“Paris” by Sabrina Carpenter
“Paris” is a song recorded and performed by American singer, songwriter and actress Sabrina Carpenter. Lyrically, “Paris” is a love song that pays a very passionate ode to the capital city of France. To show her immense love for Paris, aka the “City of Lights”, Sabrina sings the majority of the song’s bridge in French.
When we translated the French lyrics of the song, we found out that Carpenter is talking about not wanting to find love. However, the city of Paris has something that makes one want to love very passionately. She concludes by saying her heart will forever belong to the object of her interest.
Carpenter is known for being an avid lover of the French capital city. From infancy, Carpenter had always dreamed of traveling to Paris. On numerous occasions, she had publicly talked of wanting to visit the city so much. For example in 2016, during an appearance on Vevo’s 60 WITH, when asked the one place she would love to visit, she quickly said Paris.
Carpenter eventually realized her dream of visiting Paris in May 2017 when she visited the city to play a major show. In addition to the show, she chose the City of Lights as the destination to celebrate her 18th birthday.
Below is Carpenter celebrating her 18th birthday in the City of Lights. The celebration takes place at the end of her show in that city.
“Paris” Facts
- Sabrina Carpenter co-wrote “Paris” with American songwriters: Leland and Jason Evigan. The latter produced it.
- In the song, Paris is mentioned approximately nine times.
- This track came out as a promotional single on October 24, 2018 through Hollywood Records. It is the second track off of Carpenter’s third studio album Singular: Act I.
- With a total length of 3 minutes and 38 seconds, “Paris” is the second longest track on the Singular: Act I.
- No samples were used in the creation of this track.
A number of fans and analysts alike interpret the lyrics from the chorus as being about infidelity. According to them, the lines above are about her leaving her love in LA for Paris because she’s scared of love. In Paris, she meets a new love who is both very romantic and charming. However, at some point she begins to feel guilty about her actions and realizes that she has someone who truly loves her back in LA.
It’s noteworthy to mention that some fans have debunked the part of the interpretation that claims the singer was unfaithful. They say the chorus doesn’t give any hint that Carpenter entered into another relationship with someone in Paris.
What do you think? How do you understand these lyrics?
