Short n' Sweet

Short n' Sweet is Sabrina Carpenter's sixth studio album, released August 23, 2024 via Island Records. It debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 and became one of the defining pop records of the mid-2020s, arriving on the back of two viral singles, "Espresso" and "Please Please Please," that had already established Carpenter as one of 2024's dominant cultural presences.

The album emerged from an intensive creative partnership between Carpenter and songwriter Amy Allen, who co-wrote every single track on the record. Allen described their sessions as a constant swing between genuine emotional vulnerability and helpless laughter -- a dynamic that gives the album its distinctive combination of wit and feeling. Additional collaborators included Julia Michaels, John Ryan, Ian Kirkpatrick, and Jack Antonoff, with recording sessions spread across New York, France, the Bahamas, Maine, California, and Tennessee.

The album's twelve tracks move across romantic self-awareness, playful sexuality, and what critics described as romantic nihilism, processing a high-profile relationship with dry humor and pop craft. Carpenter worked with producers Jack Antonoff, Julian Bunetta, Ian Kirkpatrick, and John Ryan across sessions in New York, France, the Bahamas, Maine, California, and Tennessee.

Much of the album draws on an emotional period rooted in Carpenter's brief 2023 romantic involvement with pop star Shawn Mendes, which ended when Mendes publicly reunited with his ex Camila Cabello at Coachella in April of that year. The album was also shaped by Carpenter's eighteen-month run as support act on Taylor Swift's Eras Tour, during which she performed to hundreds of thousands of new listeners per show.

The album's title references both Carpenter's petite stature and her sense that her shortest relationships had carried the most emotional weight. It earned a Metacritic score of 82, indicating universal acclaim. Rolling Stone's Rob Sheffield praised its humor as the album's most remarkable quality; Pitchfork called it "refreshing escapism" with "diamond-sharp" wit; the Washington Post described it as "the raunchiest, wittiest pop album of the year."

The album won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album at the 67th Grammy Awards in February 2025. Following those wins, Carpenter released a deluxe edition on Valentine's Day 2025, adding five bonus tracks, including the country-inflected "Bad Reviews," which closes the extended tracklist.