Sabrina Carpenter’s music video has left some in a tizzy.
Two days after the pop star, 24, released the music video for her hit song “Feather,” a Catholic bishop took issue with the fact that she filmed part of the visual inside and outside a church in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
The Diocese of Brooklyn shared a statement with the Catholic News Agency on Thursday, saying Bishop Robert Brennan was “appalled by what was filmed at the Church of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Brooklyn.”
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The diocese claimed to the newspaper that the Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary did not follow the current protocol to approve what was filmed on church property.
The statement continued, “The parish did not follow diocesan policy regarding filming on church property, which includes scene and script review.”
According to a Catholic news agency, the parish reportedly told the diocese that the production company behind the music video “failed to accurately portray the content of the video.”
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The statement also said Bishop Brennan “takes this matter seriously and will investigate it further.”
A representative for Carpenter did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
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In the break-up anthem’s music video, directed by Mia Barnes, footage of a 19th-century church begins the video, and Carpenter is later seen wearing a black tulle dress and veil, dancing around the pews and altar.
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Sabrina Carpenter.
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As she dances around the church’s altar — decorated with memorabilia from the funerals of the deceased — the former Disney Channel star seems to reveal that she’s not grieving their deaths, despite looking like she’s in mourning.
At the end of the clip, Carpenter is also driven away from the place of worship in a pink hearse.
In just two days since its debut, the video for the track from the deluxe version of the hitmaker’s acclaimed 2022 album. Emails I can’t send it has garnered 2.4 million views on YouTube.
After the video went viral, the “Because I Liked a Boy” singer took to Instagram to express her gratitude. Along with part of the video, she wrote, “1 million views in less than 24 hours ooooo dear,” in the caption. “Thank you all so much💗 tell me what is your favorite part of the video!”
After the release, Carpenter also shared a series of behind-the-scenes photos from the filming of the project on Instagram. In the caption, she also gave a shout-out to her “extraordinary team for executing the camp of my dreams.”
Carpenter is hardly the first pop star to cause controversy among the Catholic Church or religious groups. The Vatican famously condemned Madonna’s music video for her 1989 hit “Like a Prayer,” and Catholic groups deemed Lady Gaga’s “Judas” unnecessary for 2011. Born this way to be offensive and, more recently, Lil Nas X received criticism from conservative Christians for his “MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name)” visual.
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