The Real Meaning Behind Sabrina Carpenter's New Song Skin

Carpenter's new track "Skin" appears to skewer the alleged love triangle. "Maybe then we could pretend / There's no gravity in the words we write / Maybe you didn't mean it / Maybe blonde was the only rhyme," the singer-songwriter notes in her lyrics, which pointedly take aim at a jealous love rival who's trying to poke holes in Carpenter's relationship. "You can try / To get under my under my under my skin / While he's on mine," she sings at one point. And just to make it abundantly clear, the line "Don't drive yourself insane/ It won't always be this way" reads as a reference to "Drivers License," a warning and some advice from an older woman. 

Speaking to People ahead of the release of her 2019 album Singular: Act II, Carpenter revealed how personal her music is, admitting, "I definitely felt that within the songs that I was writing, it wasn't so much struggling with my identity, as struggling with coming to terms with who I am." Rodrigo, meanwhile, wouldn't be drawn on who "Drivers License" is about, telling Billboard, "I totally understand people's curiosity with the specifics of who the song's about and what it's about, but, to me, that's really the least important part of the song." It should be noted the High School Musical star is a diehard Taylor Swift fan, and nobody does sad, cutting songs about ex-boyfriends — both her own and imaginary — than Ms. Swift. 

Maybe the next release will finish this complicated story off once and for all?