Carpenter wrote it with songwriters Julia Michaels and Amy Allen and its producers John Ryan and Ian Kirkpatrick, with Julian Bunetta also contributing to production.

[1][2] She announced that she was working on her sixth studio album in March 2024, exploring new genres and expecting that it would herald a new chapter in her life.

[8] Preceding an official announcement, billboards bearing tweets about Carpenter's height began appearing throughout New York City.

[9] On June 3, 2024, she announced that the album, titled Short n' Sweet, would be released by Island Records on August 23, 2024, and revealed its cover artwork.

[11] Carpenter wrote the song "Taste" with songwriters Julia Michaels and Amy Allen and its producers John Ryan and Ian Kirkpatrick, with Julian Bunetta also contributing to production.

[13] According to Paper's Erica Campbell, it features Carpenter candidly addressing the complexities of relationship issues with the lyrics: "I've been known to share.

Ryan and Jeff Gunnell recorded the song at the Perch in Calabasas, California, Juicy Hill Studios in the Bahamas, and the Playpen in Calabasas, California; Serban Ghenea mixed it at MixStar Studios in Virginia Beach with engineering from Bryce Bordone; and Nathan Dantzler mastered it with assistance from Harrison Tate.

[16] Including it in The New York Times's list of the most notable tracks of its release week, Zoladz shared a similar opinion and believed it continued the "winning streak" established by its preceding singles.

"[13][46] The music video was inspired by the 1992 film Death Becomes Her starring Meryl Streep and Goldie Hawn, which carries a similar premise.

The murder sequences and costume choices also make explicit visual references to Psycho (1960), The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992), Addams Family Values (1993), Ginger Snaps (2000), Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003) and Scream 4 (2011).

This kicks off a gory battle between the two, featuring hospital defibrillators as weapons, voodoo dolls, and Ortega severing Carpenter's arm after the latter catches her in the shower with her boyfriend.

Horrified, she promptly lashes out with her chainsaw, only to accidentally kill the boyfriend, failing to realize her mistake until Carpenter rushes out to watch him drown in the pool.

Stripping off the high collar of her silver-studded outfit, Carpenter strode down the catwalk while singing "Espresso", surrounded by helmeted dancers performing space-themed routines under neon signs and visuals of a giant Moon Person extending into the crowd.

[54][55][56][57] Entertainment Weekly's Lester Fabian Brathwaite and Vogue's Hannah Jackson thought Carpenter channeled Spears, Monroe, and Madonna on the Blond Ambition World Tour.