Sabrina Carpenter keeps on making her dreams come true. The singer was just revealed as the sole feature on Taylor Swift‘s newly announced album, The Life of a Showgirl. Of course, she’s totally freaking about it.
“I know someone who’s freaking out and it’s me,” Carpenter wrote in her Instagram story sharing the news.
A feature on Swift’s 12th album would be a big deal for anyone, but it’s especially momentous for Carpenter, who has idolized the superstar for years. “I hold her to such a different echelon,” she told Rolling Stone last year. “I could never compare my life, my career, my trajectory to anything close to what she’s done,” she added. Back in 2009, around when Carpenter first started uploading YouTube covers of popular songs, she delivered a passionate rendition of Swift’s “Picture to Burn.”
In 2023, Carpenter brought her manifestation to life when she opened for Swift on the pop star’s triumphant Eras Tour. “I’ve been just as obsessed with her as everyone has,” Carpenter said at the time. “It’s so weird when you’re hanging out as two young women as opposed to thinking about when she goes onstage and is that person and when I go onstage.”
The two singers joined forces on the Eras Tour stage once more in the fall of 2024 when Carpenter came out in New Orleans for the surprise songs set. They played a lovely mash-up of Carpenter’s smash hit “Espresso” along with Swift’s “Is It Over Now?” and another Short ‘n Sweet track, “Please Please Please.” After the performance, Swift sang Carpenter’s praises. “She’s as real as they come and I’m so thankful she did that for us,” she wrote on Instagram about the surprise performance.
The feature marks the first musical collaboration between Swift and Carpenter and comes at the perfect time for the young singer. Carpenter will release her seventh studio album, Man’s Best Friend, on Aug. 29.
From Rolling Stone US
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