Less than two months ago, on the eve of her Short N’ Sweet album release, Sabrina Carpenter was a guest on The Tonight Show. Back then, she sat for an interview with Jimmy Fallon and sang “Please Please Please,” her first #1 hit. Thursday she was already back at 30 Rock for another go-round.
This time, Carpenter is in the midst of her tour supporting the album, which brought her to New York this week. I guess the Fallon bookers figured while she was in town, she might as well come back on the show. No interview this time, though — too much Coldplay business to get through.
I’d expect Carpenter to use such an opportunity to perform “Taste,” the album’s most recent single, or to spotlight another track that hasn’t gotten as much shine outside her fan base. Instead, she circled back to “Espresso,” the breakthrough hit that kicked off the album rollout back in the spring. She brought plenty of showmanship to the performance, winking when she subbed out “give a fucks” for “give a damns” and taking over Fallon’s desk for the second verse. And she definitely wasn’t lip-syncing. Watch below.