Sabrina Carpenter Was 'Convinced' Paul McCartney Was Her 'Future Husband' After Hearing This Beatles Song as a Child

Paul McCartney's been married to wife Nancy Shevell since 2011. But there was a point where Sabrina Carpenter thought she might've had a chance with the "Hey Jude" musician.

In an interview on the Dec. 12 episode of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, the "Espresso" singer recalled hearing one particular Beatles song as a child and falling "in love" with McCartney.

"When I was very, very young, my dad played me ‘Rocky Raccoon’ for the first time and I was so mesmerized by that song and the songwriting of it all that I fell in love with Paul McCartney," said Carpenter, 25, of the 82-year-old Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member.

"I was convinced that was my husband, my future husband," she added. "But he was quite old, and I was so young. I didn’t understand that he was much older than me because I was looking at all these photos."

At the time, Carpenter thought McCartney was "young" and "only like 10 years older than me."

"I didn’t understand math," she quipped. "I was a child."

Earlier this year, Carpenter got the chance to meet McCartney at the 2024 MusiCares Person of the Year ceremony honoring Jon Bon Jovi ahead of the most recent Grammy Awards, and they posed together for a photo.

"I just formed tears in my eyes, and he was just so normal and casual and was so charming," recalled the Short n' Sweet musician. "It felt like I was entering an alternate universe… like the Upside Down vibes? Like Stranger Things, but a lot happier than Stranger Things."

Carpenter added that she felt McCartney made the entire room of people feel "seen and heard."

In an interview with Vogue Arabia published earlier this week, the former child star revealed she made the cut on her own Spotify Wrapped list of top artists this year with her hit "Espresso."

"It’s funny because when I first saw mine, my initial reaction was, ‘Oh damn, I can’t post that, because I’m on my own [list]. It’s a bit conceited,’ Carpenter told the outlet.

“Then I was like, I guess it’s a good thing that I’m on my list and listening to my own music, because it means I f--- with what I do,” she said. “But the other ones were Dolly Parton, ABBA, Kacey Musgraves and the Bee Gees.”