Ariana Grande will happily sing Sabrina Carpenter‘s “Espresso,” in case anyone thought otherwise — or at least do a dramatic reading of the lyrics.
“This is ‘Espresso’ by Sabrina Carpenter? What is it doing here?” she asks in a video uploaded by W Magazine on Saturday (Feb. 1), where she’s on an interview set and soon learns that the mag’s team intended to ask others to sing the pop hit for a segment of “Lyrical Improv.”
“You weren’t going to ask me to sing?” Grande cuts in. When she’s told they didn’t think she’d want to take part, she issues a correction: “You’re mistaken, ma’am.”
Grande and Wicked co-star Cynthia Erivo make the cut in the final version of W‘s “Espresso” line-by-line sing-along video, as do Selena Gomez, Saoirse Ronan, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Harris Dickinson and more. “It’s safe to say Sabrina does it better,” Gomez quips at the end.
Although Ronan seems maybe the most excited to take part, and knows the tune well, she admits that before joining in on the fun she actually thought Carpenter’s song was called “Nespresso.”
Carpenter’s set to perform live at the 2025 Grammy Awards on Sunday. No word on what she’ll be singing, but “Espresso” did earn best pop solo performance and record of the year nominations. Carpenter is also up for song of the year for “Please Please Please,” and her Short n’ Sweet collection is nominated for pop vocal album and album of the year. Plus, Carpenter is nominated for best new artist after her breakthrough year, making it a total of six Grammy nominations for her at the ceremony.
Watch the multi-artist version of “Espresso” below.
