Review: Sabrina Carpenter Almost Made a No-Skip Album With Short n’ Sweet [Video]

In this op-ed, social media manager Jillian Selzer reviews the buzzy Short n’ Sweet, the latest studio album by pop star Sabrina Carpenter, ranking, rating, and unpacking the impact and longevity of what Selzer calls an “almost no-skip album.”

Short n’ Sweet by Sabrina Carpenter is almost a no-skip album. Almost.

The quality of Sabrina Carpenter‘s second album with Island Records seems to confirm that the two are in a mutually beneficial relationship. Carpenter’s Hollywood Records albums are far from low-quality, but they belonged to a different chapter of her career, one dictated by The Mouse Disney. On those records, until Emails I Can’t Send, her individuality was clouded by chaotic groupings of collaborators and little cohesion. Now, on Short n’ Sweet, the singer is doubling down on who she is as an artist.

This album’s shining achievement is its dedication to eviscerating men and being horny on main. Despite being betrothed myself, Short …