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Trailer #2 for 'The Carpenter's Son' Jesus Thriller Feat. Cage & Jupe
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Trailer #2 for ‘The Carpenter’s Son’ Jesus Thriller Feat. Cage & Jupe

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Trailer #2 for ‘The Carpenter’s Son’ Jesus Thriller Feat. Cage & Jupe

by Alex Billington
November 7, 2025
Source: YouTube

“Do you not believe your own visions?” Magnolia Pictures has revealed the second trailer for the intriguing experimental film The Carpenter’s Son, described as a dark, mysterious, horror spin on the story of Jesus (here’s the first trailer). From the same director behind the films 12 O’Clock Boys and Harka. This new film is based on the apocryphal gospel, known as the Infancy Gospel of Thomas. A remote village in Roman-era Egypt explodes into spiritual warfare when a carpenter & his son Jesus are targeted by supernatural forces. A boy, known only as “The Boy”, is driven to doubt by another mysterious child (clearly it’s Satan in human form) and rebels against his guardian, revealing inherent powers and a fate beyond his comprehension. As he exercises his own power, the Boy and his family become the target of horrors, natural & divine. The film stars Nicolas Cage as The Carpenter, FKA Twigs as The Mother, Noah Jupe as The Boy, with Souheila Yacoub and Isla Johnston. Ready for release in theaters this November if anyone is curious to watch it. Director Lotfy Nathan, inspired by his Coptic Christian background, delivers a meticulously crafted, genre-bending supernatural thriller packed with unshakeable images. It looks crazy! Gotta appreciate the vision.

Here’s the second trailer (+ new poster) for Lotfy Nathan’s film The Carpenter’s Son, from YouTube:

The Carpenter's Son Trailer

The Carpenter's Son Poster

You can watch the first official trailer for Lotfy Nathan’s The Carpenter’s Son right here for more footage.

A remote village in Roman-era Egypt explodes into spiritual warfare when a carpenter, his wife and their child are targeted by supernatural forces. Joseph (Cage), Mary (FKA Twigs) and their teenage son Jesus (Jupe) have lived for years under threat, clinging to their faith and traditions. But a stopover in a small settlement unleashes growing chaos when a mysterious stranger (Isla Johnston) tries to entice Jesus to abandon his devout father’s rules. With every pull of temptation, the boy is lured into a forbidden world, as a terrified Joseph realizes that a demonic power is at work. Violent, unnatural events inexplicably follow Jesus, and he begins to experience nightmarish visions of the future. Finally, he learns the fearsome truth about his new playmate, as well as the child’s real name: Satan. The Carpenter’s Son is written and directed by British-American visionary filmmaker Lotfy Nathan, director of the films 12 O’Clock Boys and Harka previously, plus a few other shorts. Inspired by the classic “Infancy Gospel of Thomas“. Produced by Brahim Chioua, Eva Diederix, Alex Hughes, Yiannis Iakovidis, Eugene Kotlyarenko, Riccardo Maddalosso, Vincent Maraval, Solène Michel, Julie Viez, and Nicolas Cage. This hasn’t premiered at any film festivals or elsewhere, as far as we know. Magnolia Pictures will debut Lofty Nathan’s The Carpenter’s Son film in select US theaters starting November 14th, 2025 coming up soon this month. Anyone planning to watch this?

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Sabrina Carpenter's 'SNL' Sketches Ranked (Oct. 18, 2025 Episode)
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Sabrina Carpenter’s ‘SNL’ Sketches Ranked (Oct. 18, 2025 Episode)

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Here’s a breakdown of every ‘SNL’ sketch with Carpenter on Oct. 18.

Host and musical guest Sabrina Carpenter and Veronika Slowikowska appear during the ‘Appliance Store’ sketch on ‘SNL’ on Oct. 18, 2025.

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Sabrina Carpenter hosted SNL for the first time and starred in eight sketches that made it to air Saturday night (Oct. 18) in an episode that seamlessly paired with the pop star’s brand of humor.

With a background in comedy television — a decade ago, a then-teenaged Carpenter was the lead on the Boy Meets World spinoff Girl Meets World — and with some familiarity with the SNL stage (as a music performer twice, and with one “Domingo” sketch in her pocket), the singer/actress was poised for success pulling double duty as host and musical guest Saturday night.

And she delivered, from the cold opening all the way through her final sketch of the night — with two playful performances sandwiched into the schedule (a youthfully staged “Manchild,” plus an uncensored “Nobody’s Son”).

With a short and sweet monologue, Carpenter poked fun at her Man’s Best Friend album cover and her “horn-dog pop star” persona — “I’m not just horny, I’m also turned on, and I’m sexually charged, and I love to read; my favorite book is the encyclopedia… it’s so big and it’s hard” — and throughout the episode portrayed roles ranging from a singing washing machine to a tween boy podcaster to an entrepreneur peddling a pillow that looks like a vagina. (Audience reports from the dress rehearsal say there were also a couple sketches with Carpenter that didn’t make it to broadcast, including one about the “perfect man” and a Salem witch-themed bit.)

Here’s a ranking of every sketch Carpenter was in on the show that aired Saturday night. Watch all eight sketches from the Oct. 18 episode of SNL below.

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Re-Creating Sabrina Carpenter’s “Manchild” Music Video Look
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Re-Creating Sabrina Carpenter’s “Manchild” Music Video Look

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Sabrina Carpenter’s “Manchild” video was full of her serving face and hair, and we’re taking you through how to re-create the exact look. From getting her voluminous curls to re-creating her shimmery shadow and rosy cheeks, keep watching for the full breakdown of how to achieve the look!

Meghan Mahar:

Today I’m going to show you how to rock the look. We’ll be re-creating Sabrina Carpenter’s “Manchild” music video, look, oh boy.

Dominique Noëlle:

What did you really like about her look in the video?

I love Sabrina Carpenter’s hair. You know, people are always talking about it online, wondering if she’s wearing a wig. But in the “Manchild” video, in particular, the curls were so big, voluminous.

I really love, like, the big, voluminous curl looks particularly because it’s very, very retro. It gives me, like, those ’70s vibes. I think that she really liked Sophia Loren, when I was looking through some of her references because that’s just, like, I just love the hyper-femininity that’s happening right now. I started off by just spraying some dry heat protectant on your hair. We always have to protect our hair while we are using heat. Right now, I’m using a T3 curling iron just to, like, get some of that curl in there, you can use any one inch, one and a half inch barrel roller to get these curls, and then just a Velcro rollers just helps with setting it.

I really love Sabrina’s take on country pop. Yeah, I think that a lot of people are trying to do country, country hybrids, country features across the board. It’s so cute on her when she does the whole like powerful, feminine, little country girl thing. She’s been putting in work for years. For me, ‘Emails I Can’t Send’ has to be my favorite album of hers.

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Must See Trailer for 'The Carpenter's Son' Jesus Story with Nicolas Cage
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Must See Trailer for ‘The Carpenter’s Son’ Jesus Story with Nicolas Cage

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Must See Trailer for ‘The Carpenter’s Son’ Jesus Story with Nicolas Cage

by Alex Billington
October 1, 2025
Source: YouTube

“Who are you? You know who I am…” Magnolia Pictures has unveiled the official trailer for an intriguing experimental genre creation called The Carpenter’s Son, described as sort of a horror take on the story of Jesus. Yes, for real. It’s from the same director behind the other visionary films 12 O’Clock Boys and Harka. The film is based on the apocryphal gospel, the Infancy Gospel of Thomas. A remote village in Roman-era Egypt explodes into spiritual warfare when a carpenter & his son Jesus are targeted by supernatural forces. A boy, known as “The Boy”, is driven to doubt by another mysterious child and rebels against his guardian, revealing inherent powers and a fate beyond his comprehension. As he exercises his own power, the Boy and his family become the target of horrors, natural & divine. The film stars Nicolas Cage as The Carpenter, FKA Twigs as The Mother, Noah Jupe as The Boy, with Souheila Yacoub and Isla Johnston. Set for release in theaters this November. Director Lotfy Nathan, drawing from his Coptic Christian background, delivers a meticulously crafted, genre-bending supernatural thriller packed with unshakeable images. Gotta say I’m certainly curious about this, looks like a unique take on the classic biblical tale. What do you think?

Here’s the full official trailer (+ poster) for Lotfy Nathan’s film The Carpenter’s Son, from YouTube:

The Carpenter's Son Poster

A remote village in Roman-era Egypt explodes into spiritual warfare when a carpenter, his wife and their child are targeted by supernatural forces. Joseph (Cage), Mary (FKA Twigs) and their teenage son Jesus (Jupe) have lived for years under threat, clinging to their faith and traditions. But a stopover in a small settlement unleashes growing chaos when a mysterious stranger (Isla Johnston) tries to entice Jesus to abandon his devout father’s rules. With every pull of temptation, the boy is lured into a forbidden world, as a terrified Joseph realizes that a demonic power is at work. Violent, unnatural events inexplicably follow Jesus, and he begins to experience nightmarish visions of the future. Finally, he learns the fearsome truth about his new playmate, as well as the child’s real name: Satan. The Carpenter’s Son is written and directed by British-American visionary filmmaker Lotfy Nathan, director of the films 12 O’Clock Boys and Harka previously, plus a few other shorts. Inspired by the classic “Infancy Gospel of Thomas“. Produced by Brahim Chioua, Eva Diederix, Alex Hughes, Yiannis Iakovidis, Eugene Kotlyarenko, Riccardo Maddalosso, Vincent Maraval, Solène Michel, Julie Viez, and Nicolas Cage. This hasn’t premiered at any film festivals or elsewhere, as far as we know. Magnolia Pictures will debut Lofty Nathan’s The Carpenter’s Son film in select US theaters starting November 14th, 2025 coming soon this fall. First impression? Who’s interested n it?

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Sabrina Carpenter's 'Man's Best Friend' Debut: Five Burning Questions
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Sabrina Carpenter’s ‘Man’s Best Friend’ Debut: Five Burning Questions

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Just 11 months after she last occupied it, Sabrina Carpenter returns to the top spot of the Billboard 200 this week with her new album, the Aug. 29-released Man’s Best Friend.

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The new set, her follow-up to 2024’s four-week Billboard 200 No. 1 Short n’ Sweet, claims pole position with an impressive 366,000 units moved, according to Luminate — a slightly higher number than its predecessor bowed with (362,000). In addition, it notches all 12 of its tracks in the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100, with two — the No. 3-entering “Tears,” and the No. 4-rebounding “Manchild” (which previously debuted at No. 1) — making the top five.

How should Carpenter feel about her first-week performance? And what would he advise her to do for the rest of the year? Billboard staffers answer these questions and more below.

1. Sabrina Carpenter debuts atop the Billboard 200 this week with Man’s Best Friend, posting 366,000 first-week units — up a tiny bit from the first-week performance of last year’s Billboard 200-besting Short n’ Sweet (362,000 units). On a scale from 1-10, how excited should Carpenter and her team be with that performance?

Eric Renner Brown: 7. Man’s Best Friend‘s first-week figures didn’t blow Short n’ Sweet‘s out of the water – probably a small disappointment for Carpenter and her team, given how inescapable she has been for the past year – but they did maintain her 2024 effort’s success, and without being buoyed by two massive pre-release hits like Short n’ Sweet was. The stat I’d be most excited about were I in Carpenter’s camp: Man’s Best Friend clocked the ninth-best vinyl sales week in the modern era (dating back to 1991); only one of the albums ahead of her on that tally is by an artist not named Taylor Swift. That accomplishment demonstrates her fan base’s passion – and her team’s release strategy savvy.

Lyndsey Havens: 10. Sabrina’s trajectory right now is what I imagine every pop star dreams of — whenever it happens. To quote the Hot 100’s current champion, Sabrina keeps going up “up, up, up” and it’s a joy to watch as a longtime fan. Especially because it seems that she’s having the most fun of us all. And I think it’s in part because she has mastered striking while the iron is hot; she figured out what works and feels best for her and her audience and has consistently delivered exactly that ever since. And makes it look easy.

Jason Lipshutz: An 8. Sure, it would have been nice to rival the biggest debuts of the year so far by The Weeknd and Morgan Wallen, but Man’s Best Friend squeaking by the bow of Short n’ Sweet, when its predecessor had a more plentiful collection of hits upon its release, is beyond impressive. Sabrina Carpenter has reached a level in which every new album is a pop event, but returning so quickly after a blockbuster album and scoring an even bigger debut demonstrates just how firmly she’s planted herself on the A-list.

Joe Lynch: Nine. Both the overall total and trad album sales numbers for MBF are up from SNS, which is, on face value, A Good Thing. I especially think it’s a win considering SNS benefitted from the juggernaut that was “Espresso,” one of the most ubiquitous, undying hits of the 2020s. For MBF to do even marginally better without a comparable era-defining song boosting the streams is a big win.

Andrew Unterberger: An 8.5. Given the short layover and relative lack of advance hits compared to its predecessor, I think anything within range of Short n’ Sweet would’ve been just fine for Sabrina Carpenter, but to actually squeak by the original’s first-week tally is a big win. And to do it mostly in album sales (but with a still-robust number of streams) — I mean, it’s all what you want if you’re looking to do this thing for a long time.

2. “Tears” is the top-performing song from the new set, debuting at No. 3 on the Hot 100 — and it just received a spotlight performance at Sunday night’s VMAs. Does the song feel like a long-term hit, akin to “Taste” on the last album, or do you think it will have a shorter shelf-life? 

Eric Renner Brown: Sure! It’s at least as catchy, if not moreso, than “Manchild,” “Taste” and “Please Please Please” (“Espresso” is, of course, the GOAT). Another factor that could add to the disco-pop song’s longevity: It sounds tailored to pop off on dancefloors.

Lyndsey Havens: I actually think “Tears” could have longer-term success than “Taste,” especially following her VMAs performance — which has already become a cultural reference point. While I love “Taste,” I’m personally more all-in on “Tears” because I feel like it shows a glimmer of why Man’s Best Friend is in fact an evolution for the pop star. Despite the title and raunchy opening line — which we’ve come to expect from Sab Carp following Short n’ Sweet — the song is about a man being respectful and responsible, whereas “Taste” played up the opposite. “Tears” is just getting started, and with such a strong showing so far, I could see it hanging around the top of the chart for a long while. 

Jason Lipshutz: Yep, this is the “Taste” of this album cycle: new single released concurrently with the album, with a music video featuring a major film star, and the type of uptempo, innuendo-laden pop track that would have been nice to have this summer, but we will embrace for the fall. “Tears” sounds like another big hit for Sabrina, and is functioning like one on streaming services; maybe it dips a bit from its No. 3 debut, but I’d expect it to stick around the top 10 through Pumpkin Spice season.

Joe Lynch: Both. Like “Taste,” the song is a grower, and that VMAs turn should help boost it back up on streaming and radio. I see it sticking around, though not to the extent of “Taste” (38 weeks on the Hot 100!). “Taste” is slyly flirty, “Tears” is unabashedly sexual, and lyrics like “I get wet at the thought of you” are bound to limit its exposure, particularly given the overall conservative swing of American culture lately.

Andrew Unterberger: It’s maybe a little more challenging — key shifts, unusual sonic touchstones, particularly Kidz Bop-unfriendly lyrics — than “Taste,” so I wouldn’t be surprised if it had a little bit quicker a chart run. But it’s also a really great and fun single, and Carpenter seems motivated to continue pushing it, so if it outpaces my expectations I wouldn’t be shocked either.

3. “Manchild” returns to the top five this week, moving 7-4. Do you feel any differently about the song now that the whole album is out than you did when it was first released three months ago? 

Eric Renner Brown: “Manchild” has grown on me since it was released, but my opinion on it hasn’t changed dramatically – it’s a Sabrina Carpenter single, for better or for worse. Carpenter is such a singles-driven artist that, honestly, hearing her songs within the context of their respective albums doesn’t add much more depth to my understanding of them. That “Manchild” kicks off Man’s Best Friend only bolsters the ability to think of it independently from the full album.

Lyndsey Havens: When “Manchild” first dropped it came and went for me — for no particular reason. But within the context of the album, I’ve definitely played it more and appreciate the role it played in setting the tone for Man’s Best Friend. That said, I’m still a “Tears” girl — and even songs like “House Tour” have me coming back more.

Jason Lipshutz: It’s grown in stature for me, thanks to all of the tiny sonic tics and lyrical details that are revealed upon multiple listens. The nifty guitar work in the pre-chorus, the gang vocals in the second half of the bridge, the triple-entendre of “Did you just say you’re finished? Didn’t know we started” in the opening verse — they all contribute to a singular pop showcase, built around an echoing hook that had immediate appeal. I promise you that, in five years, we will look back on “Manchild” as one of Carpenter’s strongest hits.

Joe Lynch: Not especially. I loved “Manchild” when it dropped and I still think it’s fantastic. Does it surpass or even match the best singles of SNS? No, but it’s a bit unfair to measure anything up to “Espresso” and “Taste,” two of the decade’s best so far in pop. And it is an excellent, durable pop song.

Andrew Unterberger: I was at least a little underwhelmed by “Manchild” when it first bowed, but now I’m struggling to even really remember why. Some of the verse lyrics do land a little too broadly for my tastes, but it’s a small complaint when stacked up against all the things this song does really, really well. It’s on the level of the three big Short n’ Sweet hits for me at this point, certainly.

4. Does the album feel to you like it moves her beyond Short n’ Sweet, or do you think it mostly doubles down on what that album did successfully?

Eric Renner Brown: It’s a Sabrina Carpenter album! She ran it back for an album that, to my ears, pretty much picks up right where Short n’ Sweet left off. And that wasn’t a bad idea: Carpenter does a very distinctive thing and does it very well – this is what audiences expect from her. But now I’m wondering… are there people out there hailing this as a major stylistic departure for her?

Lyndsey Havens: At first, I thought it doubled down. And I still think it largely does — which is great! It works for all parties involved. But the more I listen, the more I can see how this is a stepping stone towards whatever comes next, whether it’s a move away from her sex-driven wordplay or a move into the softer production and soaring vocals of a song like “We Almost Broke Up Again,” I can’t wait to see what comes next for Sabrina. And while I’d eagerly press play on a third album in a potential trio of releases, I do hope that there’s a break built in before then — and perhaps ending the album with “Goodbye” is a hint at exactly that. 

Jason Lipshutz: I think even Sabrina would admit that Man’s Best Friend doubles down on a formula that was established on Short n’ Sweet, augmenting the details of a winning blueprint drawn up with close collaborators who understand her voice, sound and humor. Because Short n’ Sweet was such a success, Carpenter has designed Man’s Best Friend as a more personal, and lovably weird, glimpse into her life and relationships, drawing upon similar themes with more confidence and clarity. I doubt Carpenter will linger in this particular mode for too much longer, but for now, she’s having a blast within it.

Joe Lynch: It pushes the envelope a bit further in terms of sexual entendre and transgression (I mean, that album cover) — but musically, she’s doubling down on what worked on SNS. Which is fine – coming almost a year to the date after that breakthrough album, MBF delivers, to my ear, more of the same sonically. But there’s not a lot of people doing what she’s doing right now (or at least doing it well), so I welcome it. Now, in 2026 or 2027, would I hope there’s a bit of growth? Sure. But as a quick follow-up to a blockbuster, this lands.

Andrew Unterberger: It certainly feels of a piece with her last album both sonically and thematically, but the more you listen to this album the more you realize how far this actually is from Shorter n’ Sweeter. It’s a less-explosive album than its predecessor but arguably a richer one, less concerned with offering a cornucopia of singles and more with a providing full-album experience, a relationship song cycle that feels almost like it’s all telling parts of the same story of post-relationship heartbreak, lust, frustration and (some degree of) acceptance. And the musical influences, pushing her further into unusual pockets of pre-MTV crossover country, synthy soft rock and other little-revived genres, really give this album its own sonic identity as well.

5. It’s been an incredible near-two-year run for Sabrina Carpenter in pop music — how would you recommend she spend the next three months to finish out the year as strongly as possible?

Eric Renner Brown: At this point, she feels too big too fail, which I mean in the most complimentary way. These hits, sales, concerts are simply so massive that it’s hard for me to think of any way she could derail this run at this point. But I will be curious to see how she incorporates this fresh material into her Short n’ Sweet tour when it resumes later this month – and if she can leverage any of these new songs to create viral moments.

Lyndsey Havens: Enjoy it, whatever that looks like for her. It sure could mean continuing to write and record. It could mean continuing to ideate and build worlds with her performances (she has a handful of festival gigs in early 2026). And it could mean taking a long vacation. But, somewhere in all of that, I also hope it means preparing for a busy award season at the start of the new year; at this point, an show-opening career-spanning medley from the superstar to open a particular awards ceremony doesn’t even seem that far-fetched. 

Jason Lipshutz: Considering she just released her new album, has a new smash with “Tears,” just delivered one of the best performance at the MTV VMAs and is playing some fall arena dates… what else is there to ask for? The answer, of course, is a music video for “House Tour,” starring some HGTV personalities. Fingers crossed on that one.

Joe Lynch: Another collab with Van Leeuwen, please – I tragically missed the first one and my tastebuds have been furious with me since. Other than ice cream, I hope Carpenter keeps giving us more of what she brought to the VMAs – it’s hard to pull off a political pop performance without being heavy-handed, but she spoke up for trans right while platforming trans people without losing that ineffable, defiant joy of queer culture.

Andrew Unterberger: Could her upcoming appearance on the closer to Taylor Swift’s Life of a Showgirl album possibly kickstart a run of feature appearances from Sabrina Carpenter? I’d love to see it at some point in her career — nearly all the century’s great pop stars have had at least one such memorable run, and she would be incredible just popping up on a big hook for any number of rappers, rockers or dance DJs out there.

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Sabrina Carpenter's 'Man's Best Friend' Is No. 1: Here Are the Numbers
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Sabrina Carpenter’s ‘Man’s Best Friend’ Is No. 1: Here Are the Numbers

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At this point, Sabrina Carpenter is one of pop music’s biggest A-listers in the 2020s. After a breakout year in 2024 that delivered both her first No. 1 album (Short n’ Sweet) and No. 1 song (“Please Please Please”), she just leveled up again thanks to her new album, Man’s Best Friend. The new project doesn’t just debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 this week, it also posts some major numbers on the charts. Let’s dive in.

Billboard 200 Breakdown

Man’s Best Friend debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 (chart dated Sept. 13) with 366,000 equivalent album units earned in its first week, according to Luminate. That’s not only her biggest week ever, it’s also the third-largest of the year, behind only Morgan Wallen’s I’m the Problem (493,000 in May) and The Weeknd’s Hurry Up Tomorrow (490,000 in February).

The album earns Carpenter her second No. 1, following Short n’ Sweet in September 2024 — that album debuted with 362,000 units. Here’s a look at her full Billboard 200 track record so far:

Title, Peak Date, Peak Position

  • Eyes Wide Open, May 2, 2015, No. 43
  • Evolution, Nov. 5, 2016, No. 28
  • Singular: Act I, Nov. 24, 2018, No. 103
  • Singular: Act II, Aug. 3, 2019, No. 138
  • Emails I Can’t Send, July 30, 2022, No. 23
  • Fruitcake, Dec. 21, 2024, No. 10
  • Short n’ Sweet, Sept. 7, 2024, No. 1
  • Man’s Best Friend, Sept. 13, 2025, No. 1

Vinyl was a huge contributor to Man’s Best Friend’s big first week. The album sold 160,000 copies in vinyl alone — boosted by 13 different vinyl variants, including two signed by Carpenter. That makes it the ninth-biggest vinyl sales week since Luminate starting tracking sales in 1991.

Top 10 Biggest Vinyl Sales Weeks in Modern Era (1991-Present)

Vinyl Number, Artist, Title, Chart Week

  1. 859,000, Taylor Swift, The Tortured Poets Department, May 4, 2024
  2. 693,000, Taylor Swift, 1989 (Taylor’s Version), Nov. 11, 2023
  3. 575,000, Taylor Swift, Midnights, Nov. 5, 2022
  4. 258,000, Taylor Swift, Speak Now (Taylor’s Version), July 22, 2023
  5. 191,000, Taylor Swift, The Tortured Poets Department, Dec. 14, 2024
  6. 182,000, Harry Styles, Harry’s House, June 4, 2022
  7. 164,000, Taylor Swift, The Tortured Poets Department, Dec. 21, 2024
  8. 161,000, Taylor Swift, Lover, Live From Paris, Jan. 25, 2025
  9. 160,000, Sabrina Carpenter, Man’s Best Friend, Sept. 13, 2025
  10. 149,000, Travis Scott, Days Before Rodeo, Sept. 28, 2024

Billboard Hot 100 Recap

Carpenter’s big chart week isn’t limited to just sales — the album’s tracks also took over the Billboard Hot 100, too. All 12 songs from Man’s Best Friend land on the latest chart, led by new single “Tears” at No. 3. “Manchild,” which debuted at No. 1 in June, also rebounds to No. 4.

Here’s the full rundown:

  • No. 3, “Tears”
  • No. 4, “Manchild” (up from No. 7; peaked at No. 1)
  • No. 12, “Nobody’s Son”
  • No. 15, “My Man on Willpower”
  • No. 17, “When Did You Get So Hot?”
  • No. 20, “Sugar Talking”
  • No. 24, “Go Go Juice”
  • No. 27, “House Tour”
  • No. 30, “Never Getting Laid”
  • No. 31, “We Almost Broke Up Again Last Night”
  • No. 33, “Goodbye”
  • No. 39, “Don’t Worry I’ll Make You Worry”

Thanks to these debuts, Carpenter’s career totals now stand at:

  • 5 top 10s (“Espresso,” “Please Please Please,” “Taste,” “Manchild,” “Tears”)
  • 12 top 20s
  • 25 top 40s
  • 31 total entries

Carpenter also joins Taylor Swift, SZA and Olivia Rodrigo this week as the only women in history to chart at least 12 songs in the Hot 100’s top 40 simultaneously.

This article was originally published on Billboard’s Substack channel. Subscribe to the free daily newsletter for exclusive insights about the Billboard charts by clicking here.



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On the Podcast: Chloe Malle’s Big News! Plus: Sabrina Carpenter’s Hairstylist Evanie Frausto Is Full of Secrets
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On the Podcast: Chloe Malle’s Big News! Plus: Sabrina Carpenter’s Hairstylist Evanie Frausto Is Full of Secrets

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It’s been a big week for The Run-Through’s very own Chloe Malle, who was appointed American Vogue’s Head of Editorial Content on Tuesday. At the top of today’s episode, she and Chioma reflect on the news and on Chloe’s recent New York Times profile. (Tragically, her dog Lloyd was left on the cutting-room floor.)

British Vogue’s Radhika Seth also pops in to share her standout picks at the 2025 Venice Film Festival so far—from The Voice of Hind Rajab to Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein—and what it’s really like to screen six films in one day (there is sleeping involved). This leads, in time, to a discussion of the group’s favorite red carpet moments, with Chloë Sevigny, Jacob Elordi, and Cate Blanchett all making the best-dressed list!

Later, celebrity hairstylist and wig master Evanie Frausto stops by the podcast studio to chat with beauty editors Arden Fanning Andrews and Kiana Murden. Together, they talk through Evanie’s star-studded roster—from Sabrina Carpenter to Rosalía—and the stories behind some of their most memorable styles (including Sabrina’s DIY bangs). Evanie also shares the differences between working with musicians and actors…and how he dreamed up Lady Gaga’s now-iconic “Die With a Smile” wig.

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5 Takeaways From Sabrina Carpenter’s New Album Man’s Best Friend
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5 Takeaways From Sabrina Carpenter’s New Album Man’s Best Friend

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After years toiling in the post-Disney-star pop ecosystem, Sabrina Carpenter finally broke through last year with Short n’ Sweet, her sixth album, which rode to pop ubiquity (and strong Grammys recognition) off the back of “Espresso,” “Please Please Please” and “Taste” its three catchy, sharply written megahit singles. Since then, she’s staged a gigantic global arena tour and, somehow, found time to record a follow-up: Man’s Best Friend, which once again finds her working with Jack Antonoff, John Ryan, and the songwriter Amy Allen.

Like its predecessor, Man’s Best Friend positions Carpenter as a kind of TikTok-era Mae West: a sex symbol who’s in on the joke, and who can flick between sweet and savage in milliseconds. This time around, there’s a little more sadness and frustration in the mix—Short n’ Sweet might have made frequent reference to the irresistible nature of Carpenter, but this record pokes some holes in that self-confidence as she sings about men who are disinterested, rude, or just plain annoying. Here are five key takeaways.

Provocation with Purpose

Man’s Best Friend was already a media sensation before it even came out, thanks to its vaguely provocative cover—Carpenter, on all fours, with a man in a suit grabbing her hair—and its title, which some fans assumed was being presented literally and uncritically. In truth, the presentation of the album makes a lot of sense when you listen to it: Many of these songs, like “My Man on Willpower” and “We Almost Broke Up Again,” center on Carpenter’s inability to cut herself off from men who trifle with her emotions or make her feel undervalued. (On her being treated, in other words, like a dog.)

Euro Swag

One of the songs on Sabrina Carpenter’s pre-show playlist is ABBA’s “If It Wasn’t For The Nights,” an underrated and relatively obscure from 1979’s Voulez-Vous, written by Björn Ulvaeus about how his own sense of workaholism was the only thing getting him through his divorce from Agnetha Faltskog. Carpenter’s ABBA standom comes into full bloom on Man’s Best Friend, which draws distinct influence from the lush white European pop of the ’70s and ’80s. There are shades of “I’ve Been Waiting For You” on “We Almost Broke Up Again Last Night,” while “Nobody’s Son” plays like a love letter to the Swedish pop industry, somehow nodding to “One of Us,” Ace of Base’s “The Sign” and Jens Lekman’s “The Opposite of Hallelujah” in equal measure.

Then there’s “Goodbye,” the album’s triumphantly acerbic closer, which channels “Voulez-Vous” and the hearty chug of “Take a Chance on Me.” If Carpenter wants to stay in this lane for a while, there’s still plenty of weird ABBA music from which to mine inspiration: personally, I’d love to hear her take on “Visitors”-esque paranoid coldwave.

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Sabrina Carpenter's romantic partners felt 'flattered' by songs
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Sabrina Carpenter’s romantic partners felt ‘flattered’ by songs

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Sabrina Carpenter is “pretty transparent” in her approach to relationships.

Sabrina Carpenter has opened up about her new album

The 26-year-old singer thinks her former romantic partners actually feel “pretty flattered” whenever she writes and releases a song about them.

The blonde beauty – whose new album is called Man’s Best Friend – told CBS Mornings: “I feel pretty transparent going into any of my relationships, that I write songs and I think they’re just as down for it. I think it’s also, most of the time, they’ve been pretty flattered when I … when they get a song written about them, good or bad.”

Despite this, Sabrina refuses to confirm who inspired certain songs.

The singer – who has previously dated the likes of Shawn Mendes and Barry Keoghan – said: “It’s more fun for people to picture in their head than the person I picture in my head, I think.”

Sabrina also admits that her music isn’t for everyone.

The Manchild hitmaker reflected: “You don’t have to like what I do. I think there’s this weird misconception that every artist has to check every box for everyone to like everything about them.”

Sabrina released her last album, Short n’ Sweet, in 2024, and she previously described the record as “a more emphasised version” of her real-life self.

The chart-topping star suggested that Short n’ Sweet was more authentic to herself than her earlier records.

Speaking to Vogue magazine, Sabrina explained: “Short n’ Sweet is absolutely me. There’s no, like, alter ego. But it’s definitely a more emphasised version of me.

“It’s interesting because I’m able to dress in this way where you would kind of expect to hear like a voice from the ’60s. But then, when I’m speaking to the audience, I’m just myself.”

Sabrina also claimed that her style and lyrics represent who she is now and how she feels about life.

The Espresso hitmaker – who has enjoyed huge success in recent years – explained: “I started wearing outfits that felt more like myself. And then it sort of bled into, like, I was writing these songs that felt more and more like my personality.”




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Sabrina Carpenter's 'Man's Best Friend': Five Takeaways
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Sabrina Carpenter’s ‘Man’s Best Friend’: Five Takeaways

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Sabrina Carpenter tried to warn you. “The album is not for any pearl clutchers,” the “Espresso” pop goddess told Gayle King, before dropping her new album, the hotly awaited Man’s Best Friend. And she wasn’t kidding about that. Sabrina has returned with her most libidinally charged, riotously funny album — not to mention her best. All over Man’s Best Friend, Sabrina delivers nonstop one-liners about love, sex, and breaking up. Right from the start, she set out to punch people’s buttons, starting with the title and the hugely controversial album cover. The photo depicts Sabrina on her hands and knees in a little black dress, reaching up to a power-suited figure who’s grabbing a fistful of her blonde hair. The songs live up to that spirit — it’s the great smutty sex-comedy concept album that Abba never made. 

It’s also full of delightfully catty break-up salt, after her high-profile split from Saltburn actor Barry Keoghan. But the whole album is a major statement from a true original — nobody in the game combines sex and laughter the way Sabrina does. Here are five takeaways from Man’s Best Friend.

She’s Not One to Waste Time
Sabrina moves fast — Man’s Best Friend comes almost exactly a year after her breakthrough Short n’ Sweet, the August 2024 blockbuster that made her a household name. But instead of taking her time with the follow-up, she introduced her new era back in June, with “Manchild,” her second Number One hit after “Please Please Please.” Man’s Best Friend gets right to the point — twelve songs in 38 minutes, all written by Carpenter with just three collaborators: Jack Antonoff, Amy Allen, and John Ryan. All three are on top of their game — not a skip in the bunch. Antonoff really puts out as her producer, helping her cram the music full of nonstop twists and turns, with loads of Abba and Eurodisco. His most famous collaborator has been Sabrina’s pal/tourmate/mentor Taylor Swift, but she made her upcoming album with Max Martin and Shellback. (Carpenter is featured on the title song, “The Life of a Showgirl.”) So no wonder Antonoff sounds extra-determined to remind everyone why he’s the producer-king wingman to all the main pop girls.

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Sabrina’s Got Sex on the Brain
No surprise here — Sabrina spends virtually of these songs on the prowl for carnal satisfaction, milking every kind of sexual scenario. She never runs out of risqué imagery. The synth-pop banger “House Tour” is one of her most hilariously filthy songs. After dinner with a dim bulb who drives a cool car (“the pineapple air freshener is my favorite kind”), she invites her date back to her home on “Pretty Girl Avenue,” offering, “I’m pleasured to be your hot tour guide.” But it soon becomes clear she’s not talking real estate. “Do you want the house tour?” she purrs. “I could take you to the first, second, third floors/And I promise none of this is a metaphor/I just want you to come inside.” She constructs the song with all her lyrical carpentry, from “I spent a little fortune on the waxed floors” to “We can be a little reckless because it’s insured” to “Never enter through the back door.” Location, location, location.

She Needs Emotional R-E-S-P-E-C-T
Sabrina is not exactly coy when it comes to shredding lovers who fail to deliver. In her excellent new single “Tears,” she explains that what she really needs is an emotional connection. The chorus has one of her most clever hooks: “I get wet at the thought of you/Being a responsible guy/Treating me like you’re supposed to do/Tears run down my thighs.” She goes into detail about her ideal of seductive male behavior — “Considering I have feelings? I’m like, ‘Why are my clothes still on?’” — and how much it turns her on when you do the dishes and assemble her IKEA furniture. (She debuted the “Tears” video on Friday, a Rocky Horror homage starring Colman Domingo.)

She faces a different version of the same dilemma in “My Man on Willpower,” where she laments, “My man won’t touch me with a twenty-foot pole/My slutty pajamas not temping him in the least.” Whatever he’s going through, it leaves her frustrated, asking, “What in the fucked-up romantic dark comedy is this nightmare?”

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Even Sabrina Gets the Break-Up Blues
Hell hath no fury like a Sabrina scorned, and this album is full of songs where she rips her exes apart. After the headlines about her split from Keoghan, she did a not-so-subtle remake of the “Please, Please, Please” video with Dolly Parton, where his character is bound and gagged in the back of her truck. So fans were ready for Saltbrina to fire away, and she doesn’t hold back, with kiss-offs like “I just wish you didn’t have a mind that could flip like a switch/That could wander and drift to a neighboring bitch.” She hits the town for a rebound bender in “Go Go Juice.” “A girl who knows her liquor is a girl who’s been dumped,” she sings, until she decides to drunk-dial her troubles away. “Could be John or Larry, gosh, who’s to say? Or the one that rhymes with ‘villain’ if I’m feeling that way.” (“Villain” might not exactly rhyme with “Keoghan” — though Bob Dylan is a longtime friend of the Beatle Keoghan plays in an upcoming movie — but “Larry” sure rhymes with “Barry.”)

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When it comes to saying farewell, she doesn’t necessarily take the high road. “Goodbye” concludes, “I’ll say arrivederci, au revoir/Forgive my French but fuck you, ta ta.” Her nastiest barb here is “Never Getting Laid,” her sarcastic revision of “I Will Always Love You,” as she lets her ex know, “I wish you a lifetime full of happiness/And a forever of never getting laid.”

She’s Sick of Her Phone
Sabrina meets her share of romantic buzzkills on Man’s Best Friend, but she’s got especially harsh words for phone junkies. In the highlight “Sugar Talking,” she goes ballistic on a lover who spends more time texting than showing up in person. “Put your loving where your mouth is,” she commands, after getting one too many late-night texts. “Your paragraphs mean shit to me / Get your sorry ass to mine.” She commands him to put down the phone and focus on giving her some IRL face-to-face action. He sends her flowers to apologize, but that doesn’t do it for her either. It’s a bold stand from a romantic who wants less thumb-typing and more face time. “You having these epiphanies,” she sneers. “Big word for a real small mind/Aren’t you tired of saying a whole lot of nothing?” Like the rest of Man’s Best Friend, it’s Sabrina at her nastiest, funniest, and most irresistible.

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