Sabrina Carpenter and Barry Keoghan Relationship Timeline | ELLE (2024)

Sabrina Carpenter and Barry Keoghan might have started as the most unexpected pairing of 2024, but they’ve quickly become our favourite new couple.

Both Keoghan, 31, and Carpenter, 24, have been making strides in their careers in recent months, but that hasn’t stopped them from seemingly striking up a romance.

Rumours began with a series of sightings, and recently reached boiling point when Carpenter was spotted wearing what fans believe could be Keoghan’s hoodie when arriving in Melbourne for the Australian leg of Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour. They’ve since gone ‘red carpet official,’ and now, have starred together in the music video for Sabrina’s newest track, ‘Please Please Please.‘ You know what that means — it’s the real deal!

Intrigued? Keep reading for everything we know about this iconic pairing.

May 6, 2024

Sabrina and Barry have made their red carpet debut — and at the 2024 Met Gala! The two walked the red carpet separately, but quickly posed for a photo atop the famous steps. So cute.

April 12, 2024

Keoghan officially earned the title of ‘Most Supportive Boyfriend’ during Carpenters set at Coachella, weekend one. Fans took to X (formerly Twitter) to share videos of the actor looking very smitten during his rumoured-girlfriend’s performance, even filming her as she sang on-stage.

Later that same night, the cute duo were spotted dancing during Ice Spice’s set with the internet’s other favourite couple: Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce. We’re simply obsessed.

March 11, 2024

It looks like Keoghan and Carpenter might finally have made things public, choosing the Vanity Fair Oscar After Party to debut their romance. While the duo technically walked the red carpet separately, they arrived at the venue together and, once inside, were not shy of the cameras.

In perhaps the sweetest development to this burgeoning love story, Keoghan accessorised his all-black look with a friendship bracelet that spelled out ‘Sabrina.’ Our hearts can’t handle it.

March 3, 2024

ICYMI, Carpenter has been touring with Taylor Swift as the opening act of the Eras Tour. At each of her performances, she famously changes the lyrics to her hit song ‘Nonsense’, each time subbing out the actual lyrics for something sexually suggestive and related to the city she’s performing in.

While fans have been eager for the singer to relate the lyrics to her rumoured boyfriend, on night two of the Singapore shows, it looks like she actually might have. Even better, fans caught Keoghan’s reaction as he watched on from the crowd:

February 16, 2024

The rumour mill went into overdrive when Carpenter was seen wearing what appeared to be Keoghan’s hoodie at an airport in Melbourne.

Fans were quick to speculate that Carpenter, who is in Australia to perform as part of Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour, might have borrowed Keoghan’s Harvard hoodie for the trip Down Under.

A video shared to TikTok of Carpenter greeting fans at the airport sparked the rumours, with one user pointing out, “That’s Barry Keoghan’s Harvard sweatshirt omg.”

February 12, 2024

The weekend before Carpenter departed for Australia, the duo were spotted grabbing dinner on Monday night at Delilah in West Hollywood.

In pictures obtained by People, the couple could be seen smiling as they took to the streets, with Carpenter wearing a sleeveless black dress, knee-high boots, and a leather jacket, while Keoghan looked casual in a white T-shirt, red bomber jacket, and chino pants.

February 9, 2024

In early February, Keoghan and Carpenter were spotted on a dinner date at Nobu, Los Angeles. The pair seemingly followed the meal with a night at Hotel Bel-Air and, per People, were spotted sharing a kiss as Keoghan dropped Carpenter home the next morning.

February 4, 2024

While it wasn’t exactly a hard-launch, the internet went into overdrive when W Magazine shared a photo of Keoghan and Carpenter together at a Grammys after party.

While the duo arrived at the evening separately, many fans took this image as photo evidence that their relationship is, indeed, real.

January 13, 2024

Carpenter and Keoghan’s first known date took place at Luna Luna, an interactive museum in Los Angeles.

The wholesome outing was, of course, caught by cameras, with an eyewitness telling People it “definitely seemed like a date,” and adding they were “cute” together and “shared a little kiss.”

September 28, 2023

The rumoured couple were thought to have first met at Givenchy’s spring/summer 2024 show during Paris Fashion Week. Although they weren’t photographed together, they both attended the runway as guests of the brand.

June 7, 2024

Earning the title of most iconic hard launch of all time, Sabrina enlisted Barry to star in her latest music video,’Please, Please, Please,’ where she plays a mob wife, and Keoghan her criminal lover. Trust us, it’s just as iconic as it sounds.

If you had any doubts about whether this pairing was real, this steamy music video will certainly put them to rest.