The Princess of Pop cannot get sufficient of that Sabrina espresso.
Britney Spears is giving a shoutout to Sabrina Carpenter after the popstar paid homage to Spears throughout her efficiency on the MTV Video Music Awards on Wednesday evening.
“I overlook I am well-known typically as a result of I am a mother, I am type of previous, blah blah blah. However I believed it was type of cool,” Spears stated in an Instagram video Thursday. “She made me cool.”
Carpenter, who has dominated the summer time airwaves together with her disco-pop smash “Espresso,” carried out a medley of her latest hits, which included “Style” and “Please Please Please.”
The 25-year-old singer kicked off her VMAs quantity by dangling within the air on an enormous diamond earlier than descending onto the stage and dancing alongside astronauts and an individual in an alien swimsuit — with whom she proceeded to make out.
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It was throughout the transition between “Please Please Please” and “Style” that Carpenter tributed the “…Child One Extra Time” singer. As certainly one of Carpenter’s astronaut dancers took heart stage, a snippet of Spears’ voiceover from her 2000 tune “Oops!… I Did it Once more” started enjoying.
Within the “Oops!” voiceover, Spears might be heard talking with a person who tries to win her affection with the Coronary heart of the Ocean diamond from the movie “Titanic.” Within the tune’s space-themed music video, the person is proven sporting an astronaut swimsuit.
Whereas Spears stated she was puzzled by the alien dancer in Carpenter’s efficiency, she gushed in regards to the “Feather” singer.
“I like her,” Spears stated. “I really like her to loss of life.”
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Apart from an eye-popping efficiency at UBS Enviornment in New York, the 2024 VMAs noticed Carpenter take residence her first Moon Particular person.
Carpenter gained the award for tune of the 12 months for “Espresso.” The tune peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Scorching 100, and its music video has racked up over 160 million views on-line.
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“I’ve actually by no means gained certainly one of these,” stated Carpenter, who thanked her followers and her “cats and canines which might be at residence watching” earlier than quipping, “And thanks to that me espresso.”
Contributing: Brendan Morrow, USA TODAY