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Sabrina Carpenter has explained the meaning behind the lyrics to her new song ‘Espresso’.
The song arrived last month, and came as the follow-up to her hit 2022 album ‘Emails I Can’t Send’ and recent singles ‘Nonsense’ and ‘Feather’.
It also came following the singer dropping a Christmas EP, and hitting the road with Taylor Swift, as she joined the pop icon as the support act for her recent run of ‘Eras’ tour dates across the US and Asia.
Now, Carpenter has opened up on the meaning behind the lyrics to the song, and explained that it’s about embracing the times when your confidence is skyrocketing.
“Now he’s thinkin’ about me every night / Is it that sweet? I guess so / Say you can’t sleep, baby, I know / That’s that me, espresso / Move it up, down, left, right, oh / Switch it up like Nintendo”, she sings in the chorus, also making more references to the feeling of someone being addicted to you in a relationship.
Explaining how she came to write the song in a new interview with Apple Music, the pop star revealed that she began work on the track while she was in France and looking to create a song that would be ideal to play live, but also have a sense of humour to it.
“There was something really exciting about the fact that there was so much personality throughout the entire song, because those are the ones that are really, really fun to sing live with a crowd,” she explained.
“Those are the ones that people, I think when they don’t know my music or who I am or anything, they can just tune in to a single song and kind of leave with a better idea of my sense of humour.”
She also made reference to the empowering lyrics throughout, and explained that she was looking to capture the time when she felt confident in herself.
“This was one of those times in my life where I just thought I was the shit in the moment. And I think you don’t always feel that way, so you kind of have to capture those moments that you do because that’s how you find those little [gems],” she said.
“For me, equating it to caffeine and that addiction was really fun and I definitely have a caffeine addiction as it is. So it really ends up being a full circle for me.”
In a separate discussion with Vogue, Carpenter shed more light on the meaning behind the lyrics, and explained that she wants her listeners to feel empowered by their femininity when listening to ‘Espresso’.
“The song is kind of about seeing femininity as your superpower,” she recalled. “And embracing the confidence of being that bitch.”
In other Sabrina Carpenter news, over recent months the singer has been catching fans off guard by reimagining the outro to her track ‘Nonsense’ while performing live.
Not only did the singer deliver countless new renditions of the lyrics while opening for Taylor Swift – developing creative nods to each city that she was in – but she also used her live set at Coachella 2024 to make a cheeky nod to her partner Barry Keoghan.
At the final Coachella set last month, she sang: “Made his knees so weak, he had to spread mine / He’s drinking my bath water like it’s red wine / Coachella, see you back here when I headline”.
The “bath water” lyric references a now-infamous scene in Saltburn, during which Oliver (who is played by Keoghan) drinks Felix’s (Jacob Elordi) bathwater after spying on him pleasing himself in a bathtub.
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Tributes have been shared following the passing of West Coast house producer DJ Dan, who has died at the age of 57. He was remembered as a “beloved, genre defying” figure in the scene.
Confirmation of his passing came from one of his representatives on Sunday, March 29, through a statement provided to Billboard. At this time, no details about the cause of death have been made public.
“It is with profound sorrow, deep admiration, and an enduring sense of gratitude and love that we announce the passing of Daniel Wherrett, known professionally to the world simply as DJ Dan,” the statement said, also calling him “one of the most beloved, genre-defying, and genuinely influential pioneers in the history of American electronic music.”
“He leaves behind not just a discography, but a culture, a way of feeling music that touched millions of souls across four decades and five continents. He often said he felt his purpose in life was ‘to heal through music.’”
DJ Dan had been scheduled to perform at Dead Ringer in Nevada on Saturday, March 28, but fans were informed only hours before the show that it would no longer take place and refunds would be issued. In a short message posted on Instagram, organisers only said that “unfortunately DJ Dan is unable to make it tonight.”
Further comments from Wherrett’s representatives described him as “a man who saw music in colours”, adding that his DJ sets were a “vision translated into something audiences felt in their bodies long before they understood it with their minds.”
“Off the stage, he was a cook, a traveler, an obsessive record collector whose family bought him a new turntable every Christmas, not because it was tradition, but because it was the only gift he ever wanted,” they continued.
“He leaves behind his music, his label, his mixes, and the countless thousands of dancers who found themselves, truly found themselves, in the middle of one of his sets. The world is quieter today. But press play on anything he touched, and you will hear exactly why we mourn him, and exactly why we are forever grateful he was here to inspire us.”
Since the news broke, fans have been sharing messages online to honour the late DJ. One fan wrote on X, formerly Twitter: “DJ Dan made some of the first mixtapes that got me into raving when I was young. So sad to hear this news,” while another posted: “RIP to a very formative person in how I entered into all of it.”
Another tribute read: “House music helped define an entire era of my life. DJ Dan was someone who shaped so many of my friends into the DJs they become,” while someone else shared: “RIP DJ Dan. A superbly nice person, fortunate to have known him and call him a friend.” More tributes can be found below.
Born Daniel Wherrett in Washington, DJ Dan originally studied design before relocating to California in the early 1990s to fully focus on electronic music. He later helped establish the Funky Tekno Tribe and became a key figure within the West Coast underground electronic scene.
By 1998, he had recorded ‘Essential Mixes’ for the BBC, and in 2004 he reached Number One on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart with ‘That Phone Track’. Earlier releases including ‘Needle Damage’ from 1999 and ‘That Zipper Track’ and ‘Put That Record Back On’ from 2001 also charted on the Official Charts.
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