Three billion streams, a Las Vegas awards nod, and a new single that apparently came out of late-night drinks in the studio. Sabrina Carpenter’s Monday is already busy. Welcome to the Sabrina Carpenter Daily — and yeah, today the numbers are doing the talking, because they are absurd. We’ve got the 'House Tour' origin story, the full AMA nomination picture, that three-billion 'Espresso' milestone, and the Stevie Nicks duet details finally nailed down. Let’s go. Music Times, with Madelaine Panganiban:
Sabrina Carpenter's hit single "House Tour" has a surprising origin story—one that began during a late-night studio session fueled by drinks, according to producer Jack Antonoff.
Music Times has the backstory on 'House Tour' — Jack Antonoff told Zane Lowe it came together on the last night of a Man's Best Friend U.K. session, when the drink cart showed up around two in the morning. That’s the kind of detail that tells you how this era is actually being built. Naming the drink cart and the hour is receipts. This is not just 'we were inspired by life' — Antonoff is saying the song happened because everybody loosened up on the last night and had fun. That tells you a lot about where 'House Tour' sits next to the more carefully built Short n' Sweet rollout. And if she’s already putting out a new single that came out of a Man's Best Friend session leftover, that’s a pretty clear sign the setlist isn’t going to stay frozen for long. The album cycle is still active, but the next wave is already moving. Here's Yahoo Entertainment:
This year, Sabrina Carpenter, Olivia Dean, Sombr and Morgan Wallen are close behind Swift with seven nominations each. Lady Gaga and Alex Warren picked up six nods each.
The 2026 AMA nominations are in, and Sabrina landed seven — one behind Taylor Swift’s eight, ahead of Lady Gaga, ahead of Morgan Wallen, with Las Vegas hosting it all on CBS. That’s not a niche-category update, that’s real commercial competition. Seven nominations is the cleanest answer to every 'is she sustainable' take from the last six months. And the only person ahead of her is Taylor Swift, who has literally won forty of these things — that’s context, not a knock. Worth remembering: Swift went zero-for-six at last year’s ceremony, so eight nominations is not a guarantee. That gives Sabrina’s seven some actual weight heading into the night. And now 'Man's Best Friend' has awards-season stakes attached to it. That makes the whole thing feel a lot less abstract. Sam Armstrong, writing in uDiscover Music:
Sabrina Carpenter’s smash single “Espresso” has reached a milestone of three billion streams on Spotify. The song is driven by a disco-ish beat and an enduringly catchy chorus: “Say you can’t sleep, baby, I know/That’s that me espresso.”
'Espresso' just crossed three billion Spotify streams, and it lands in a week that already had BMI, iHeartRadio, and a Billboard chart debut on the board. Four different commercial markers, same song, same catalog. At some point that stops looking like a hot streak and starts looking like infrastructure. Three billion is the number that ends the 'is she sustainable?' conversation. You do not stumble into that on one single. And the AMA nominations land in the same week, so now she’s in the top-category conversation with Taylor Swift in Las Vegas. The 'Espresso' number is what makes that nomination feel earned instead of hype-driven — the audience reach is on paper now. Friday we were talking two lanes — BMI as the industry signal, iHeartRadio as the audience signal. Now we’ve got three billion streams and an AMA top-category nod. We needed more lanes, and now we have them. This one's from Melody Maker Magazine:
Stevie Nicks and Sabrina Carpenter joined forces at Monday’s Met Gala for a pair ofcharismatic and heartfelt performances, duetting on Fleetwood Mac’s “Landslide” and “Don’t Stop.”
Melody Maker has the full rundown now — Stevie Nicks and Sabrina Carpenter duetted on both 'Landslide' and 'Don't Stop,' and those two songs bookended Nicks’ own four-song set. Carpenter also did her own set with 'House Tour,' 'Espresso,' and 'Please Please Please.' That’s not a cameo, that’s two artists sharing a full evening. The fact that 'Don't Stop' was in there with 'Landslide' — one’s the legacy ballad, the other is basically a sing-along — tells you somebody really thought about the shape of that room. And Sabrina closing her own set with 'Please Please Please,' the Dolly Parton remix track, after doing Fleetwood Mac with Stevie Nicks? The icon-collab résumé is getting ridiculous. This fills in the live-performance details we only had partially earlier in the week. We had the Stevie Nicks duet confirmed, but not the full shape of the night. Now we do, and it makes the generational-handshake framing even sharper: two Fleetwood Mac songs, a Nicks solo set, and Carpenter’s own catalog all on the same stage in one evening. From Europesays:
Last night, Sabrina Carpenter joined a high-octane front row (including Miley Cyrus, Mikey Madison … and even Al Pacino) for Dior’s cruise 2027 show at LACMA. The pop star flexed her fashion muscles when her dress preempted the brand’s own runway: Carpenter wore the opening look from the show, a pastel yellow midi dress.
Dior cruise 2027 at LACMA last night — Sabrina Carpenter showed up in the opening look from the show before the show even started. Her dress basically walked out on a model after she was already in the front row wearing it. And she didn’t even wear it the same way. She let the sheer layer do the work, put white lace lingerie underneath, and finished it with yellow satin mules. Same dress, totally different statement. That’s the flex. The company matters too — Miley Cyrus, Mikey Madison, Al Pacino in the same front row. That is not just a music-industry courtesy invite, that’s Dior putting her in a very specific cultural conversation. This is where I can finally retire the 'is the legacy cosign thing deliberate, or is she just the person everybody wants next to them' question. Because now it’s not just stages, it’s a Dior front row at LACMA. The answer is yes — and it’s working. If you’re enjoying Sabrina Carpenter Daily Podcast, take a moment to subscribe and leave a quick review wherever you’re listening. It really helps more fans find the show and stay in the loop.
If you want to dig deeper into anything we covered today, you’ll find links to every story in the show notes. Take a look there for the pieces that caught your ear.
That’s Sabrina Carpenter Daily Podcast for Monday, May 25th. This is a Lantern Podcast.