Sabrina Carpenter revisits “Feather” from her deluxe edition of her 2022 album with ‘Emails I Can’t Send fwd’ with an accompanying iconic yet girly gruesome music video. The song about breaking off a relationship and moving on begins in a catholic church while bells ring in the background. Within each ring of the bell, three frames are caught portraying a casket that states, “RIP Bitch”, a shelf with angels, and a bottle of blood reading, “RIP,” and the last frame set in front of the altar. While the opener hooks you into a catholic setting, the idea of “RIP” foreshadows the idea of saying goodbye to a relationship she describes in her track. The melody begins as a frame dangles before a camera, capturing, “He was just okay.” When she arrives in a pink hearse in front of the church, wearing a black veil, she smiles at her newfound freedom. When the upbeat base continues, she starts walking down the streets of New York, slaying in confidence, wearing 6-inch black heels and an aesthetic early 2000s fit. As she sings,” Oh it’s like that/I’m your dream come true/When it’s on a platter for you/Then you pull back,” boys, from left and right, start appearing to soon getting hit by a truck. As Carpenter’s attitude becomes careless, the scene shifts to a boxing gym where a group of diverse males are preparing to fight each other. This scene perfectly captures her feelings towards them as she puts on her boxing gloves with hearts on them, ready to hit each of them. “I feel so much lighter like a feather with you off my mind/Floatin’ through the memories like whatever/You’re a waste of time,’’ she is over her relationship. As her dance-along track continues, the boys in the video are seen killing each other, bringing a gruesome energy to the video as blood squirts all over her. As they lay there dead, it “feels so good, not carin’,” and she demonstrates that through the rest of the video as she shows up to the church in a black tulle outfit as light blue caskets surround her and laughing, “sorry for your loss.” 

Talk about being over a boy! Carpenter visually and vocally delivers the attitude and body language of not accepting the bare minimum. Overall, “Feather” releases toxic energy that potentially intertwines in relationships, and the artist implies the importance of letting go. The track is a fun and energetic girl-like song that many may relate to while her face card never declines, and her outfits slay each scene to perfection. 

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