Sabrina Carpenter and Dolly Parton Release Country Take on ‘Please Please Please’ — with Video Nod to Ex Barry Keoghan

Mar. 15, 2025

Sabrina CarpenterandDolly Partonare joining forces!

On Friday, Feb. 14, the singer, 25, released acollaborative renditionof her 2024 song “Please Please Please” for the newdeluxe editionof her albumShort n’ Sweet, which also dropped on Valentine’s Day.

Teaming up with Parton, 79, for the duet, the musicians put a country twist on the pop track and filmed a vintage-inspired music video that appears to have a not-so-subtle nod to Carpenter’s ex, actorBarry Keoghan.

In the new music video, Carpenter hits the road with Parton in a truck as they sing the lyrics of the track, before Parton is later seen handing a shovel to Carpenter who is stood in the back of the vehicle. The police soon catch up to the duo and start chasing them, with the camera then panning to a male who has been handcuffed in the back of the truck with a sack on his head and is wearing the same outfit as Keoghan did in the original video.

The song also features a lyric change, with Carpenter and Parton taking it in turns to sing, “I beg you, don’t embarrass me, like the others,” a switch-up from the original, “I beg you, don’t embarrass me, mother——.” When “Please Please Please” was first released, it was believed to contain plenty of cheeky lyrical references to theSaltburnstar, including the line, “I heard that you’re an actor, so act like a stand-up guy.”

A male actor in the new ‘Please Please Please’ music video.Island Records

Island Records

Carpenter and Keoghan dated off and on for about a yearbefore deciding to take a break, PEOPLE previously reported in December 2024. “They are both young and career-focused, so they’ve decided to take a break,” a source told PEOPLE at the time.

The former couple made theirred carpet debutat the 2024 Met Gala.

Sabrina Carpenter and Barry Keoghan in the original ‘Please Please Please’ music video.Sabrina Carpenter/YouTube

Sabrina Carpenter/YouTube

Sharing a snippet of the music video on herInstagram page, Carpenter said she was “so honored” to collaborate with music icon Parton.

“Dolly and me singing in a pickup truck!!!!!!,” her caption read alongside the pair taking turns to drive. “I am so honored to have one of my biggest idols on a song that means so much to me. ‘Short n’ Sweet’ deluxe is out now! Go watch and listen!!!!”

“Love you forever@dollyparton🤍🦋,” she added.

Dolly Parton and Sabrina Carpenter on the set of the ‘Please Please Please’ music video.Aiden Magarian

Aiden Magarian

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Also posting a clip of the pair singing on her Instagram page,Parton wrote:“Turns out, two things can be short and sweet 😉 Listen to “Please Please Please (feat. Dolly Parton)” everywhere now! ❤️@sabrinacarpenter.”

Dolly Parton and Sabrina Carpenter in the ‘Please Please Please’ music video.Island Records

Carpenter released the original music video for herJack Antonoff-produced single back in June 2024.

Meanwhile, in addition to the duet with Parton, the two-time Grammy winner’s new deluxe edition features four other songs, including “Busy Woman” which she debuted live on her sold-outShort ‘n’ Sweettour.

Other new tracks include “15 Minutes,” “Couldn’t Make It Any Harder” and “Bad Reviews.”

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“Originally released last August,Short n’ Sweettopped the charts worldwide and had one of the biggest global debuts of 2024,” the release reads. “Upon release,Short n’ Sweetskyrocketed to the top for three consecutive weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, becoming only the second album in 2024 to spend its first three weeks atop the list. The album’s opening track, ‘Taste,’ captured #1 on Spotify’s US chart, dethroning Sabrina’s own ‘Please Please Please’ and making it the 3rd song off her album to hit #1.”

source: people.com