5 years ago today, Sabrina Carpenter released “skinny dipping.” Leroy Clampitt produced 'Skinny Dipping,' co-written by Sabrina Carpenter alongside Julia Michaels and JP Saxe, recording it that summer at Jungle City Studios in New York before releasing it through Island Records as the lead single from her fifth studio album, 'Emails I Can't Send.' Carpenter built anticipation through a cryptic weeks-long rollout, first dropping lyric fragments in mid-August, then emailing fans a coded title before finally revealing the cover art and release date days ahead of launch. The acoustic guitar-driven pop track finds Carpenter recounting a chance run-in with a former partner at a coffee shop, delivered with conversational, diary-like detail reminiscent of '90s pop songwriting. She even name-checks her real-life sister Shannon in the first verse, grounding the song's nostalgic tone in genuine personal detail. Amber Park directed the accompanying video, which shows Carpenter writing letters to...