You can pre-order Sabrina Carpenter’s new album today (yes, that Fortnite girl)
Where do I even start? Fresh off turning Fortnite into a virtual peace rally, global superstar and pop icon Sabrina Carpenter has found time to make more music and release a brand new album (available for pre-order now). She joined the Fortnite Music Festival in April as Season 8 Icon and immediately got the battle royale game on fire with jams like “Juno” and “Nonsense,” as well as a skin that told players to put down their weapons and just get in on the action. The mayhem also came with cosmetics, themed costumes, and something called a “Sweet Little Pack,” because of course.
Her new album, Man’s Best Friend, is out on August 29th, following up the global success of Short n’ Sweet, and is now available for pre-order on all major platforms, including Amazon and Walmart. Amazon is even offering it exclusively on a $33 translucent tan vinyl LP, as well as a $18 light blue cassette and $14 audio CD, because physical media is truly making a comeback, and frankly, it’s about time.
With the new album now available for pre-order, Sabrina may well make the transition from virtual peacemaker to chart-topper once again this year (at least in my humble opinion).
Aside from welcoming the pop star to the game in early April 2025, Epic is still busy working on ideas for how to keep Fortnite going strong. Be it superhero Squadron, a bizarre Star Wars mode with no real ammo, or a new Blitz Royale experiment.
Player numbers have dropped a bit since the height of last year’s chaos, which saw the Squid Game map, a boss fight with Doctor Doom, a concert in Times Square and in-game spectacles from Eminem, Snoop Dogg, Ice Spice and Juice Wrld, but things are starting to pick up again.
Whether this helps Fortnite regain market share against Roblox hits like Grow a Garden remains to be seen. But what if it was Sabrina Carpenter who started gaming’s resurgence? Epic would love to continue to ride on that momentum.
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