Sabrina Carpenter Explains The Meaning Behind Her 'Please Please Please' Lyrics

9 June 2024, 13:15

Sabrina Carpenter 'Please Please Please' Lyrics Meaning Explained. Picture: Island Records

By Sam Prance

Are Sabrina Carpenter's 'Please Please Please' lyrics about Barry Kegohan? Here's what she's said about the song.

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Sabrina Carpenter is back and now she's opened up about the emotional meaning behind her 'Please Please Please' lyrics.

Everything's coming up Sabrina Carpenter at the moment. After winning over a whole new legion of fans supporting Taylor Swift on The Eras Tour at the start of the year, Sabrina has since dominated the charts with her sleeper hit 'Feather' and 2024's song of the summer 'Espresso'. 'Espresso' is so popular that it's been Number 1 in the UK for five weeks.

On 5th June, Sabrina announced a new song called 'Please Please Please'. Co-written with Jack Antonoff and Amy Allen, it's one of her most touching songs yet. What are Sabrina's 'Please Please Please' lyrics about though and how do they relate to Barry Keoghan? Here's a guide to the meaning behind Sabrina's 'Please Please Please' lyrics.

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Who are Sabrina Carpenter's 'Please Please Please' lyrics about?

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In 'Please Please Please', Sabrina sings about relationship insecurities and being scared that her boyfriend could break her heart: I know I have good judgment, I know I have good taste / It's funny and it's ironic that only I feel that way / I promise 'em that you're different and everyone makes mistakes / But just don't.

Sabrina then appears to make a direct reference to her boyfriend Barry Keoghan who stars in the video. She sings: I heard that you're an actor, so act like a stand-up guy / Whatever devil's inside you, don't let him out tonight / I tell them it's just your culture and everyone rolls their eyes / Yeah, I know.

Sabrina gets vulnerable in the chorus begging: Please, please, please / Don't prove I'm right / And please, pleasе, please / Don't bring me to tеars when I just did my makeup so nice / Heartbreak is one thing, my ego's another / I beg you, don't embarrass me, motherfucker.

Sabrina ends by singing: If you wanna go and be stupid / Don't do it in front of me / If you don't wanna cry to my music / Don't make me hate you prolifically.

Sabrina Carpenter - Please Please Please (Official Video)

Discussing the story behind 'Please Please Please' with Capital, Sabrina explained: "I wrote this song in the midst of writing my new album and this song was the opening to a different chapter of the album which was really exciting to me. Sonically super different to 'Espresso'. It gives you a little bit of a taste of a different colour you'll hear on the album."

She then joked: "It's so funny because my last song I start the song with 'I can't relate to desperation' and now I'm just like, 'please, please, please'. I'm just like so desperate."

Sabrina Carpenter - 'Please Please Please' lyrics

VERSE 1
I know I have good judgment, I know I have good taste
It's funny and it's ironic that only I feel that way
I promise 'em that you're different and everyone makes mistakes
But just don't
I heard that you're an actor, so act like a stand-up guy
Whatever devil's inside you, don't let him out tonight
I tell them it's just your culture and everyone rolls their eyes
Yeah, I know
All I'm asking, baby

CHORUS
Please, please, please
Don't prove I'm right
And please, pleasе, please
Don't bring me to tеars when I just did my makeup so nice
Heartbreak is one thing, my ego's another
I beg you, don't embarrass me, motherfucker
Ah, oh
Please, please, please (Ah, ah, ah)

VERSE 2
Well, I have a fun idea, babe (Uh-huh), maybe just stay inside
I know you're craving some fresh air, but the ceiling fan is so nice (It's so nice, right?)
And we could live so happily if no one knows that you're with me
I'm just kidding, but really (Kinda), really, really

CHORUS
Please, please, please (Please don't prove I'm right)
Don't prove I'm right
And please, please, please
Don't bring me to tears when I just did my makeup so nice
Heartbreak is one thing (Heartbreak is one thing), my ego's another (Ego's another)
I beg you, don't embarrass me, motherfucker
Ah, oh
Please, please, please (Ah, ah, ah)
(Ah)

OUTRO
If you wanna go and be stupid
Don't do it in front of me
If you don't wanna cry to my music
Don't make me hate you prolifically
Please, please, please (Please)
Please, please, please (Please)
Please (Please), please (Please), please