Posted 20 minutes agoSubscribe to Taylor Swift NewsletterCaret DownSabrina Carpenter's Iconic Digital Footprint Is Delivering Once Again Amid Her Feature On Taylor Swift's Upcoming Album, "The Life Of A Showgirl"If only 10-year-old Sabrina could see herself now!by Stephanie SoteriouBuzzFeed StaffFacebookPinterestLinkHot Topic🔥 Full coverage and conversation on Taylor Swift On Wednesday, Taylor Swift announced the tracklist for her highly anticipated 12th studio album, The Life of a Showgirl, and confirmed that the record's title track will feature Sabrina Carpenter. Kevin Mazur / Getty Images As I'm sure you know, 26-year-old Sabrina's music career exploded while she was supporting Taylor on her record-breaking Eras tour, but she had been tirelessly working to break into the mainstream since she was a literal child. Jonathan Leibson / Getty Images And she actually first found success as an actor, landing her breakout role at the age of 14 when she was cast in the Disney Channel sitcom, Girl Meets World. Bruce Birmelin / Getty Images But it seems as though music was always Sabrina's main passion, and while she released her first album way back in 2015, she didn't achieve widespread recognition until the success of her 2022 album, Emails I Can't Send. Vivien Killilea / Getty Images BuzzFeed TrendingHot TopicThink you're Blondie's biggest fan? Put your ~reputation~ to the test.
See our Taylor Swift Discussions The following year, Taylor booked Sabrina as the support act for some of her stadium shows, and her career absolutely skyrocketed, with Sab undeniably one of the biggest names in pop music at the moment. Hector Vivas / Getty Images During this time, Sabrina and Taylor developed a pretty close friendship, and in 2024, Sabrina even joined Taylor on the Eras stage twice for surprise performances - much to the delight of fans. Tas2024 / Getty Images And now, Sabrina has a feature on Taylor's upcoming album, and if her digital footprint is anything to go by, then she'll be seriously pinching herself over it. Don Arnold / Getty Images You see, Sabrina was incredibly active online throughout her childhood, and made no secret of how much she adored Taylor during this time. For example, in March 2010, when she was just 10 years old, Sabrina tweeted: "Going to see Taylor tonight!!! i'm so excited : D." X @sabrinaannlynn / Via x.com She followed up with: "The Taylor Swift concert was amazing, had so much fun I cant wait to have a world tour someday like hers! lol with 2 sold out shows!!!!!" And following the "The Life of a Showgirl" collab announcement, another wholesome social media post has resurfaced online, this time from Sabrina's official Facebook page. Marc Piasecki / Getty Images The post was also made when Sabrina was 10 years old, in August 2009, and reads: "was trying to enter a Taylor Swift karaoke contest to win tickets and a chance to meet her but they said I had to be 13 : (" Facebook @sabrinacarpenter / Via Facebook: sabrinacarpenter A Taylor fan account shared a screenshot of this post alongside Taylor's new tracklist and simply wrote: "16 years later," in a tweet that has been seen more than two million times in just over 24 hours.
Somebody else quote-tweeted this and added: "the feature being the title track too. sabrina really won at life.""Sab is the final boss when it comes to manifesting and she be WINNING!" another replied, and one more joked: "I'm so happy for my close friend sabrina carpenter."Somebody else tweeted: "sabrina should be annoying asf about this taylor collab cause if EYE got to be on a song with someone ive idolized for well over a decade, i'd never shut up about it." And if you're wondering how Sabrina herself reacted to the collab, she shared the news on her Instagram story and excitedly added: "i know someone who's freaking out and it's me." John Shearer / Getty Images The Life of a Showgirl will be released on October 3rd, and if you want to know what each song on the tracklist could be about, check out our definitive breakdown here! New Heights In the meantime, let me know your thoughts on Sabrina's old social media posts in the comments below!