UPDATED: The day after releasing the audio version of her new single, “Manchild,” Sabrina Carpenter has dropped a Friday morning music video for the song, a cheeky (in every way) romp through the desert in which the micro-Daisy-Dukes-wearing pop star hitchhikes her way through a series of encounters with inept but mostly unthreatening men. She …

Sabrina Carpenter is at it again.The “Please Please Please” singer, 26, on Tuesday announced the release of a new single, “Manchild.”“This one’s about you!!” she wrote on Instagram, also noting its Thursday release date alongside a “special” 7” vinyl record,

From sexual innuendos and suggestive stage antics to daring outfit choices, her performances are laced with both sensuality and sass. While all of it stems from a place of playful performance and artistic expression, Sabrina has found herself at the receiving end of criticism—labelled as “over-sexualised” by online trolls.

You can debate amongst yourselves if the quality of today’s pop songwriting is comparable to that of yesteryear - Barry Manilow has a view on that, if you’re interested - but one thing we will say is that contemporary artists are more willing than ever to smash up genres and disregard stylistic conventions.

Jasmine "JB" Badie has choreographed for artists like Sabrina Carpenter, Beyoncé, and Meg Thee Stallion. PS caught up with her to talk about it all.

"Those are the songs that you've made popular. Clearly you love sex. You're obsessed with it," the Grammy winner joked