Sabrina Carpenter released a music video on Friday for her new single "Taste." The video costars Jenna Ortega as her ex-boyfriend's new girlfriend. In the climactic scene, the two women kiss, reviving online discussions about Carpenter's sexuality.
Sabrina Carpenter's latest single " Taste ," taken from her brand new album "Short n' Sweet," arrived on Friday with a music video that certainly lives up to the song title. Directed by Dave Meyers and apparently inspired by the 1992 dark comedy "Death Becomes Her," the gory video costars Jenna Ortega as Carpenter's ex-boyfriend's new girlfriend. The two women take turns attempting to murder each other (using a variety of methods, from guns and knives to voodoo dolls) while Carpenter sings about their shared romantic connection: "You'll just have to taste me when he's kissing you / If you want forever, I bet you do / Just know you'll taste me too.
" Sure enough, the video culminates with Carpenter and Ortega sharing a kiss, just before Ortega uses a chainsaw to murder the "beloved boyfriend" in question. The two women attend his funeral together and share a knowing smile over the casket. Carpenter has been releasing music since she was a Disney Channel star in 2015, but reached a new level of fame this year with the hit song "Espresso," a cheeky ode to her feminine wiles .
("I got this one boy, and he won't stop calling / When they act this way, I know I got 'em.") Carpenter followed that song with " Please Please Please ," her firs.