Please Please Please
A plea for a partner to keep his bad-boy reputation from ruining their relationship.
"Please Please Please" is a song by American singer Sabrina Carpenter from her sixth studio album, Short n' Sweet (2024). It was released through Island Records on June 6, 2024, as the second single from the album. Produced by Jack Antonoff, it was written by Antonoff, Carpenter, and Amy Allen. The song is described as yacht rock, country pop, alternative country, disco-pop, and synth-pop, and sees Carpenter discuss her fears that her boyfriend will let his bad-boy reputation overshadow and destroy both their relationship and her pride and embarrass her. The song received acclaim from music critics upon release.
- Artist
- Sabrina Carpenter
- Release Year
- 2024
- Label
- Island Records
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Lore & Background
Following the commercial success of "Espresso", Sabrina Carpenter announced her upcoming sixth studio album Short n' Sweet on June 3, 2024. She simultaneously promised an upcoming surprise for her fans, which would turn out to be the single. Only two days later, Carpenter took to social media to announce the song release and share a teaser of the accompanying music video featuring cinematic visuals set to showcase her acting skills. The clip shows her wearing a lacy red outfit in a robbery-like setting, as well as engaging in a romance with a criminal played by her then-boyfriend Barry Keoghan. In February 2025, Carpenter released a deluxe version of Short n' Sweet featuring a duet version of "Please Please Please" with American singer Dolly Parton, which was promoted to country radio in the US.
In Their Own Story
The music video for "Please Please Please" was filmed on May 23, 2024, in Staten Island, New York, and serves as a sequel to the "Espresso" music video released earlier in the year. The video explores a romantic dynamic between Carpenter and a convict, played by Irish actor Barry Keoghan who was Carpenter's then-boyfriend. The prison scenes were shot in the Arthur Kill Correctional Facility, owned by Broadway Stages. The video continues from where "Espresso" ended and focuses on Carpenter's relationship with a chaotic love interest. Pamela Anderson, Tommy Lee, Madonna, Dennis Rodman, Quentin Tarantino, Natural Born Killers (1994), Bonnie and Clyde, and Thelma & Louise (1991) were cited as inspirations for the video. A second music video for the song, set to the duet version with Dolly Parton, was filmed on January 25, 2025, in front of a rear projection screen and co-directed by Carpenter alongside Williams. It was released on February 14, 2025, to coincide with the release of the deluxe edition of Short n' Sweet. The black and white vignette shows Carpenter and Parton driving a truck, having stolen a bag of money and kidnapped a man with the intention of burying him somewhere; evading the police while doing so.
Reader's Guide
On June 17, "Please Please Please" reached number one on the Billboard Global 200. On June 22, 2024, the song debuted at number two on the Billboard Hot 100, making it Carpenter's highest debut on the chart and highest-charting single then. The following week, it reached the top spot of the chart, making it her first chart-topper in the United States. In the United Kingdom, with "Please Please Please" at number one and her previous song "Espresso" at number two on the UK Singles Chart, Carpenter became the first female artist to hold the top two positions of the chart for five weeks in a row and matched Ed Sheeran as the only artist to hold this feat in general. Carpenter sang "Please Please Please" for the first time at the Governors Ball Music Festival on June 8, 2024. Later that month, she performed the song on the Live Lounge. At the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards, she performed the song as part of a medley with "Taste" and "Espresso". "Please Please Please" was included on the permanent setlist of Carpenter's sixth headlining tour, the Short n' Sweet Tour (2024–2025). Carpenter performed "Please Please Please" with American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift at the second New Orleans show of the Eras Tour (2023–2024), as an acoustic mashup with "Espresso" and "Is It Over Now?" (2023). On February 2, 2025, Carpenter performed "Please Please Please" at the 67th Annual Grammy Awards.
Did You Know?
- "Please Please Please" peaked at the top of the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Sabrina Carpenter's first number-one single on the chart.
- The music video was filmed on May 23, 2024, in Staten Island, New York, at the Arthur Kill Correctional Facility.
- A remix with Dolly Parton was released in February 2025 and promoted to US country radio.
- Carpenter performed the song with Taylor Swift at the second New Orleans show of the Eras Tour as an acoustic mashup with "Espresso" and "Is It Over Now?".
- The song was nominated for Song of the Year at the 67th Annual Grammy Awards.
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