Sabrina Carpenter is definitely owed an apology: ‘Because I liked a Boy’ is proof of this

It’s been a year and a half since Olivia Rodrigo appeared in our life. The American rose to fame at the hands of Driver License: a successful first single with which it slipped into the homes of millions of people. The song had everything to succeed, so why fool us: it was a catchy pop ballad where he talked about his breakup with his partner in the series High School MusicalJoshua Bassett. In fact, he even revealed that he started dating a blonde girl. Come on, good luck.

The artist’s fans soon realized that the third in discord was Sabrina Carpenter. Yes, that blonde girl he was probably hanging out with was another one of the teen actresses of the moment. Cconcretely a Nickelodeon girl.

The war was served. Social networks did not take long to put the spotlight on Sabrina Carpenter, she being the victim of all kinds of insults and confronting her directly with Olivia. Come on, we were once again spectators of a war between two women for a man. Two girls that the entertainment industry itself faced through headlines. The mud was missing. A story that has been repeated for decades in the music industry and that in the XXI century returned with two stars of Generation Z.

Within weeks of Olivia launching Driver LicenseSabrina responded with the topic Skin: a half time where the American explained her vision of history.

This Friday, July 15, Sabrina released her new album: Emails can’t send. Among his songs, there is a theme that has attracted attention. It is the single that has accompanied the release of the album and that is a declaration of intent: Because I liked a boy (Because I liked a boy).

A theme full of messages, both in the video clip and in the lyrics, that the fans have not taken long to decipher. Sabrina talks about how she has lived through all this negative media exposure during these months.

To better understand the messages that Sabrina sends to Olivia and Joshua to end this chapter, we are going to break down some phrases from the single. Take note!

“When everything went down, We’d aready broken up”

When everything fell apart, we had already broken up. Sabrina wants to make it clear that when she started getting all kinds of insults from people after the release of Drivers License, she wasn’t even dating Joshua. They had already broken up.

Now I’m a Home Wrecker

Now I’m a home wrecker. Sabrina mentions one of the insults she received the most during those days. And it is that many assured that she had interfered in the relationship of Olivia and Joshua. A way of putting all the blame for the end of that relationship on a third person who has nothing to do with it.

I’m Slut

I’m a whore. The singer replicates another of the insults she received during those months. And it is that there were many people who did not cut themselves when it came to telling him all kinds of barbarities.

I got death threats filling up semi trucks

I have so many death threats that fill trucksyes But the thing went further and Sabrina tells in the song that she even received death threats.

Tell me who I am, guess I don’t have a choice

Tell me who I am because I guess I can’t choose. With this sentence Sabrina makes it clear that she was never able to explain her truth. The public had already decided that she was “the villain” of this story. The bad. It was the narrative that had been created through the Drivers License. And all for a simple verse.

A video clip that represents very well what he lived

For the Because I Liked a Boy video clip, Sabrina becomes a circus star. And it is that she could not have found a better simile for what she has lived. An entire audience watching what she does, enjoying the show and waiting for the tiger that appears to eat her.

Sabrina Carpenter is definitely owed an apology. One by the fans, the haters and the music industry itself that, once again, has thrown one woman to the lions to praise another.