The Barclays Center was filled with short skirts, lipstick-stained kiss marks and screaming fans on Sept. 30, as Sabrina Carpenter’s “Short n’ Sweet Tour” held its second night in New York City. Thousands of fans came out to listen to songs from her albums: “emails i can’t send” and “Short n’ Sweet.” The setlist featured 21 songs, including a surprise song. 

It has been quite the year for former Disney Channel star Sabrina Carpenter. In late 2023 and early 2024, Carpenter opened for sections of Taylor Swift’s “The Eras Tour” in Latin America and Asia. This earned her a career boost that would push her popularity to heights beyond the expectations of the music executives representing her. Since Carpenter’s rapid popularity growth, three of her singles have reached the top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100, with “Please Please Please” snatching the No. 1 spot back in June. Most impressively, “Short n’ Sweet” earned over 350,000 sales units in its first week of release, nearly 20 times the individual sales of her 2022 album “emails i can’t send.” “Short n’ Sweet” is an all-around victory for Carpenter – and the compressed and consistent quality of the album makes it deserving of every unit sold.