How Sabrina Rolls

Life will never be the same for singer-actress Sabrina Carpenter . . . and she’s stoked. Listen in as she spills on making moves, owning her flaws, and enjoying the ride.

- Rachel Mosely

Sabrina Carpenter has changed, and she wants the world to know it. So a couple of days before this interview, she did the craziest thing: She deleted all her Insta posts. “I didn’t want people to associate what I’ve done with what’s coming,” she explains. “I love teasing!” Here’s what we know: After spending her teen years on Girl Meets World and releasing two pop albums, the bubbly singer-actress is ready to immerse herself in dramatic roles (first up: the less than likable Hailey in this fall’s Black Lives Matter–inspired drama, The Hate U Give) and to embrace a new dance-floor sound. (Watch for her third album, Singular, later this year.) She’s also still figuring a lot out. “It’s funny being 19,” she says. “When you turn 18, everyone goes, ‘You’re an adult now. Enjoy it.’ Then you turn 19, and they go, ‘It’s your last year as a teenager. Enjoy it.’ So what am I?” She’s someone who is savoring every moment now—and pumped for what’s ahead. Read on as she gets real about taking risks and growing up on her own schedule.

On Her New Tunes

She wants the lyrics to be authentic. “When I turned 18, [music execs] would say things like, ‘People will take you seriously a lot quicker if you just get out there with the mature content.’ But I felt that I shouldn’t write about that stuff just because I’m 18; I need to do it if I’m actually going through it—and I was never that kid who was doing the [more mature] personal life stuff. I love love, I love getting in depth about it, and I experience all the normal 19-year-old feelings, but I wanted to be cautious.”