Sabrina Carpenter

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About

Sabrina Carpenter is an actress and pop artist who gained mainstream popularity and online attention in mid-2024 amid the release of her sixth studio album and subsequent tour, particularly for her viral song "Espresso." Since starting out as an actress, Carpenter has followed in the footsteps of other actresses and former Disney Channel child stars turned musicians, such as Miley Cyrus. A part of Gen Z, Carpenter is often compared to fellow musicians such as Olivia Rodrigo and has accumulated a considerable online presence in the 2020s, particularly on social media platforms like TikTok where she routinely posts content and participates in viral trends. She also has a notable presence as the subject of numerous memes.

Career

Starting off her career as an actress on the show Girl Meets World in 2014, Sabrina Carpenter (born on May 11th, 1999) soon started to explore music while also acting, switching full-time after the show's cancelation.

On June 11th, 2020, the official Disney Channel^[1] YouTube channel uploaded the first and last scene from the show, which depicts Carpenter's acting growth across the three years of the show's runtime (shown below).

Musical Career

On March 28th, 2014, Sabrina Carpenter released her debut single's music video, called "Can't Blame A Girl For Trying," which was uploaded to her official YouTube^[2] channel. The video, which was used to promote her debut album Eyes Wide Open, received over 75 million views in 10 years and showed her music style as stripped-down acoustic pop (shown below).

Online History

Sabrina Carpenter's YouTube^[4] channel was created on July 6th, 2009, and mostly features music videos and audio of her songs. Her earliest uploaded videos date back to the late 2000s, including a cover by Carpenter of "Picture to Burn" by Taylor Swift, which was posted on August 3rd, 2009, and has since garnered over 1.7 million views in 15 years (seen below).

As of late October 2024, Carpenter's YouTube channel has accumulated over 9.8 million subscribers, 3.1 billion views and 166 videos total.

Sabrina Carpenter Filming In A Church Controversy

Online, one of Sabrina Carpenter's first stints with virality came in the form of a controversy in October 2023. While filming inside of a church for the music video for "Feather," Carpenter came under fire for her usage of the church, which resulted in the pastor in charge being stripped of his position. This led to backlash against Carpenter from some, but many fans of hers stepped up to announce their support for Carpenter and her antics (example seen below).

rayne @marvelbrinas you could never make me hate sabrina carpenter Sabrina Carpenter All-News @SCANews. Nov 29 | @SabrinaAnnLynn on the Catholic Church controversy where she filmed the "Feather" music video. "We got approval in advance...and Jesus was a carpenter" Show more

"Espresso" / That's That Me Espresso

On April 12th, 2024, Sabrina Carpenter released her song "Espresso," which gathered over 218 million views on YouTube^[3] in six months. The song, which largely propelled Carpenter into the limelight as a major pop star in the following months, notably contains the lyrics, "Say you can't sleep, Baby I know, That's that me espresso."

In the following weeks and months, the "That's That Me Espresso" lyric became a catchphrase online soon after the song's release, with many being endeared by the catchy lyric. Numerous memes about "me espresso" were shared on X, Instagram and TikTok in mid-2024 (examples shown below).

My parents in their 30s Let's buy a house Me in my 30s i'm working laaaaaaaate cuz i'm a sinGERRRRRR

Matthew Perpetua @perpetua Follow "that's that me espresso" is a perfect pop lyric weird syntax, a strange way of expressing an already peculiar sentiment, it tickles the brain in a way that makes the hook even catchier - much more musical and interesting than all the thudding literalism of contemporary lyrics • 6:51 PM Apr 26, 2024 267K Views

Sabrina Carpenter "Juno" Positions Trend

The following year, as part of her tour, she gained viral success again for the different ways that she would perform her song "Juno" with the 'Juno' Positions Trend. At one point in the song, Carpenter assumes a different type of body position, which led to fan chatter online speculating which position she might do next and users suggesting new ones for her to try (example seen below).

@lov4r.cc shes so cutie i love her 💙💋|| #sabrinacarpenter #juno #shortnsweet #fyp #foryou #foryoupage #shortnsweettour #haveyouevertriedthisone ♬ original sound – lov4r.cc

Following

As of late October 2024, Sabrina Carpenter's YouTube^[4] channel has over 9.8 million subscribers, her TikTok^[5] account has over 33.6 million followers and her Instagram^[6] account has over 41.7 million followers.

Jenna Ortega Shoots Sabrina Carpenter

Jenna Ortega Shoots Sabrina Carpenter refers to a clip from the 2024 music video for the song "Taste" in which the character portrayed by actress and pop artist Jenna Ortega shoots the character played by singer Sabrina Carpenter with a shotgun. In late August 2024, the clip achieved virality as a reaction conveying strong disagreement to something, spawning video and GIF caption memes.

Maicol @michaelcollado Me when I find the person responsible for normalizing 8-episode seasons 4:50 PM Aug 26, 2024 3.1M Views

"This Is Espresso" Green Screen Trend

This Is Espresso Green Screen Trend refers to an exploitable green-screen meme featuring Amelia Dimoldenberg from the YouTube channel Chicken Shop Date and American pop star Sabrina Carpenter. The video shows Amelia dressed in a khaki or tan-colored dress with a tie dancing to the song "Espresso" in front of a seated Sabrina Carpenter who appears to be judging her. A green-screen version of the video became an exploitable CapCut meme on TikTok in August 2024, spreading over the following weeks.

@ameliadimz Please, please, please watch my date with @Sabrina Carpenter out FRIDAY @Chicken Shop Date ♬ original sound – ameliadimz

SNL's "Domingo"

SNL's Domingo refers to an October 2024 Saturday Night Live (SNL) sketch in which the episode's host Ariana Grande and other cast members play bridesmaids at a wedding who sing a song for their friend (the bride) about a man she slept with named Domingo. The song was a parody of Sabrina Carpenter's "Espresso" with the leading lyrics, "The bridesmaids wanted a celebration. So we took a trip, bachelorette vacation." The song inspired a TikTok trend after the episode aired in which TikTokers lip-dubbed and recreated the original. Others used the "Domingo" lyrics and TikTok sound for memes elsewhere on social media.

In Da Clurb, We All Fam

In Da Clurb, We All Fam is a memorable quote from a March 2016 episode of the Comedy Central show Broad City. The catchphrase originates from a scene in which the character Ilana Wexler (played by Ilana Glazer) waves to two women she doesn't know after crashing a party, saying, "In da clerb, we all fam," to her confused friend Abbi Abrams (Abbi Jacobson). After Abbi fails to compute the statement, Ilana says, "In the club, we are all family. Are you racist?" The catchphrase became a viral TikTok meme in October 2024, typically used in lip dub skits and other comedic content, often with music from Sabrina Carpenter being used as the club song in the background.