thread of the inescapable Espresso - Sabrina Carpenter

"me espresso" sounds like a lyric written by a swedish pop music genius who doesn't speak fluent english and thats why its the song of summer

— rebecca jennings (@rebexxxxa) April 24, 2024

i didn't think much of it when i first streamed the video. i encountered it on radio later and admittedly it did sound good there, but honestly anything that isn't several months-to-years old is a pleasant surprise on a top 40 station these days

i'm not entirely convinced by sabrina carpenter yet generally. for now i prefer her last single "feather"

It reminds me of Calvin Harris/Pharrell/Katy Perry's 'Feels' somehow but it's better than that.

it's no "stars are blind", feels very post-"say so". it's about as good as a song in this sort of mode can be but that's just 'solid'

me espresso" sounds like a lyric written by a swedish pop music genius who doesn't speak fluent english and thats why its the song of summer
— rebecca jennings (@rebexxxxa) April 24, 2024

it’s driving me crazy that this only quotes the last two words of the full lyric, which is “that’s that me espresso.” which is even more charmingly ESL imo

I prefer it to the other artists’ songs named above, but (like dyl) I’d rate “Feather” higher. Nice groove in both tracks…

the melody of this is really basic but in a good way, it's really easy to sing along to this immediately. Carpenter herself seems to be blandly blank but the charm of this is all those weird lyrics which don't feel focus-grouped for TikTok unlike a lot of other pop idiosyncracies of late

(I mean, they absolutely were designed to be viral like all pop in 2024 is, they just don't feel so obvious to my ears)

nashwan otm, this does feel very funk wav bounce. but carpenter has a lot of personality, and it's a very solid melody.

Pitchfork pays tribute: https://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/sabrina-carpenter-espresso/

there is a real dearth of good-quality, straight-ahead pop bangers on the charts right now so this will do nicely

can’t decide if it’s more fun to think about as the more conventional, “that’s that me: espresso” or the talk-like-a-pirate version: “that’s that, me espresso”

I’ll have to play this a second time. The first time, I thought “this is OK, but why is anyone rhapsodic about it?”

I hadn’t really thought about it much until now but like“That’s that me, espresso” in my mind is part extra syllable fudge to make the lyrics scan, and a combination of two daft nut cromulent for pop song phrases “That’s me! espresso” (I’m like espresso, you can’t sleep) and like…” that’s that me” like “oh well, that’s that, you know what I’m like” but I prefer your interpretation.

Daft but cromulent

this just seems like such a mediocre "Say So" rehash! ugh!!

this time without Dr. Luke tho

Yeah this song is automatically way better because Dr Luke isn't involved.

really boring i thought; wish it had a chorus

i hate dr. luke too but that's just not true xp

fuck Doja Cat too while we're here