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Fun and flirty, with a frothy hook and bitter little kick, Sabrina Carpenter’s single “Espresso” was widely hailed as the Song of the Summer. Its follow-up “Please Please Please” delivered an equally bittersweet umami, as the 25-year-old Disney graduate slipped from her sugariest tone to a menacing growl, warning her liability of an actor-boyfriend: “Don’t embarrass me, motherf*****.”