Sabrina Carpenteris looking to turn the page on a past relationship.
On Thursday, Carpenter released her newest single, “Skinny Dipping” — a collaboration withJulia MichaelsandJP Saxe, with an accompanying music video. The single demonstrates a sense of closure from a past relationship — however, the singer toldTeen Vogueshe’s not there yet.
“I didn’t feel like I was healed and fully out of a place where I didn’t hold any anger or resentment,” Carpenter, 22, told the outlet.
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Instead, the idea behind the song was to create a scenario where shehadworked through her feelings and is able to face her past as she sings:
“We’ve been swimming on the edge of a cliff / I’m resistant, but going down with the ship / It’d bе so nice, right? Right? / If we could take it all off and just еxist / And skinny dip in water under the bridge.”
The video closes with Carpenter dancing in the middle of the street in a green dress with the box in hand, as she throws the letters into the air and evidently lets go.
Ahead of the release of her single, Carpenter shared a hilariousteaser videoon Instagram where a clip of the song plays in the background as she skinny dips into a lake. She captioned the post “don’t say i never did s— for promo <3 9/9!”
In January, Carpenter released “Skin,” whose lyrics were seemingly a response toOlivia Rodrigo’s “drivers license” — as she detailed a “blonde girl” who had been spending time with Rodrigo’s ex,Joshua Bassett.
However, shortly after its release, Carpenter set the record straight about the real meaning of her single in an Instagram post — following a social media frenzy with fan speculations about their singles.
TheGirl Meets Worldalum went on to say that “people can only get to you if you give them the power to. and a lot of people were trying to get to me.”
“The song isn’t calling out one single person,” she continued. “Some lines address a specific situation, while other lines address plenty of other experiences I’ve had this past year.”
Despite social media skepticism a the time, PEOPLE learned Carpenter wanted the track to reflect the strength that can be found through difficult moments and the importance of focusing on joy.
“Skinny Dipping” is out now.
source: people.com
