Sabrina Carpenter believes Christina Aguilera is a pop "icon"

Speaking to Paper magazine, Sabrina shared: "I love Christina. That was one of my very first idols and icons.

"I was 11 years old and you couldn't get her name out of my mouth. She's very special to me. Those songs raised me."

Sabrina has received lots of advice throughout her career, but she always wanted to be seen as a "multi-genre" artist.

The 'Espresso' hitmaker said: "I'll put it this way: when I was younger, I was told by a lot of grown men that I needed to pick a genre, stay in that genre, be that genre and do one thing. And there wasn't even a genre that excited me at the time.

"It was their idea of what I should be. I was like 12 or 13. I know that sounds insane, but that was put into my head. So I think secretly my entire life, the goal was to be able to create something that felt multi-genre but also so distinctly myself.

"Sonically, all the songs are different, but the lyrical perspective is all Sabrina. It's all me and it's all stories in my life. That's the throughline."

Sabrina also hopes that her upcoming album, 'Short n' Sweet', will satisfy everyone's wishes.

She explained: "If your favourite song is 'Espresso', then you'll have another song that you love. And if your favourite song is 'Please' Please Please', you'll have another song that you love. And if you hate both of those songs, then listen to a different album.

"I'm grateful for the people for tuning in, whether it be ten years ago, five years ago, yesterday or tomorrow, in two years.

"There's definitely some people that are still not tuned in. I plan on tuning them in."