| "When Did You Get Hot?" | |
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| Song by Sabrina Carpenter | |
| from the album Man's Best Friend | |
| Released | August 29, 2025 |
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| Length | 2:25 |
| Label | Island |
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"When Did You Get Hot?" is a song by American singer Sabrina Carpenter from her seventh studio album album Man's Best Friend (2025). She wrote it with Amy Allen, Jack Antonoff and John Ryan and produced it with Antonoff and Ryan.
In an interview with Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1, Sabrina Carpenter said:
"When Did You Get Hot?" was a good example of a song that wouldn't have been on the record if we didn't take the time to sit down and, like, actually try things, and actually try different versions of that song. That we could borrow little elements from "House Tour" and little elements from "Tears" that could make that song feel like it belongs with everything else. [1]
The song incorporates R&B [2] [3] and funk elements, [4] and has been compared to the style of Ariana Grande by music critics. [5] [6] [7] Sabrina Carpenter uses sexual innuendos via double entendres in the lyrics, [8] as she describes events following her recovery from a breakup. [9] In the story, she meets an old acquaintance named Devin and finds him even more gorgeous than he was in the past. [4] [8] Carpenter becomes interested in starting a sexual relationship with him and imagines him lifting her car with one hand like a superhero. She also provides backing vocals through "breathy 'uh-huhs'", which highlight her lust. [3] [8]
The song received generally mixed reviews from music critics. Jason Lipshutz of Billboard ranked it as the sixth best song from Man's Best Friend, praising Carpenter for "sell[ing] the one-liners and inject[ing] personality the corners of the track" as well as the song's suitable placement on the album. [3] Adam White of The Independent described the song as "a painfully literal celebration of the masculine glow-up", and remarked that it "rides a squelchy bassline hook reminiscent of Ginuwine's 'Pony', but feels too much like Thank U, Next -era Ariana Grande cosplay to properly hit." [5] Brittany Spanos of Rolling Stone stated that the line "You were an ugly kid, but you're a sexy man" "can only work with her winking delivery." [4] Mikael Wood of Los Angeles Times commented the song "feels like something Ariana Grande abandoned after workshopping for a minute." [6] Reviewing the album for The New York Times , Jon Caramanica wrote "Carpenter is best when playful, but not winking. Accordingly, the most effective songs here are the most literal." He cited the song as an instance, stating it "literally descends into lip-biting panting." [7] Mary Chiney of Beats Per Minute wrote "'When Did You Get Hot' anchors the middle stretch with lyrics that could only have been written in 2025: self-aware, plugged into the language of online culture, yet grounded in the timeless confusion of attraction. It's also where you start to see why so many of her song titles read like text messages; they're snapshots of conversations, fragments of thought, punchlines before the joke lands." [10] Nick Levine of NME commented the song was an example in which "she's so gleefully horny that she comes off like a Gen Z version of Blanche from The Golden Girls ." [11]
| Chart (2025) | Peak position |
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| Australia (ARIA) [12] | 13 |
| Canada (Canadian Hot 100) [13] | 19 |
| Global 200 ( Billboard ) [14] | 14 |
| Greece International (IFPI) [15] | 13 |
| Iceland (Tónlistinn) [16] | 37 |
| Ireland (IRMA) [17] | 9 |
| Netherlands (Single Top 100) [18] | 64 |
| New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [19] | 15 |
| Norway (IFPI Norge) [20] | 26 |
| Philippines (Philippines Hot 100) [21] | 73 |
| Portugal (AFP) [22] | 22 |
| Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [23] | 62 |
| UK Singles (OCC) [24] | 9 |
| US Billboard Hot 100 [25] | 17 |