“Skin,” Sabrina Carpenter’s first single at her new Island Records home, is going for immediate mainstream radio airplay.<\/p>\n
The song, which launched at midnight late Thursday\/early Friday, is expected to receive opening day from some key stations. New York’s Z100, for instance, confirmed plans to play the song at or around midnight.<\/p>\n
The song’s first official playlist pickups will be reported in conjunction with the January 26 add board (its “impact date”).<\/p>\n
Unquestionably one of Carpenter’s most radio-friendly singles, “Skin” is also generating buzz for its lyrical content. Fans and media pose that “Skin” is a response to Olivia Rodrigo’s “drivers license,” and at least one line seems to strongly support their case (“Maybe you didn’t it mean it\/Maybe blonde was the only rhyme” in “Skin” vs. “And you’re\u205fprobably\u205fwith\u205fthat blonde girl\/who always made me doubt” in “drivers license”).<\/p>\n
Some also argue that the line “don’t drive yourself insane” is a response to the driving Rodrigo is doing in her song.<\/p>\n
Although Rodrigo has not explicitly commented on the subjects of her song, a popular theory says she is referencing a rumored relationship between her “High School Musical: The Musical: The Series” co-star Joshua Bassett and Sabrina Carpenter.<\/p>\n