The success of Sabrina Carpenter‘s new single “Manchild” on the charts has been anything but stupid, slow or useless, with the track debuting at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 this week.
And to celebrate the feat, the typically cheeky pop star uploaded an earnest message to fans on her Instagram Story on Monday (June 16). “I can’t tell you how much this means to me!!!!” she wrote, sharing Billboard‘s post about the accomplishment. “This song makes me so happy.”
“Thank you eternally for listening,” added Carpenter, who also tagged her “Manchild” collaborators, producer Jack Antonoff and songwriter Amy Allen, and wrote, “I love ya.”
The singer also reacted to the news on X, writing, “i had a funny response but I’m just gonna say thank you <3”
Serving as the lead single to Carpenter’s new album Man’s Best Friend, “Manchild” dropped on June 5. The track is her first to debut in the Hot 100’s top spot, and her second total No. 1 hit so far (following “Please Please Please” in 2024).
Man’s Best Friend is set to arrive in August, almost exactly one year after the Girl Meets World alum unveiled her breakthrough album Short n’ Sweet. In a recent cover story interview with Rolling Stone, Carpenter explained why she took such a brief break between albums, pointing out that it wasn’t atypical back in the day for idols Dolly Parton and Linda Rondstadt to release an LP every year.
“I’m like, ‘When did we stop doing that?’ Writers write, they make music, and they release music,” Carpenter told the publication. “If I really wanted to, I could have stretched out Short n’ Sweet much, much longer. But I’m at that point in my life where I’m like, ‘Wait a second, there’s no rules.’ If I’m inspired to write and make something new, I would rather do that. Why would I wait three years just for the sake of waiting three years?”
