Sabrina Carpenter shined on stage for her performance at the 2024 MTV VMAs!
On Wednesday, September 11, the singer, 25, dressed to impress as she performed a medley of her 2024 hits “Please Please Please,” “Taste” and “Espresso” at the star-studded ceremony held at New York’s UBS Arena.
After making her mark on the VMAs red carpet wearing a sparkly vintage Bob Mackie dress that Madonna previously wore to the 1991 Oscars, Carpenter then changed into a fully custom Victoria’s Secret look for her performance.
Sabrina Carpenter wears a custom Victoria’s Secret corset bodysuit while performing at the 2024 MTV VMAs.
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Styled by Jared Ellner, the musician wore a sparkly body corset with her signature kiss emblazoned on the back. The incredible look took more than 180 hours to create, according to a press release obtained by PEOPLE.
The set was embellished with more than 100,000 hand-set rhinestones and featured hand-crafted crystal tassels, covered with more than 18,500 crystal beads.
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During her space-inspired performance, Carpenter opened with “Please Please Please” from a swing held by a giant moon person above the audience, before paying homage to Britney Spears by including the famous spoken word interlude from her “Oops!… I Did It Again” musical video. She then launched her latest single “Taste”.
Carpenter, who kissed an alien during the performance, finished singing her song “Espresso” while surrounded by dancing astronauts. All three songs are taken from Carpenter’s latest album Short and sweet.
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Sabrina Carpenter began her performance at the ceremony on the diamond swing.
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Not only did the singer perform at Wednesday’s star-studded ceremony — hosted by Megan Thee Stallion — but she also won her first Moon Person after “Espresso” won Song of the Year.
Carpenter — who was nominated for six awards at the event — began her acceptance speech, “I’ve literally never won any of these. This is really special.”
“The first people I want to thank are the fans,” Carpenter said as the fans cheered, before joking, “If you clap after everything I say you will, I’m going to be called off the stage, just a second.”
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“But I just want to say that you’re the reason I do what I love, and the reason we have so much fun and share music with each other,” she continued. “And I just feel so grateful to have the best, truly the best fans in the world. I know it sounds cheesy, but I love you.”
After thanking her managers, her family and everyone involved with “Espresso,” she addressed the much-discussed lyrics by saying, “And thank you for being my espresso.”
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