Sabrina Carpenter Plays The Banjo On 'Man's Best Friend'

You don’t usually see Sabrina Carpenter with an instrument in her hand, as on stage, she’s usually focused on singing and choreography. She can play, though. In fact, on her new album Man’s Best Friend , she tried her hand at perhaps an unexpected instrument: the banjo.

In a recent interview with SiriusXM’s Hits 1, she discussed the nature of making the album, saying:

“The producers of the whole album are John Ryan and Jack Antonoff, and I co-wrote the whole thing with Amy Allen, and I think the most special thing about this album was it really felt like it was a band and, you know, any one of us could be in the corner of a room and pick up an instrument and go, ‘Oh, I have this sound,’ or, ‘This sounds really cool,’ or you try banging on a glass or banging on a cup, or you like