Sabrina Carpenter covered Aqua’s ‘Barbie Girl’ for a Halloween-themed stop on her ‘Short ‘N Sweet’ tour – watch footage below.
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The pop singer is back on the road with the latest leg of her ‘Short n’ Sweet Tour’ in the US, and last night (October 31), she played a Halloween show at Madison Square Garden. One of the night’s several costumes, which also included a Wonder Woman get-up and a Flintstones outfit, saw Carpenter channel Margot Robbie‘s Barbie.
While the record-breaking film didn’t actually feature the Danish-Norwegian dance-pop group’s novelty single on its official soundtrack, Carpenter performed the Aqua cover to complement her costume.
As with previous tours, the new shows include a ‘Don’t Touch That Dial!’ segment in which Carpenter chooses a member of the audience to jokingly “arrest” with fluffy pink handcuffs, with previous culprits including Emma Bunton and Millie Bobby Brown, and on this occasion, it was Scream star Drew Barrymore, who donned a Ghostface mask in a Halloween twist.
sabrina carpenter dressed as barbie singing “barbie girl” by aqua. i’m OBSESSED pic.twitter.com/iJitbmcsDZ
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OMG BARBIE DOLL pic.twitter.com/t2HtmdPJfz
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Sabrina Carpenter arrests Drew Barrymore at ‘Short N’ Sweet’ NYC show. pic.twitter.com/PAAKL6V3aU
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Carpenter has been busy lately, playing at Austin City Limits, where she was joined by Shania Twain for ‘That Don’t Impress Me Much’, and she also hosted and played live on Saturday Night Live recently, using the slot to address the controversy around the artwork for her new album.
The record, ‘Man’s Best Friend’ scored a four-star review from NME, with Nick Levine writing: “Musically, this album isn’t markedly different from its predecessor, though it has a few more country-leaning cuts sprinkled among the daytime disco and featherlight funk.
“It also sticks to Carpenter’s winning formula of pairing sticky melodies with pithy lyrics about the flaws and allure of inadequate males. If there were a Bechdel Test for pop albums, ‘Man’s Best Friend’ wouldn’t be in danger of passing it.”
Carpenter has also been announced as one of the headliners of next year’s Coachella, alongside Justin Bieber and Karol G. Coachella 2026 will take place between April 10 and 12, and again on April 17 to 19. As for tickets, you’ll be able to get yours here.
