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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.

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Dune: Part Three teaser trailer: First look at Robert Pattinson’s Scytale

In cinemas this December

Published

March 20, 2026

GadgetMatch

Courtesy: Warner Bros. Studios

The countdown is officially on as Warner Bros. Pictures has released the teaser trailer for Dune: Part Three.

The epic conclusion to Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune” trilogy opens in cinemas and IMAX this December.

In addition, character posters have also been released. Here are some, courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures:

The highly anticipated film stars Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Jason Momoa, Javier Bardem, Rebecca Ferguson, Florence Pugh, Robert Pattinson, Anya Taylor-Joy and Isaach De Bankolé.

The trailer, meanwhile, gives an excellent first look at Pattinson as the main antagonist of the final installment, Scytale.

In the final movie, the plot jumps ahead 17 years after Chalamet’s Paul Atreides ascended to the throne.

There will be a dramatic change in the tone from the first two films, focusing more on psychological thriller instead of a war epic, given the visuals of the previous two installments.

Atreides is now a battle-hardened Emperor, struggling with the “Holy War” that has claimed 61 million lives.

Worse, Scytale will lead a conspiracy from within that attempts to overthrow the protagonist’s empire.

Pattinson’s character will mess with Atreides’ head instead of pure brawns, in a bid to wear him down. This presents the central conflict of the upcoming film.

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WATCH: The Super Mario Galaxy Movie final trailer

In cinemas this April

Published

March 19, 2026

GadgetMatch

Courtesy: Universal Studios

Universal Pictures has released the final trailer for The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, which hits cinemas early next month.

Chris Pratt and Charlie Day return to play the iconic brothers Mario and Luigi, with the group getting bigger and more lovable with the addition of Donald Glover’s Yoshi.

Other actors returning to voice beloved characters from the franchise are:

Anya Taylor-Joy as Princess Peach
Jack Black as Bowser
Keegan-Michael Key as Toad
Brie Larson as Rosalina

Worth noting, the Captain Marvel and The Marvels lead actress, Larson, fulfills her dream as a Super Mario fan as her character makes her big-screen debut.

Courtesy: Universal Studios

In The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, the plumber brothers are sent into space to save Rosalina from the clutches of Bowser Jr.

Coming along for the ride are Princess Peach, Toad, and Yoshi, their newest companion.

More beloved characters will make their first big-screen appearances, including Pikmin, R.O.B., Birdo, and more.

The trailer also highlights some of the wonderful worlds the protagonists will visit, from the Preshistoric Falls to the Honeyhive Galaxy.

The film will show in theaters on April 1 in the United States and April 4 in the Philippines.

Watch the final trailer here:

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Spider-Man: Brand New Day first trailer hits hard — and gets weird

What’s happening to Peter?

Published

March 18, 2026

Rodneil Quiteles

All images are screenshots from the trailer

Spider-Man is back — and this time, it doesn’t feel safe.

The first trailer for Spider-Man: Brand New Day just dropped, and it’s equal parts heartbreaking, chaotic, and… a little unsettling. The kind of trailer that makes you pause halfway through and go, “Wait, what is happening to Peter?”

Because this isn’t just about swinging through New York anymore.

This is about what happens after Peter Parker chooses to disappear.

A lonelier Spider-Man

The trailer opens with Peter hanging upside down high above the city, quietly watching MJ and Ned Leeds celebrate their first day at MIT.

They’ve moved on. They’re happy. And Peter… doesn’t exist to them anymore.

That idea lingers through the next few scenes. He rehearses introductions like a stranger trying to fit in and washes his bloodied suit in a laundromat. He carries on as Spider-Man, even receiving a Key to the City — while Peter Parker fades into the background.

Things get violent, fast

Then the trailer flips.

We see a little moment between Frrank Castle (The Punisher) and Spidey. The exchange was lighthearted but also brutal. Spidey ends up immobilizing Frank and tells him to “Go home.” Could be a quick nod to Tom Holland’s “Home” trilogy in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).

And in the middle of it all, Scorpion finally emerges as a major threat, alongside a brute with mechanical gauntlets and a swarm of red-clad ninjas.

This isn’t your usual friendly neighborhood lineup.

Something is wrong with Peter

And then there’s the part that really sticks.

Peter starts deteriorating. He looks sick. Sweaty. Unstable. At one point, he collapses completely.

Then comes the reveal: Peter trapped inside a massive web cocoon — before violently breaking out of it.

He seeks out Bruce Banner, who seems to confirm what we’re all thinking — something is very wrong with Peter’s DNA. His warning? Mutation at this level is dangerous.

Paired with the narration about a spider’s life cycle and Banner’s warning, it really feels like the film is setting up a Man-Spider arc. A version of Peter where the mutation goes too far. Where the line between hero and something else starts to blur.

If that’s where this is headed, Brand New Day might be the most unsettling Spider-Man story we’ve seen on screen.