| "Feather" | ||||
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| Single by Sabrina Carpenter | ||||
| from the album Emails I Can't Send Fwd: | ||||
| Released | August 4, 2023 | |||
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| Length | 3:05 | |||
| Label | Island | |||
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| Producer(s) | John Ryan | |||
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| "Feather" on YouTube | ||||
"Feather" is song by American singer Sabrina Carpenter from Emails I Can't Send Fwd:, the 2023 deluxe edition of her fifth studio album, Emails I Can't Send (2022). Carpenter wrote it with songwriter Amy Allen and its producer, John Ryan. Island Records released its sped-up version for digital download and streaming on August 4, 2023. A pop, dance, disco, and neo-disco song, "Feather" is a post-breakup track which celebrates the freedom and relief one feels upon ending a relationship and shedding its weight.
Music critics praised the production of "Feather" and believed it was easy to listen to. In the United States, the song peaked at number 21 on the Billboard Hot 100 and became Carpenter's first one to reach the top 40, also her longest charting song as of now. It was also her first number one on the Pop Airplay chart. The song reached the top 20 in Honduras, Latvia, Malaysia, Singapore, and the United Kingdom, and it received multi-platinum certifications in Australia and Brazil.
Mia Barnes directed the horror-inspired music video for "Feather", which was released on Halloween in 2023. It depicts several men who mistreat Carpenter dying and her dancing at their joint funeral in the Our Lady of Mount Carmel/Annunciation Parish church. The video received a positive critical response, but it caused controversy when the Catholic Bishop of Brooklyn issued a statement that he was "appalled" by the church scenes and suspended the priest who allowed them to be filmed. Carpenter performed the song at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards pre-show and at the 2023 Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve. She included it in her set list for the Emails I Can't Send Tour, the Eras Tour, and the 2023 KIIS-FM Jingle Ball.