When you thought that the “Driver’s License” saga couldn’t get more intense, we are receiving a new addition to the love triangle of music.
Joshua Bassett and Sabrina Carpenter are ready to launch a collaboration, and fans of the alleged couple – and some fans of Olivia Rodrigo – are going crazy.
There hasn’t been a Disney love triangle like this since Miley Cyrus and Selena Gomez were shifting Nick Jonas back and forth in the early 2000s, and the plot is about to thicken.
The collaboration of Sabrina Carpenter and Joshua Bassett:
Here’s what we know so far.
Bassett and Carpenter have been watching them since Bassett’s ex, Olivia Rodrigo, launched the “driver’s license” and shouted a “blonde girl”, who many assume to be Carpenter, for stealing his man.
But it seems that the center of attention in this love triangle – or public relations maneuver depending on who you ask – is not going anywhere, thanks to a new track featuring the two stars.
If you are following this complex tangle, you know that Bassett and Carpenter have already released solo songs that we can assume are about Rodrigo, but this new song could be a confirmation that Josh kicked Olivia onto the DMV curb and has been dating Carpenter since so – not that all of us have yet to assume that!
The song is called “We Both Know”.
Eagle-eyed fans noticed that a song called “We Both Know” was registered with the names of both artists in November 2020.
Bassett and Carpenter are listed as writers / songwriters on the track, which means we can only assume it will be a very personal track for the couple they say they have been dating since the time the song was written.
No lyrics have been released for the song yet, so we’ll have to wait and see how deep these two are willing to go.
It will be on Bassett’s next EP.
“We Don’t Know” is on the track list for Bassett’s eponymous EP. The EP is scheduled to be released on March 12, but the crossed fingers of these two will release the song as a single before release.
Bassett has already released two tracks from the EP, including the infamous music video “Lie Lie Lie”, which featured the same car that was in Olivia Rodrigo’s music video and, guess what, a blonde.
The music is very personal.
We may not know all the clues about what the song is, but Carpenter gave fans a brief insight in the interview included above: “It is a very dear collaboration in my heart that I am very excited about”.
We have already seen how sincere Carpenter can be in his music. The Work Star released a song titled “Skin” in January that seems to address some of the lyrics for “Driver’s License” Carpenter sings: “Maybe you didn’t want to / Maybe blonde was the only rhyme.”
She also opened up about the chaotic love triangle on her Instagram, saying, “I’m still learning not to give other people so much power over my feelings.”
It may not be a “driver’s license” response.
While we can almost guarantee that this song will give us more insight into what exactly is going on between Carpenter and Bassett, both professionally and personally, it may not be the “Driver’s License” track you are anticipating.
Since the song was recorded in November, it was already finished before “Driver’s License” took over our Spotify playlists and shows.
Bassett also recently hinted that the pair first met while making the song together.
“I sent her a quick message and was like, ‘Hey, I think you’re really amazing and I have a song that I think you would sound great, tell me what you think,'” he recalled when talking about the song, ” And she answered about ten minutes later, gave me her number and I sent the song to her. Fortunately, she liked it, so we got together in the studio and it was really fun to do. “
All that’s left to do is set your alarms for March 12, when everything will be revealed about the next track by Bassett and Carpenter.
Alice Kelly is a writer who lives in Brooklyn, New York. She is a generalist with an interest in lifestyle, entertainment and trend topics.