Sabrina Carpenter Explains Love For “Punchlines” in Lyrics, Reveals Inspiration Behind 'Espresso'

During the latest episode of 'Hot Ones,' Sabrina Carpenter discussed her strategy for writing catchy lyrics, using her hit song ‘Espresso’ as an example. "I do like to pay attention to... if people can understand lyrics," Carpenter told host Sean Evans.

“So much of what I like is the punchline,” she added. “If people don’t know the punchline, it’s like, waste. That’s how I feel about 'me espresso.' I’ve heard a lot of people say, ‘She should’ve said, "That’s that blonde espresso, duh."

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The ‘Please, Please, Please’ singer explained, "And I’m like, ‘Well, yes. That is another song as well that deserves its spot in the world, but this one for me … ‘me espresso’ just felt like the right thing to say, and it rhymes with the line before it."

Elsewhere in the interview, Carpenter opened up about learning to trust her gut through her song "Nonsense" — which she performs live with an improvised outro — and how it almost didn't make it on her "emails I can't send" tracklist.

"The lesson I learned with 'Nonsense' was, that this song was so kindred with my personality and I started to get in my head on what fits a record vs. what fits Sabrina, or myself as an artist and that taught me so many lessons moving forward," she explained. "In the next record it's whatever feels the most honest and connects with me the most, I feel like I will connect with other people."

Carpenter released ‘Espresso’ and performed the song live for the first time during her set at the Coachella music festival. Since its release, the song has spent 12 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and peaked at No. 3.

-Sushmita Sarkar