Joshua Bassett is displaying support for Sabrina Carpenter amid a rumored musical feud between her and his co-star (and rumored ex-girlfriend) Olivia Rodrigo. On Friday, the High School Musical: The Musical: The Series actor praised Carpenter’s new single, “Skin,” which fans think is about Rodrigo.
Posting a screenshot of Carpenter’s single’s cover art, Bassett, 20, wrote, “Been stuck in my head since I heard it!!!”
“Congratulations @sabrinacarpenter on ‘skin,’ the new label, & all that is to come!!!” he added.
HSMTMTS co-stars Bassett and Rodrigo, 17, never confirmed an off-screen romance. However, followers assume the pair beforehand dated earlier than breaking apart the last yr. Rodrigo posted a TikTok about “failed relationships” in August.
As for Bassett and Carpenter, 21, the 2 have been romantically linked for months, even posting their Halloween {couples} costumes on social media.
Earlier this month, Rodrigo released the hit single “Drivers License” wherein she sings about an unnamed ex and about how he’s “probably with that blonde girl / who at all times made me doubt /she’s a lot older than me/she’s every part I am insecure about.” Fans couldn’t help but interpret that to be about Carpenter, who’s blonde and 4 years older than Rodrigo.
As for Carpenter’s newly-released track, it had followers guessing it was made in response to Rodrigo’s song.
“Possibly we might’ve been friends/ If I met you in another life/ Maybe then we could pretend/ There’s no gravity within the phrases we write/ Possibly you didn’t mean it/ Maybe blonde was the one rhyme,” she sings.
“And I’m not asking you to let it go however/ You been tellin’ your aspect/ So I’ll be tellin’ mine,” Carpenter provides in one other verse, additionally singing, “You may attempt/ To get underneath my underneath my underneath my pores and skin/ Whereas he’s on mine…Don’t drive yourself insane.”
Meanwhile final week, Bassett also dropped his song titled “Lies, Lies, Lies,” which followers also seemed to think was a response to Rodrigo’s “Drivers License.”
In it,, he croons, “I know what you said about me / I hope that it makes you happy / You can’t seem to get me off your mind.” The music video also features driving scenes that resemble elements of Rodrigo’s visual.
