Sabrina Carpenter Just Called Out the Size of Barry Keoghan’s You-Know-What in Her New Song ‘Bed Chem’

I was in a sheer dress the day that we met

We were both in a rush, we talked for a sec
Your friend hit me up so we could connect
And what are the odds? You send me a text
And now the next thing I know, I’m like
Manifest that you’re oversized
I digress, got me scrollin’ like
Out of breath, got me goin’ like

• The opening line of ‘Bed Chem’ nods to the fact that Sabrina Carpenter and Barry Keoghan met at the Givenchy Womenswear Spring/Summer 2024 in Paris in September 2023.
• She was, indeed, wearing a sheer dress.
• We don’t know who the friend who connected them is—there are no photos of who Barry was sitting with.
• Clearly, though, Sabrina was fantasizing about the size of his, ahem, package.

Ooh (Ah)

Who’s the cute boy with the white jacket and the thick accent? Like
Ooh (Ah)
Maybe it’s all in my head

• This is pretty straightforward, Barry is Irish and was wearing a white jacket on the day they met. Clearly there was chemistry from the beginning.

But I bеt we’d have really good bеd chem

How you pick me up, pull ’em down, turn me ’round
Oh, it just makes sense
How you talk so sweet when you’re doin’ bad things
That’s bed (Bed) chem (Chem)
How you’re lookin’ at me, yeah, I know what that means
And I’m obsessed
Are you free next week?
I bet we’d have really good

• Seems to allude to the fact that they have really strong physical chemistry right from the get-go but that he also treats her well.

Come right on me, I mean camaraderie

Said you’re not in my timezone, but you wanna be
Where art thou? Why not uponeth me?
See it in my mind, let’s fulfill the prophecy

• On the timezone thing: Sabrina lives in Los Angeles, but Barry splits his time between LA and London, the time difference is that London is eight hours ahead of LA. Seems to hint at the fact that they talked a lot long-distance before hooking up.
• The second part is a play of English playwright William Shakespeare’s most famous line of dialogue from Romeo & Juliet, “Wherefore art thou Romeo?”

Ooh (Ah)

Who’s the cute guy with the wide, blue eyes and the big bad mm? Like
Ooh (Ah)
I know I sound a bit redundant

• Pretty simple here: Barry has blue eyes and apparently a big…you get the idea.

But I bet we’d have really good bed chem

How you pick me up, pull ’em down, turn me ’round
Oh, it just makes sense (Oh, it just makes sense)
How you talk so sweet when you’re doin’ bad things (Bad)
That’s bed chem (Oh, that’s bed chem)
How you’re lookin’ at me, yeah, I know what that means
And I’m obsessed (So obsessed)
Are you free next week?
I bet we’d have really good (Bed chem)

How you pick me up, pull ’em down, turn me ’round (Ooh)

Oh, it just makes sense (Oh, it just makes sense)
How you talk so sweet when you’re doin’ bad things
That’s bed chem (Oh, that’s bed chem)
How you’re lookin’ at me, yeah, I know what that means
And I’m obsessed (So obsessed)
Are you free next week? (Are you free next week?)
I bet we’d have really good

And I bet we’d both arrive at the same time (Bed chem)

And I bet the thermostat’s set at six-nine (Bed chem)
And I bet it’s even better than in my head (My)

• Umm yeah, this is pretty self-explanatory! Sounds like they have a spicy sex life with that ’69’ reference.

Ha (Make me go), ha

No-no-no
Ha (Make me go), ha
No-no-no, no, oh no, oh
Ha (Make me go), ha (Yeah, yeah)
No-no-no, oh
Ha (Make me go), ha
Ooh, oh, baby
(A little fade out?)