Sabrina Carpenter has quickly positioned herself as a mainstream pop girl recently and it is her Christmas EP ‘fruitcake’ that has everybody talking. This deliciously fun EP is an excellent mix of Christmassy instrumentation classic pop and leaves the listener ready for the holidays. The total 15 minutes and 46 seconds takes us on a sleigh ride of emotions and over-flows with its Christmas aesthetic.
The first track ‘A Nonsense Christmas’, lives up to its name and the remix of the original track, 'Nonsense', just got so much better. The upbeat tempo and hilarious lyrics call for laughter and enjoyment when listening to this song, but the outro is the star of the show. With its hilarious lyrics, fans lost their minds at this new outro - Carpenter does a new outro on her tour for every city.
The festivity is carried on into the next track, ‘buy me presents’. It is incredibly catchy and fills you with such holiday glee; Carpenter writes a love-song to Santa and even calls him ‘so hot’, showcasing the unseriousness of the song making it impossible to forget.
The next track takes a slightly less up-beat tone but is still jam-packed with Christmas spirit. ‘santa doesn’t know you like i do’ encapsulates Carpenter’s desperation for her love interest to let her ‘give [them] everything [they] want’ and leaves you feeling hopeful and sentimental.
‘cindy lou who’ takes a more sombre feel but is equally as beautiful. Carpenter focuses on the heartbreak and jealousy of seeing an ex move on, which can be very painful. The use of the ‘Grinch’ character also allows for this ballad to have elements of Christmas, whilst being reflective and emotional.
We then take another turn with the almost 80s inspired ‘is it new years yet?’. The jingle bells kick in with Carpenter’s incredible pop flow contrasting her desperation of wanting the holidays to be over, but Carpenter owns this and, ultimately, made an amazing song out of it.
We are left on a traditional, nostalgic note as the last song is a cover of Irving Berlin’s ‘White Christmas’. Carpenter’s ‘white xmas’ is unique and takes a turn from the original track giving the listener a new experience of a track they have heard before. It leaves the listener satisfied and full of Christmas joy; this song is the perfect end and brings extra festivity into this spectacular EP.
