Sabrina Carpenter sings about getting 'death threats' and Joshua Bassett's heart failure in new song
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Callie Ahlgrim
Jul 16, 2022, 05:15 IST
Sabrina Carpenter attends the 2022 Met Gala.Theo Wargo/WireImage
Sabrina Carpenter released a new song titled "Because I Liked a Boy" on Friday.
The lyrics seem to address the backlash she faced after Olivia Rodrigo released "Drivers License."
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Sabrina Carpenter sings about receiving "death threats" and getting slut-shamed in a new song that contains glaring hints about Joshua Bassett and Olivia Rodrigo.
The 23-year-old songstress unveiled "Because I Liked a Boy" on Friday as the fifth track on her fifth studio album, "Emails I Can't Send."
The pop ballad seemingly addresses the backlash Carpenter faced after Rodrigo's debut single "Drivers License" became a surprise smash hit.
"Now I'm a homewrecker, I'm a slut / I got death threats fillin' up semi-trucks," Carpenter sings in the chorus. "I'm the hot topic on your tongue / I'm a rebound getting 'round, stealing from the young."
When Rodrigo released "Drivers License" in early 2021, many fans deduced that it was inspired by Bassett, Rodrigo's on-screen love interest in "High School Musical: The Musical: The Series."
Her jealous lyric about "that blond girl" ("She's so much older than me / She's everything I'm insecure about") was widely assigned to Carpenter.
Carpenter alludes to Bassett's health problems in her song's second verse: "Was only tryna hold you close / While your heart was failing."
She adds in the bridge: "Dating boys with exes / No, I wouldn't recommend it."
Carpenter recently told Rolling Stone that "Because I Liked a Boy" was "very therapeutic to write."
"That song came from a really real place in my life, so it didn't feel right to not kind of write that song," she said, adding, "For me, it was just important to tell the story from my perception."
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