Sabrina Carpenter showed up with gusto on Saturday at Variety ‘s annual Hitmakers event, accepting her Hitmaker of the Year honor in front of a star- and executive-studded audience and quipping about the very action-packed year that brought her to this summit.

The pop superstar, who has seen her career explode in recent years, gave the crowd in Hollywood some words of wisdom from an artist who started writing songs at the age of 10.

“The easiest way to write a bad song is to try to write a hit,” Carpenter said. “Write the opposite of what you think a hit is. Write what speaks to you, write something that only you can write. Write the music you want to listen to yourself. Add the weird chord progression and key change, and call men stupid in as many ways as you can.”

Carpenter’s kud

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