Entertainment

Sabrina Carpenter tells Apple Music how ‘Espresso’ came to be

Carpenter’s Short n’ Sweet album has just dropped

Published

August 23, 2024

Her

Sabrina Carpenter is undoubtedly one of the most famous singers in the world today. Chances are you have come across her hits “Please Please Please” and “Espresso” on various social media platforms, whether by accident or not.

Her recently-found success as a pop superstar hasn’t gone unnoticed. So much so that Rolling Stone dubbed “Espresso” as the song of the summer.

Funny enough, the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Hot 100 chart-topper wasn’t even on Carpenter’s original plans for Short n’ Sweet, which has just officially dropped today.

In an interview with The Zane Lowe Show on Apple Music 1, Carpenter detailed how “Espresso” came to be.

The former Girl Meets World actress recalled that she was in the middle of a tour, and felt she had “no concerns” at the time. It was as if she just needed “to write as [she is] feeling.”

After a show in Paris, Carpenter proceeded to Japan. She described that the “high, low, high energy environments” led to a bit of a lull in her songwriting process. She added that she had always dreamed of writing while in France.

Eventually, when she sunk back into writing, the award-winning singer was able to lay down all the “stuff that was so honest, so emotional, so important” to her.

Here’s an excerpt of the entire exchange:

Sabrina Carpenter: “I was in between tour, which is even crazier. My mind was in a place where it was like, there is just no concerns right now, I just need to write as I’m feeling. Because I had just finished, literally the night before, I played a show in Paris, and then right after I was done, I went to Japan. And it was high, low, high, energy environments that were just … It took me a couple days to sink back into writing. And then when I did, it ended up being all this stuff that was so honest, so emotional, so important to me, because I was going actually crazy.”

Zane Lowe: “Is that where you said goodbye to a lot of the old stuff?”

SC: “Weirdly enough, said hello to a lot of things, I think. That’s where I opened up what ended up being the album.”

ZL: “That’s where Espresso came from?”

SC: “That’s where Espresso came from. Yeah. Stupid little song.”

ZL: “But what a beautiful stupid little song it is, my God.”

The rest, of course, is history. So much to the point where every time Carpenter visits a coffee shop, there is a word there that reminds her of her prominent chart-topping single.

You can watch the entire interview on Apple Music below. The part where Sabrina Carpenter discusses the process led to “Espresso” starts at about the 23:00 mark.

Entertainment

Netflix: Kris Aquino makes on-screen comeback with fictional role

Long-time TV icon named “C.H.I.K.A.” of Netflix

Published

August 7, 2026

GadgetMatch

Long-time popular Philippine TV icon Kris Aquino has made her on-screen comeback as Netflix’s fictional C.H.I.K.A., or “Chief Head of Insights and Kontent Analysis.”

Netflix initially teased the campaign through a post mentioning that they were “hiring” for the said position.

The post also contained a bullet list of descriptions that served as clues. Not long after, the streaming giant bared the former presidential daughter and presidential sister has made her comeback.

A teaser has likewise been released. The fun skit features Aquino in this new fictional role, giving her signature witty commentary inside the Netflix editing room to ensure that the production of local entertainment content is of topnotch quality.

Two more episodes will be rolled out on August 14 and 20.

Entertainment

New Yorkers compete in Ted Lasso lookalike contest at Apple Fifth Avenue

Futbol is life!

Published

August 7, 2026

Chay Lazaro

Apple Fifth Avenue or Nelson Road? New Yorkers gathered at the iconic flagship store as it transformed into a slice of AFC Richmond for a Ted Lasso lookalike contest celebrating the return of the hit Apple TV+ series.

Dozens of fans arrived in Ted’s signature look, complete with mustaches, visors, blue sweaters, and khakis. Inside the store, the AFC Richmond takeover continued with themed photo opportunities and hidden Easter eggs for longtime fans to discover.

The celebration continued across Midtown and Central Park, where brand ambassadors spread kindness with “Believe” signs, complimentary coffee and tea, a tunnel of cheering Teds for runners, and the Goldfish Zone, where visitors symbolically let go of worries by dropping paper fish into a fishbowl.

Photo by Apple

The takeover marked the return of Ted Lasso, which premiered its fourth season on Apple TV+ on Aug. 5, which arrives more than three years after Season 3 concluded in 2023.

Jason Sudeikis returns as the relentlessly optimistic coach, this time leading AFC Richmond’s newly formed women’s team while reuniting with familiar faces.

Entertainment

Street Fighter special look: Blanka vs. Ryu

Jason Momoa, Andrew Koji’s characters face off

Published

August 2, 2026

GadgetMatch

Paramount Pictures has released a new special look for Street Fighter featuring Jason Momoa and Andrew Koji.

The short, minute-long clip shows the actors’ respective characters, Blanka and Ryu, in battle.

It opens with a chained prisoner struck by extreme electrical charges, transforming into the green-skinned, electricity-infused Blanka.

He unleashes a fierce roar. Meanwhile, Ryu drops into a fighting stance, but tells Blanka he does not want to fight him.

Forced to defend himself, Ryu then fires a signature Hadouken fireball towards Blanka, as the teaser cuts to the Street Fighter title card.

Street Fighter debuts in cinemas starting October 14. It is directed by Kitao Sakurai and stars an ensemble cast that includes Noah Centineo as Ken Masters, Callina Liang as Chun-Li, Joe “Roman Reigns” Anoai as Akuma, and Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson as Balrog, among others.

The film is set in 1993 when estranged Street Fighters Ryu and Ken Masters are thrown into combat when Chun-Li recruits them for the next World Warrior Tournament.