Sabrina Carpenter, because I liked a boy | FIERCE Pop + Rock 🔥🤘

In the 18^th edition of FIERCE Pop + Rock 🔥🤘, we highlight “because I liked a boy” performed by Sabrina Carpenter.

Bring on the bold, FIERCE tracks! FIERCE Pop + Rock 🔥🤘 provides background information and insight into pop, rock, and metal songs that raise eyebrows and stir the pot.  Featured records can be classic or brand new. In the 18^th edition of FIERCE Pop + Rock 🔥🤘 (2023), we explore 🎵 “because I liked a boy” performed by 🎙 Sabrina Carpenter.

Ah, the love triangle – always an intriguing thing to watch unfold. Disney had a juicy love triangle play out for the ages between 🎙 Olivia Rodrigo, 🎙 Joshua Bassett, and 🎙 Sabrina Carpenter, which The Daily Beast expounds upon.  The drama involving these three has been nothing short of a hot mess. Bassett has received plenty of heat, but as Carpenter suggests on 🎵 “because I liked a boy” from her 2022 album, 💿 emails I can’t send, she’s received the ire of fans. In the chorus, she bluntly sings, “Now I’m a homewrecker, I’m a slut / I got death threats fillin’ up semitrucks / Tellme who I am, guess I don’t have a choice / All because I liked…” Wow 😯 – well, that sort of sums it up, doesn’t it?

Besides the chorus, Carpenter cites other instances of the ramifications of her relationship with Joshua Bassett.  “Who knew cuddling on trampolines could be so reckless?” Indeed! Far more tied into the triangle are the lyrics, “Was only tryna hold you close while your heart was failing.” Literally, Bassett experienced heart failure, seemingly a result of all this mess, which he himself has sung about on his song, 🎵 “Life Line”. Essentially, Carpenter was trying to be supportive, yet, again, the backlash has been horrific.  One thing is for sure, on 🎵 “because I liked a boy”, Carpenter has learned a valuable life lesson: “Dating boys with exes / No, I wouldn’t recommend it.” At least Sabrina delivers a colorful pop bop out of this shee-it, written alongside 🎼 ✍ John Ryan (who also produces), Julia Michaels, and JP Saxe.

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🎙 Sabrina Carpenter • 💿 emails I can’t send fwd: • 🏷 Island • 📅 2023

Sabrina Carpenter, “because I liked a boy”: FIERCE Pop + Rock 🔥🤘 No. 18 (2023) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Island; Conna Lee, Madelin Berry, anna-m. w., Johan  Duran, RODNAE Productions via Pexels; Pete Linforth via Pixabay]