Never Getting Laid

Never Getting Laid sounds like an ironic vent wrapped in pop melody, where Sabrina Carpenter's freshness clashes with lyrics that play at self-criticism without losing the rhythm. It's not a song that apologizes for its rawness: Sabrina's voice glides between high and low notes with a naturalness that makes you forget she's talking about something as mundane as romantic frustration. The track is built on a guitar loop that repeats a simple yet catchy pattern, as if the bass and drums were there just to remind you that, sometimes, life is funnier than painful.The song was born in the studio alongside John Ryan and Amy Allen, two names that appear on nearly every pop song playing on the radio lately.

It's no coincidence: Ryan is known for crafting hooks that stick in the memory, and Allen brings that mix of irony and sincerity that keeps the lyrics from sounding cliché. The result is a track that could have ended up as just another album filler, but here it shines for its unfiltered honesty. The Duration of 3:28 is just right: long enough for the message to sink in, but not so long as to veer into self-indulgence.