Sabrina Carpenter Has Epic 4-Word Response About Who Inspired Her Single Manchild

Sabrina Carpenter poses for photographers upon arrival at the Brit Awards 2025 in London, Saturday, March. 1, 2025. (Photo by Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)Sabrina Carpenter is not getting involved when it comes to the internet’s obsession with the origin of her latest hit single.Earlier this month, the US chart-topper sparked an internet frenzy when she announced the release of a new song, Manchild, prompting near-immediate rumours on social media that it was inspired by her most famous ex, Barry Keoghan.This speculation only increased when Manchild finally came out, with lyrics admonishing an immature former beau.Barry Keoghan and Sabrina Carpenter pictured together in 2024During a wide-ranging new interview with Rolling Stone, Sabrina was asked directly if any of her famous exes served as the inspo for the track.“It’s about your dad,” she quipped by way of response.Elsewhere in the interview, Sabrina spoke about the interest in her personal life since her rise to global fame in the past year.“When you get down the little rabbit hole is truly when people start commenting on you as a person or you physically,” she explained. “All of those things that you’re already thinking on a day-to-day basis. You don’t need a stranger from Arkansas to remind you.”Of the things people write about her online and in the press, she claimed: “You’re like, ‘That didn’t happen then. That did happen then. You’re missing a few key details there’. People underestimate how tricky it is to navigate being a young woman, having relationships, and then having a bunch of strangers have opinions on them.“Because surely, all of these people that are commenting, if they had the same microscope on their personal lives, I don’t think they’d be as eloquently spoken as me. I know it’s a tale as old as time. It’s just unfortunate that it’s still a tale.” Rolling Stone ushers in the Summer of Sabrina with our new July-August 2025 cover ☀️@SabrinaAnnLynn is the joke-cracking, wildly ambitious pop superstar that we all need. She's just getting started.Cover story & photos: https://t.co/1X4xnLOM5jpic.twitter.com/F2ZbaSvJOt— Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) June 12, 2025Manchild is currently on course to get Sabrina her fourth number one single in the UK, following the success of Espresso, Please Please Please and Taste in 2024.The song serves as the lead single from Sabrina’s newly-announced album Man’s Best Friend, the album cover for which has already raised plenty of eyebrows and led to plenty of online debate since it was unveiled on Wednesday evening.READ MORE:Why Are People Clutching Their Pearls Over Sabrina Carpenter's New Album Cover?Dolly Parton Had This 1 Big Rule For Sabrina Carpenter Before Recording Their DuetSabrina Carpenter Pokes Fun At Barry Keoghan Split While Performing In His Hometown

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