Inside Sabrina Carpenter and Barry Keoghan’s Relationship: Timeline of Key Moments

The two were both in attendance for the Givenchy Spring/Summer 2024 show during Paris Fashion Week on September 28th. This gave way to the pre-chorus of “Bed Chem” from her now Grammy-nominated album, Short N’ Sweet.

Carpenter and Keoghan confirmed their budding romance when they went public at W’s Grammys after-party, but stopped short of a joint red carpet appearance. W posted a photo carousel to Instagram of them at the event as they coyly obscured their faces from the lens.

The two (separately) stepped out for the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in March and snapped a bashful picture together during the event.

Keoghan was front and center for Carpenter’s set at the first weekend of Coachella—which was also her first-ever appearance at the iconic music festival. Festival attendees shared a video to X (formerly Twitter) of Keoghan being a supportive boyfriend, filming her during the set.

Carpenter changed the outro of her hit song “Nonsense” at the second weekend of Coachella, singing, “Man his knees so weak, he had to spread mine. He’s drinkin’ my bath water like it’s red wine.” The lyric change was believed to be a reference to Keoghan’s explicit scene in Saltburn.

Keoghan and Carpenter made their unofficial red carpet debut together at the 2024 Met Gala, despite arriving separately. As they walked up the steps, they paused at the top to take photos together, and the exchange was caught on video. Carpenter wore a black and blue Oscar de la Renta mermaid-style gown, while Keoghan wore a brown velvet suit with a Victorian-style dress shirt and top hat by Burberry.

Keoghan threw Carpenter a surprise party for her 25th birthday, and Carpenter took to her Instagram to share a photo carousel from the event. The carousel included a picture of a cake that read, “Is 25 that sweet? I guess so!” in reference to her hit single “Espresso.” She had a second cake that cheekily featured a Leonardo DiCaprio meme reading, “Nooo don't turn 25 your so sexy aha.” Per People, the event was held at DUMBO House in Brooklyn with 100 guests, including rapper Ice Spice.

In the lead-up to her latest studio album Short N’ Sweet, Carpenter recruited Keoghan for a sultry role as a convict in her music video for “Please, Please, Please.” The video shows Carpenter falling in love with Barry’s character and being shocked each time he commits a crime. Carpenter spoke on her decision to cast him in the music video in a CBS Sunday Morning interview in October. “I was like, ‘Who’s the greatest actor that I can find for this music video?’ And he was next to me in a chair, and he was so excited about it. And he liked the song, which is great," she said.

Carpenter released her sixth studio album Short N’ Sweet on August 23, 2024 to widespread critical acclaim, including hit singles “Espresso” and “Please, Please, Please.” The album has numerous references to her love life and relationship with Keoghan.

Keoghan made quite the stir when he attended Carpenter’s Short N’ Sweet Tour shows in Raleigh, North Carolina and Charlottesville, Virginia. Carpenter not-so-subtly acknowledged his presence during her Raleigh show while performing “Juno.” She made a lyric tweak to the track singing “I hear you knocking, Barry, come on up.” Attendees also caught Keoghan’s reactions to her sultry performances of “Juno” and “Bed Chem” during her show in Charlottesville.

Nominees for the 2025 Grammys were unveiled the morning of November 8th, with Carpenter scoring six nominations. Keoghan made an appearance on Sirius XM’s The Jess Cagle Show with host Julia Cunningham that same morning, and the actor was asked about her accomplishment.

“Brilliant, brilliant. I know, absolutely brilliant, six nominations! I’m really, really happy for her... I gotta get on the phone soon. Don’t put me on the spot, lads," he said. "I don’t know anyone who works as hard, you know. I’m in awe of her, watching her work and her committed and the standards that she sets."