To become a genuine global pop phenomenon you've first got to drop the record that elevates you to that mythical "next level."

For former teen starlet Sabrina Carpenter, Short 'N' Sweet is that record: an immaculately put-together collection of pristinely perfect pop tunes that already sound like they've been around forever because they will be around forever. And, make no mistake, the indelible "Espresso," the bittersweet "Please Please Please" and the sassy "Taste" ain't goin' anywhere. Carpenter worked closely with collaborators such as Jack Antonoff (AKA Taylor Swift's studio BFF), One Direction producer John Ryan and A-list songwriter Ian Kirkpatrick to make this album count, and it worked. Short 'N' Sweet is up there with Charli XCX's Brat, Taylor Swift's The Tortured Poets Department and Chappell Roan's late-blooming The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess as one of 2024's most in-demand recordings. 

It's so in-demand, in fact, that Carpenter herself came into the Queen Street location of Kop's Records and bought three copies of her own record when she was in Toronto to play a show this past fall. But, hey, we don't like to toot our own horn over here. She's probably just a young lady of taste.

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