By Kehinde Adejumo | September 2, 2024
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After releasing successful singles such as, “Espresso,” and “Please Please Please,” Sabrina Carpenter is back at it again with her sixth studio album, Short n’ Sweet. The album is a genre-hopper, switching from disco to R&B, folk-pop, grunge, and indie rock. One thing this album does well is show Carpenter’s personality as a songwriter as there are many f-bombs, sexual innuendos, and hilarious putdowns. Everyone has a Short n’ Sweet song that matches their aesthetic. Down below, I will guess what your aesthetic is based on your favorite Short n’ Sweet song.
1. Taste
If you can’t get enough of the semi-sapphic “Taste,” your aesthetic might lean into dark academia. Lyrics like “You’ll just have to taste me when he’s kissing you” show a competition similar to dark academia’s competition with academic refinement and sensuality. This aesthetic originated back in the mid-20th century and focuses on academic elegance. The style is seen as retro smart casual with a subdued color palette of gray, brown, beige, and black. People with a dark academia aesthetic tend to wear oversized jackets and trousers, warm jumpers and turtlenecks, maxi skirts, coats and leather boots.
2. Please Please Please / Slim Pickins
If “Please Please Please” or “Slim Pickins” are more your cup of tea, then your aesthetic might lean towards Cottagecore. The lyric “Don’t bring me to tears when I just did my makeup so nice” begs for a simple life that Cottagecore can offer. The roots of this aesthetic are from the traditional English countryside style which invokes a nostalgic and romantic feeling. Cottagecore encourages traditional skills like sewing, baking and gardening. You can expect neutral and warm tones.
3. Good Graces
This 90s-inspired bop perfectly encapsulates Y2K, which was named after the year 2000 bug. Y2K is a retro-futuristic trend that emerged in the late 90s and the early aughts. The aesthetic is known for its optimism for imagined technological progress and draws from cyberculture, rave culture, and sci-fi. Fashion from Y2K includes shiny tops, low-rise skirts and pants, graphic T-shirts and double-denim.
4. Sharpest Tool / Lie to Girls
These songs are more subdued with lyrics like “We were goin’ right, then you took a left” and “You don’t have to lie to girls / If they like you, they’ll just lie to themselves.” The sad nature of these songs makes them ideal for the softie aesthetic. Softie celebrates girly things like frills, bows, pastels, manga comics and Kawaii culture. This aesthetic’s fashion involves milkmaid dresses, cardigans, and bucket hats.
5. Coincidence / Dumb & Poetic / Don’t Smile
The wistful nature of these songs coincides with the E-girl aesthetic. All of these songs talk about how someone didn’t value them in a relationship. E-girls know that well as they use the internet as a place to socialize. The aesthetic is geeky but with a twist as they take their inspiration from video games and cartoon characters, especially from anime. Signature elements of this aesthetic include pleated skirts, chokers, and neon-colored hair.
6. Bed Chem / Juno
If you can’t get enough of these two tracks, no one will blame you. They invoke fairycore, which is a whimsical and enchanting style that loves everything magical and ethereal. Fairycore is characterized by soft pastel colors like lavender, baby blues and mint greens and a dreamy atmosphere with medieval vibes reminiscent of fairy tales.
7. Espresso
The song of the summer is essential for those in the Coastal Chic aesthetic. Coastal Chic is the summertime lifestyle typically lived by older women who have a love for wine, book clubs, “whole” foods, and simple cooking. It’s a complete rejection of life online and an embrace of the simple things in life.
Review: Sabrina takes us on a rollercoaster of love and we are here for the ride. This album establishes Sabrina as a force to be reckoned with in the industry.