Now, if you're anything like me, you've probably still got Sabrina Carpenter's breakout album short and sweet, and steady rotation. Just over a year later, she's already back with a new

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collection of cheeky earworms called Man's Best Friend. Carpenter explores many of the same lyrical themes as she has in the past,

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winking innuendo and wry commentary on being a woman in the dating scene.

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But she kicks it up several notches while playing around with more retro-heavy sounds.

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I'm Stephen Thompson.

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And I'm Aisha Harris.

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And today we're talking about Sabrina Carpenter's latest album, Man's Best Friend, on Pop Culture Happy Hour from NPR.

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