Eyes Wide Open is the debut studio album by American singer Sabrina Carpenter.

Carpenter began planning the project in 2014, after she launched her debut EP Can't Blame a Girl for Trying, as she wanted to make a full-length LP.

[3] The final cut of Eyes Wide Open contains twelve tracks, four of them were in Carpenter’s debut EP Can't Blame a Girl for Trying.

[8] A folk-pop guitar-driven ballad, "White Flag" talks about changes in our daily life and that none of the bad things we do will last forever.

Lyrically, the song talks about love and "being a non-perfect girl who wants life to be full of freedom.”[9] The album's lead single, "We'll Be the Stars", was released on January 13, 2015.

[13] Writing for the website Headline Planet, Brian Cantor gave the album a positive review, focusing on the emotion conveyed by Sabrina Carpenter's performance.

He wrote, "Decidedly loose in construct but rich in personality, Eyes Wide Open provides Carpenter with an opportunity to establish her own identity and leave her own mark."

In particular, he singled out "Eyes Wide Open" and "We'll Be the Stars" as weaker songs on the album that do not showcase Carpenter's talents and personality to their full potential.

"With every passing moment–even on her weaker tracks–" Cantor wrote, "Carpenter creates distance between the conception and reality of a teen artist.