After teasing new music by hitchhiking in a pair of Daisy Dukes, Sabrina Carpenter’s “Manchild” dropped on June 5 — and fans are already wondering whether it’s destined to be another song of the summer à la “Espresso.”

On the new track, Carpenter sings through her frustrations with a partner who’s “incompetent” but attractive. As she wonders at one point: “Why so sexy if so dumb?”

The Playful Meaning Of “Manchild”

In an Instagram post, Carpenter revealed that she wrote “Manchild” with Amy Allen and Jack Antonoff soon after wrapping her album, Short n’ Sweet.

“This song became to me something I can look back on that will score the mental montage to the very confusing and fun young adult years of life,” she wrote, calling “Manchild” the “embodiment of a loving eye roll.”

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