- Sabrina Carpenter released her hit song Espresso in 2024
- And to celebrate a year of its success, the singer has now released a special coffee-filled vinyl record
- Carpenter also revealed that she had ‘no idea’ the track would be such a hit
It feels as though we have lived a thousand lives since Sabrina Carpenter first unleashed Espresso on the world.
But in actual fact, it’s only been a year since the pint-sized pop star, 25, revealed her caffeinated hit of summer 2024.
Peaking at number three in the US charts – but spending seven non-consecutive weeks in the top spot in the UK – Carpenter later received the MTV Video Music Award for Song of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance at this year’s Grammys (as well as picking up a nomination for Record of the Year in the same ceremony).
And now to celebrate her breakthrough record’s success, Carpenter has a treat for fans – as she has released a run of coffee-filled vinyl records (yes, you read that correctly!).
Sabrina Carpenter vinyls are an instant (coffee) hit
Filled with a brown coffee-like liquid, the clear single discs were launched in partnership with Blood Records.
The company specializes in creative custom vinyls (such as the viral white powder-filled edition of Charli XCX’s Brat remix album that dropped in January).
However, fans needed an energy-boosting shot of espresso if they wanted to get their hands on one of the records.
Only 1000 copies were pressed – and according to Carpenter, they’re already all gone.
“Sold out before I could post but,” the Taste singer wrote with a couple of heart-eye emojis on Instagram Stories, reposting Blood Records’ video of the product.
Sabrina Carpenter had ‘no idea’ Espresso would be a success
Carpenter’s success with Espresso is a far cry from how she thought the release was actually going to go down – as she recently revealed that she had “no idea” if the song would be everyone’s, er, cup of tea.
“I really didn’t know if it would connect, but the sentiment and the sound of the song and the confidence that it kind of just carries along with it was something that I really believed in,” she revealed.
“So, I had literally no idea that anyone would like it, but I liked it, and that was kind of all that mattered to me in that moment, and something I try to remember over and over again.
“It’s somewhat addictive. It’s really all kismet, the way that worked out.”
Carpenter later admitted that her label, Island Records, wanted the first single from her sixth studio album, Short n’ Sweet, to be Please Please Please.
While that song did eventually earn her her first number one in the US, and also reached the top of the UK charts, Carpenter is pleased she stood her ground with Espresso.
“There’s something about this song that, if I’d never heard it before, and I heard it live for the first time, I would understand it,” she told Vogue. “I was definitely being swayed in another direction, but I knew deep down that it was this song.
“I was afraid of disappointing people for, like, five minutes. And then I was like, ‘No.’”
