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Sabrina Carpenter climbed onto Jimmy Fallon's desk with espresso

Sabrina Carpenter climbed onto Jimmy Fallon's desk with espresso

She works long hours… as a presenter of The Tonight Show? Pop star Sabrina Carpenter visited The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon to sing their hit “Espresso,” backed by a band that added horns to the song and gave it a slowed down, new jazzy arrangement.

Jimmy Fallon believes Sabrina Carpenter manifested “Espresso” years ago

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Regard The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on NBC weekdays at 11:35/10:35c and the next day on Peacock.

During her performance, Carpenter (wearing a baby blue bodysuit and holding a rhinestone-studded microphone) sang the playful line: “I work long hours because I singr,” behind Fallon’s signature desk on set, left the musical performance area to twirl in his chair under the spotlight. She then climbed onto the desk for a quick pose before returning to her band.

During an interview with the singer in August, the host noted, “The internet has noticed that you seem to be able to manifest things on social media,” sharing a post from the singer on X (then Twitter). “It said, ‘People are always afraid to give me caffeine. I don't know why. These little espresso things taste sweet and I like them.'”

Carpenter checked the date – March 16, 2016 – and made her a teenager when she posted it.

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“So, I was 15 and drinking espresso. What says a lot about my parents or me? “I don’t know,” she admitted. “I think you can predict the future,” he told her, “so be careful tweeting things now because they will come true.”

“What am I tweeting tonight? Let me tweet from your phone. What are we tweeting?” Carpenter joked. “That you will have the number one album” The Tonight Show The host responded as the singer tapped his desk for good luck. “Watch. 'Please Please Please' go back to number one. All of these things are going to happen.” Actually, her album Short and sweet debuted at number one in September.

What you should know about “Espresso” by Sabrina Carpenter

The pop star told Apple Music that the song is about feeling good and not taking things too seriously.

Carpenter said she started writing this song “in one of those moments in my life where I just thought I was the s— in that moment. And I think that you don't always think like that, so you're nice.” You have to capture the moments that you do. She added: “For me it was really fun to equate it with caffeine and that addiction, and I definitely have a caffeine addiction such as it is.” So for me it really comes full circle at the end.”

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