Oh boy!
Sabrina Carpenter’s “Manchild” has entered the singles chart at No. 1 as her second leader, and first No. 1 debut. She previously hit the mark with “Please Please Please,” a single from her Grammy-winning “Short n’ Sweet” album, which spent a week atop the list this time last year.
“Manchild” is the lead single for Carpenter’s upcoming “Man’s Best Friend” LP, due Aug. 29. Released June 5, “Manchild” earned 27 million official streams, 14 million radio airplay audience impressions and 20,000 sold in the United States.
Carpenter talked about the creation of the song in an Instagram post writing, “I wrote ‘Manchild’ on a random Tuesday with Amy and Jack not too long after finishing ‘Short n’ Sweet’ and it ended up being the best random Tuesday of my life,” referring to Jack Antonoff (who co-produced the track with her) and Amy Allen.
“Not only was it so fun to write, but this song became to me something I can look back on that will score the mental montage to the very confusing and fun young adult years of life. It sounds like the song embodiment of a loving eye roll and it feels like a never ending road trip in the summer! Hence why i wanted to give it to you now — so you can stick your head out the car window and scream it all summer long!”
She concluded, “Thank you always and forever for listening” — although she added a P.S. that indicated not everyone out there is such a good listener: “And thank you men for testing me!!”
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