Sabrina Carpenter is working late as 'Please Please Please' hits No. 1: A look at the star's busy schedule on her rise to the top

The singer has a one-two punch on the charts, catapulting her career to new heights.

Neia Balao
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Sabrina Carpenter performs during the 2024 Governors Ball Music Festival on June 8 in New York City. (Astrida Valigorsky/Getty Images)

If 2024 has proven anything, it's that this is Sabrina Carpenter's world and we’re just living in it.

On June 24, she notched her first No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with the country-tinged “Please Please Please.” A day earlier, the Short n’ Sweet songstress made her runway debut at the Vogue World presentation during Paris Fashion Week in an outfit that felt like it could have been worn in her “Espresso” music video.

While she’s been building momentum since opening for Taylor Swift during the Australia and Singapore legs of the “Eras Tour” earlier this year, the April 10 release of Carpenter’s song “Espresso” catapulted her career to new heights. Since dropping the caffeinated hit, which has also been dubbed the “song of the summer,” the Short n’ Sweet singer’s schedule has been packed to the brim.

From attending her first Met Gala and performing at Coachella to announcing her forthcoming album and tour, here is a breakdown of Carpenter’s nonstop schedule since “Espresso” debuted.

With the intention of “putting out a little song” before her Coachella performances, Carpenter released “Espresso,” the vibrant debut single off of her upcoming sixth studio album, Short n’ Sweet. The track’s retro beach-inspired music video was released the same day.

Carpenter told Rolling Stone that the track was inspired by her trip to France last July, during which she stumbled upon a little cafe that served espresso.

Carpenter descended on Indio, Calif., to make her Coachella debut on April 12. During her set, the pop star played a slew of tracks, both old and new, including “Feather,” “Nonsense” and her then-brand-new single, “Espresso.” She took the Coachella stage again on April 19 for Weekend 2 of the festival.

Carpenter attended her first-ever Met Gala in a strapless Oscar de la Renta gown with a black velvet bodice and a voluminous, light-blue satin skirt. That evening, Carpenter and her boyfriend, Saltburn actor Barry Keoghan, also made their red carpet debut as a couple.

Just over a month after making her Skims spring campaign debut, Carpenter joined forces with Marc Jacobs for the brand’s new pre-fall 2024 campaign. The “Espresso” crooner announced the collaboration on May 8 via Instagram, with photos of her modeling the brand’s Sack bag.

The "Feather" starlet took a break from making career moves to celebrate her 25th birthday. To mark the occasion, the singer hosted a party in Brooklyn, N.Y., where she donned a silk yellow dress a là Andie Anderson — Kate Hudson’s character in the 2003 rom-com How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days. Hudson also acknowledged the uncanny resemblance with a comment on Carpenter’s Instagram post.

Carpenter was literally working late ‘cause she’s a singer! May 19 marked her first performance on Saturday Night Live, during which she sang “Feather” and “Nonsense” followed by “Espresso.” In addition to serving as the Season 49 finale’s musical guest, she appeared alongside Jake Gyllenhaal, the night’s host, in a Scooby Doo-inspired skit.

The Girl Meets World alum took the stage for yet another festival — only this time, it was across the pond. On May 26, she performed on BBC’s Radio 1 Big Weekend in Luton, England. Fans got an unexpected double dose of the “Nonsense” pop star when Coldplay brought her out to perform “Magic” during their set.

The pop star took to Instagram to reveal the album artwork and end-of-summer release date for her upcoming album, Short n’ Sweet.

“Short n’ Sweet MY NEW ALBUM IS COMING OUT AUGUST 23rd!!!! this project is quite special to me and i hope it’ll be something special to you too,” she wrote in the post’s caption. “You can preorder it now!”

Three days after teasing “something special” for fans, Carpenter dropped “Please Please Please” — the second single off of Short n’ Sweet. The track’s music video was released the same day — and fans were quick to notice a familiar face in it: Carpenter’s actor-beau Barry Keoghan. In the video, the pair play a criminal couple — think modern-day Bonnie and Clyde — that are as mad as they are in love.

Carpenter stopped by the Governors Ball Music Festival, where she performed “Please Please Please” for the first time. True to her ultra-feminine, coquettish style, the former Disney Channel star took the stage in a yellow corset minidress with a bedazzled heart cutout.

The song of the summer is getting its own summer ice cream flavor. In a June 12 Instagram post, Van Leeuwen announced that they’d be collaborating with Carpenter on a limited edition espresso ice cream. The flavor — which includes chewy brownies, chocolate chips and swirls of fudge — will be available both in stores and online starting June 28.

Carpenter then touched down in London for Capital’s Summertime Ball. On June 17, the 25-year-old singer made her debut performance at the historic Wembley Stadium. “80,000 of you singing along did not feel real,” Carpenter wrote on Instagram following the event.

During her BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge set, Carpenter surprised fans with her rendition of fellow pop girlie Chappell Roan’s breakout single, “Good Luck, Babe!”

Carpenter jetted to Paris later that day to attend Pharrell Williams’s Louis Vuitton spring-summer 2025 menswear show. The coquettish crooner wore an oversized white blazer as a minidress, which she paired with white pumps and a matching mini Louis Vuitton Speedy bag.

Carpenter announced her 2024 North American tour in support of Short n’ Sweet. Slated for this fall, Carpenter’s headlining tour will hit cities in the U.S. and Canada with support from singers Amaarae, Declan McKenna and Griff. “I can’t wait to be singing with you all soon,” she wrote on Instagram.

Carpenter can officially add “runway model” to her résumé. The hitmaker made a surprise cameo during the Vogue World: Paris presentation on June 23. The “Espresso” songstress strutted through the Place Vend?me in a red-and-white-striped ensemble. The beachy, Brigitte Bardot-inspired look was custom designed by Jacquemus.

Carpenter earned her first No. 1 track on the Billboard Hot 100 with “Please Please Please.” The sophomore single off of Short n’ Sweet moved from No. 2 to No. 1 during its second week on the chart. As for “Espresso,” it’s currently sitting pretty at No. 4.

“I’m very immensely grateful so I will surely always remember this day for the rest of my life,” she wrote on Instagram. “Thank you everyone who’s listened and made it so much fun to have these songs out in the world.”

Carpenter celebrated the milestone with a cake that referenced the lyrics of the song with “Please Please Please” co-writer Amy Allen.

Eager fans logged onto Ticketmaster in hopes of scoring presale tickets for the North American leg of the “Short n’ Sweet” tour. Many of them, however, failed to get tickets after waiting nearly an hour in the queue.

Updated, June 25, 2024 4:15 p.m.: This story was updated to include new information about Carpenter's chart position and forthcoming tour.

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