[Verse 1]
Maybe we could've been friends
If I met you in another life
Maybe then we could pretend
There's no gravity in the words we write
Maybe you didn't mean it
Maybe "blonde" was the only rhyme
The only rhyme


[Pre-Chorus]
Want my heart to be breakin', breakin', no
I'm happy and you hate it, hate it, oh

And I'm not asking you to let it go
But you been tellin' your side
So I'll be tellin' mine, oh

[Chorus]
You can try
To get under my, under my, under my skin
While hе's on mine
Yeah, all on my, all on my, all on my skin
I wish you knew that еven you
Can't get under my skin if I don't let you in

[Verse 2]
You're tellin' it how you see it
Like truth is whatever you decide
Some people will believe it
And some will read in between the lines
You're putting me in the spotlight
But I've been under it all my life

Said all my life
[Pre-Chorus]
Want my heart to be breakin', breakin', no
I'm happy and you hate it, hate it, oh

And I'm not asking you to let it go
But you been tellin' your side
So I'll be tellin' mine (Mine, oh)

[Chorus]
You can try
To get under my, under my, under my skin
While he's on mine
Yeah, all on my, all on my, all on my skin
I wish you knew that even you
Can't get under my skin if I don't let you in, oh
You can try
To get under my, under my, under my skin
While he's on mine
Yeah, all on my, all on my, all on my skin
I wish you knew that even you
Can't get under my skin if I don't let you in, oh

[Bridge]
I just hope that one day
We both can laugh about it
When it's not in our face
Won't have to dance around it
Don't drive yourself insane
It won't always be this way
[Chorus]
You can try
To get under my, under my, under my skin
While he's on mine
Yeah, all on my, all on my, all on my skin
I wish you knew that even you
Can't get under my skin if I don't let you in

About

Genius Annotation

Serving as an alleged response to Olivia Rodrigo’s wildly popular “drivers license,” “Skin” is a message to all the people that sent her hate for being with Joshua Bassett and also has lines that appear to be directly addressed at Rodrigo.

The song is Sabrina Carpenter’s first single release in 2021 and her first with her new record label Island Records. The song was a surprise release announced by Sabrina on her Twitter and Instagram on January 21, 2021.

Q&A

Find answers to frequently asked questions about the song and explore its deeper meaning

What have the artists said about the song?
Genius Answer

thank you to everyone who has listened to skin 🤍 especially those who have opened their minds to lyrically what i was trying to get across
i wasn’t bothered by a few lines in a (magnificent) song and wrote a diss track about it.

i was at a tipping point in my life for countless reasons. so i was inspired to do what i usually do to cope, write something that i wish i could have told myself in the past.
people can only get to you if you give them the power to. and a lot of people were trying to get to me.
the song isn’t calling out one single person. some lines address a specific situation, while other lines address plenty of other experiences I’ve had this past year..
it also shows that many things have actually gotten under my skin.. and I’m still learning to not give other people so much power over my feelings. I know a lot of you struggle with the same thing.

i don’t want this to become an endless cycle so please don’t take this as an opportunity to send more hate anyone’s way.

lots of love to u all.
thanks for letting me grow.

How did this song perform on the charts?
Genius Answer

This song hit the Hot 100 during the chart week ending February 6, 2021, debuting at #48. It is her first song to place on the chart. The song spent a total of three weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

How long did it take for Sabrina to write the song?
Genius Answer

In an interview with the Zach Sang Show, Sabrina stated that she wrote the song in one day, then “went back and worked on it production-wise and lyrically”.

Is there an official behind-the-scenes video?
Is there an official music video premiere for this song?
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Release Date
January 22, 2021
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