#sabrina-carpenter

#sabrina-carpenter

Sabrina Carpenter has been joined by a string of special guests during her run of 2025 festival dates, including Duran Duran at London's BST Hyde Park and Earth Wind & Fire for at Lollapalooza. That trend continued during Carpenter's weekend one headlining slot at Austin City Limits, where she invited Shania Twain to join her for a performance of That Don't Impress Me Much.

The new season of Saturday Night Live is just around the corner, and NBC has now announced the first sets of hosts and musical guests. Bad Bunny will host the season debut, on October 4, and Doja Cat will serve as musical guest. The next week, Amy Poehler is host and Role Model is the musical guest. Then, on October 18, Sabrina Carpenter will host for the first time and also perform music.

We're screaming and waving our arms all wiggly, Kermit-style. Disney is bringing back The Muppet Showin its OG variety-show format [ Kermit: Yay!]. For one stand-alone special [ Kermit: makes angry-fist face]. We're getting exactly one of something we want infinitely repeated, sometime in 2026. The Muppets made the announcement on social media, showing the new backstage set and Kermit's mug.

On Sunday (7 September) Carpenter attended the awards ceremony where she won three awards, Best Pop Artist, Best Album (for Short n' Sweet), and Best Visual Effects for "Manchild." The "Taste" singer also performed her new song, "Tears", during the show, in which she featured many RuPaul's Drag Race and queer icons. After the performance, Pascal, an ally to the LGBTQ+ community with a trans sister, Lux Pascal, took to his Instagram to celebrate Carpenter.

Lady Gaga, Ariana Grande and Sabrina Carpenter triumphed at the MTV Video Music awards, taking home two moonman trophies each in a relatively muted show that once again largely celebrated female pop artists and legacy acts. Gaga, the most nominated artist of the evening with 12 nods, took home the first award at Long Island's UBS arena, for artist of the year, winning over fellow superstars Taylor Swift, Bad Bunny and Beyonce, all of whom were not in attendance.

A big part of the singer's allure is the way that she ultimately shrugs off the crummy choices she makes while in the throes of lust, boredom, yearning, whatever; she aspires not to normie perfectionism but to something more hectic, funnier, looser, more bonkers. In the video for "Manchild," a hitchhiking Carpenter climbs in and out of a string of preposterous vehicles, including a sidecar fashioned from a shopping cart, a Jet Ski on wheels, and a motorized recliner.

On 29 August, pop's bawdiest diva Sabrina Carpenter unleashed her seventh studio album Man's Best Friend, plus a The Rocky Horror Picture Show inspired music video for new single "Tears". The hazy, five-minute disco romp features actor Colman Domingo in numerous states of drag and Carpenter in numerous states of undress, with Domingo's character loosely based on the gothic film's iconic gender bender Frank-N-Furter.

Her commonalities with Parton have much deeper (dyed) roots. "She looks like she could be my little sister," the 79-year-old icon said of the 26-year-old Carpenter to Rolling Stone in June, the magazine pointing out that each is " a five-foot-tall blonde with serious pipes." The stronger link it overlooked is that both Carpenter and Parton are virtuosi of high-femme camp, particularly playing the role of the sexpot savant, the bombshell who's really a brainiac.

On the ABBA-inspired, orchestral disco track, Carpenter mourns that her ex broke up with her basically "overnight," leaving her in tears and with a desire for revenge. "To show you just how much it hurts, I wish I had a gun or words," she jokes. Instead of resorting to violence, she builds herself back up, making it clear that her ex can't go back on their decision.

Sabrina Carpenter has embraced the side part hairstyle, which is making a comeback among Gen Z, despite their previous criticism of the style.

Carpenter’s provocative album art drew mixed reactions, being labeled degrading by some but defended as satire by fans; her new cover pays homage to Marilyn Monroe.

I imagine that as a young female pop star, you're expected to represent all women through your music and image, which leads to intense scrutiny.