“Drivers License” drama: Sabrina Carpenter fuels rumors with new song “Skin”

Island RecordsThe “Drivers License” drama continues.

There’s been heavy speculation that Olivia Rodrigo’s number-one song is about a love triangle between Olivia, her High School Musical: The Musical: The Series co-star Joshua Bassett, and Sabrina Carpenter. Fans believe the “blonde girl” Olivia references in the song is Sabrina.

“And you’re probably with that blonde girl/ Who always made me doubt/ She’s so much older than me/ She’s everything I’m insecure about,” Olivia, 17, sings on the track.

Now, Sabrina has released a song of her own called “Skin,” seemingly addressing those rumors and “telling her side.”

“Maybe you didn’t mean it/Maybe blonde was the only rhyme,” the 21-year-old sings.

She goes on to sing, “You can try to get under my, under my, under my skin while he’s on mine/I wish you knew that even you can’t get under my skin if I don’t let you in.”

And if that wasn’t enough, Sabrina adds another possible reference in the bridge, where she sings, “Don’t drive yourself insane/It won’t always be this way.”

For her part, Olivia previously told Billboard she thinks who she wrote “Drivers License” about is the “least important part of the song.”

By Andrea Tuccillo
Copyright © 2021, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

By ABC Audio on January 22, 2021

Island RecordsThe “Drivers License” drama continues.

There’s been heavy speculation that Olivia Rodrigo’s number-one song is about a love triangle between Olivia, her High School Musical: The Musical: The Series co-star Joshua Bassett, and Sabrina Carpenter. Fans believe the “blonde girl” Olivia references in the song is Sabrina.

“And you’re probably with that blonde girl/ Who always made me doubt/ She’s so much older than me/ She’s everything I’m insecure about,” Olivia, 17, sings on the track.

Now, Sabrina has released a song of her own called “Skin,” seemingly addressing those rumors and “telling her side.”

“Maybe you didn’t mean it/Maybe blonde was the only rhyme,” the 21-year-old sings.

She goes on to sing, “You can try to get under my, under my, under my skin while he’s on mine/I wish you knew that even you can’t get under my skin if I don’t let you in.”

And if that wasn’t enough, Sabrina adds another possible reference in the bridge, where she sings, “Don’t drive yourself insane/It won’t always be this way.”

For her part, Olivia previously told Billboard she thinks who she wrote “Drivers License” about is the “least important part of the song.”

By Andrea Tuccillo
Copyright © 2021, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

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