Singular Act I by Sabrina Carpenter
"Singular: Act I" is the third full length studio album by American singer Sabrina Carpenter. It was released on November 9, 2018, through Hollywood Records. The album is the follow-up to her 2016 studio album, Evolution. Carpenter began writing the album in 2016, shortly after the launch of Evolution but she only began to record the songs in 2017. The album features eight songs, all of which she co-wrote.
In the time since Sabrina Carpenter released her last album, 2016’s <i>EVOLution</i>, she’s toured with The Vamps and New Hope Club, released songs with Lost Kings and Jonas Blue, and acted in film and TV projects including George Tillman Jr.’s <i>The Hate U Give</i>. Somehow, in the midst of all that, she recorded a third album—the two-part project <i>Singular</i>—which begins here with a serving of saucy, confident dance-pop. Each song feels like a dramatic episode from her own fabulous life: She jet-sets between romances (“Paris”), sasses an ex (“Bad Time”) and boldly asserts her worth (“Diamonds Are Forever”)—but she doesn’t dwell. Instead, she keeps the focus on her own happiness and self-worth. “Feeling myself can’t be illegal,” she coos on the EDM-lite breakup anthem “Sue Me”, which is delightfully devoid of self-consciousness (“I guess I’m hard to ignore/Pick up that jaw off the floor”). She congratulates herself for dressing up, going out and moving on—and challenges anyone to try and stop her.
