| Taste | |
| Border: | yes |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Sabrina Carpenter |
| Album: | Short n' Sweet |
| Length: | 2:37 |
| Label: | Island |
| Producer: | |
| Prev Title: | Please Please Please |
| Prev Year: | 2024 |
"Taste" is an upcoming song by American singer-songwriter Sabrina Carpenter from her sixth major-label studio album, Short n' Sweet (2024). Carpenter wrote it with songwriters Julia Michaels and Amy Allen, with production from John Ryan and Ian Kirkpatrick. Island Records will release it as the album's third single on August 23, 2024. The lyrics of "Taste" will address the complexities of relationship issues. Dave Meyers directed the music video, which will feature Jenna Ortega.
In January 2021, Sabrina Carpenter signed a recording contract with Island Records.[1] [2] She announced that she was working on her sixth studio album in March 2024, exploring new genres and expecting that it would herald a new chapter in her life.[3] [4] In anticipation of her performance at Coachella, Carpenter announced that a single called "Espresso" would be released on April 11, 2024.[5] The song was a surprise success, becoming her first number one single on the Billboard Global 200 chart and her first song to enter the top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100.[6] [7] She followed this with "Please Please Please" (2024), which reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100.[8]
Preceding an official announcement, billboards bearing tweets about Carpenter's height began appearing throughout New York City.[9] On June 3, 2024, she announced that the album, titled Short n' Sweet, would be released by Island Records on August 23, 2024, and revealed its cover artwork.[10] The tracklist was revealed on July 9, 2024.[11]
Carpenter wrote the song "Taste" with songwriters Julia Michaels and Amy Allen, with production from John Ryan and Ian Kirkpatrick.[12] The song is scheduled to serve as a single alongside the album's release.[13] According to Papers Erica Campbell, it features Carpenter candidly addressing the complexities of relationship issues with the lyrics: "I've been known to share. You'll just have to taste me when he's kissing you". When asked about the song's bold topic in the interview, Carpenter stated that "I will write any song. It doesn't mean I'll put it out, but I'll write it. I think the series of unfortunate events I've encountered in relationships are no secret to people who know me or think they know me."[14]
Dave Meyers directed the music video, which will feature Jenna Ortega. In a teaser that Carpenter posted online, she picks up a knife from a bed filled with weapons and walks into a house. She heads upstairs, where she finds Ortega in the shower with a man. Carpenter pulls back the shower curtain and goes to stab Ortega, who is visibly terrified. The screen cuts to black and Carpenter uses the knife as a mirror to fix her lipstick while singing, "Oh, I leave quite an impression."[15]