Is Sabrina Carpenter sipping her “Go Go Juice” and spilling tea on the identical time? Followers actually suppose so.
The 25-year-old pop star dropped her extremely anticipated album Man’s Greatest Good friend on August 29, and one observe particularly — “Go Go Juice” — has followers satisfied she’s cheekily referencing her ex-boyfriend Barry Keoghan… and perhaps a couple of different well-known flings, too.
At first move, the rollicking country-infused observe seems like a lighthearted ode to dangerous selections made after one too many drinks. “I’m simply ingesting to name somebody / Ain’t no one protected after I’m a bit of bit drunk,” she sings. However then Carpenter will get particular, crooning: *“Might be John or Larry, gosh, who’s to say? / Or the one which rhymes with ‘villain’ if I’m feelin’ that method.”
Cue the web detectives. Followers instantly famous the rhyme scheme: Larry rhymes with Barry — as in Oscar-nominated actor Barry, whom Carpenter dated for a few yr earlier than their cut up on the finish of 2024. Villain, in the meantime, may rhyme with Dylan, fueling hypothesis about her rumored 2022 fling with Dylan O’Brien. And John? Some consider that’s a refined wink at Shawn Mendes, who Carpenter was linked to in early 2023.
On social media, theories unfold quick. “She didn’t simply say Barry with out saying Barry,” one fan wrote on X, whereas one other joked, “Dylan, Shawn, Barry… Go Go Juice is simply Sabrina’s model of roll name.”
Even with out the fan hypothesis, the lyrics really feel like a understanding nod to her previous. “A lady who is aware of her liquor is a lady who’s been dumped,” Carpenter belts at one level, making it clear heartbreak — and a bit of liquid braveness — is on the middle of the music.
Jack Antonoff, who labored on Man’s Greatest Good friend, instructed Rolling Stone forward of the discharge that Carpenter’s newest document comprises “a number of the most trustworthy work I’ve ever heard.” He added that whereas the album’s general sound feels celebratory, “a lot of the lyrical content material is about disappointment in relationships and all of the totally different shapes it takes.”
And disappointment appears to be the gasoline for “Go Go Juice.” Carpenter is directly playful and biting, balancing traces about numbing the ache with ones that nearly dare listeners to decode who precisely she is likely to be drunk-dialing.
The timing of the observe solely provides to the intrigue. Carpenter and Keoghan’s breakup went public in late 2024, and although the pair haven’t addressed one another straight since, each have dropped refined post-split commentary. Carpenter, for her half, has leaned into her trademark cheekiness, referencing exes in reside reveals and movies. Keoghan, in the meantime, has spoken concerning the “absolute lies, hatred, disgusting commentary” he confronted on-line after the connection ended.
Whether or not she’s actually referencing (and calling) Barry, Shawn, or Dylan, one factor is obvious: “Go Go Juice” is much less about who picks up the telephone and extra about Carpenter proudly owning the messy and hilarious aftermath of heartbreak.
