Sabrina Carpenter Performs at the MTV VMAs
Sabrina Carpenter brought her A-game to deliver a high-speed and ultra punchy performance of her single “Tears” at the MTV VMAs on Sunday night. Emerging from a steamy manhole, Carpenter recreated the shimmering look and feel of the song’s Colman Domingo-featuring music video.
Contestants from “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” including Lexi Love and Symone, and more appeared on stage to sing and dance along while holding signs reading “Protect Trans Rights” and “Dolls Dolls Dolls!” Carpenter also seemingly paid homage to Britney Spears’ “Baby One More Time” rain performance.
“Man’s Best Friend” — which arrived at the end of August, almost a year after the release of her Grammy-winning “Short n’ Sweet” — debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 on Sunday. Carpenter recorded the 12-song set in London, New York and Los Angeles alongside collaborators Jack Antonoff, John Ryan and Amy Allen.
Sabrina Carpenter was nominated in nine categories, including video of the year for her desert-style “Manchild” music video. She is also up for best pop artist, best pop, best album (for “Short n’ Sweet”), best direction, best cinematography, best visual effects, best editing and song of the summer (for “Manchild.” The VMAs are taking place at Long Island’s UBS Arena for the second year in a row.
Upon its release, her seventh studio album broke the record for the most-streamed album on Spotify in a single day by a female artist this year. It was preceded by the lead single “Manchild,” which marked Carpenter’s first debut atop the Billboard Hot 100 and her second No. 1 hit in the United States overall (after “Please Please Please”).
