On September 30, 2024, the pop star Sabrina Carpenter performed her new tour at Barclays Center in New York. Her new album, Short ‘N Sweet, which came out a month earlier, has risen to number 1 on the Billboard top 200 list, making it Carpenter’s most successful album yet. The 25-year-old icon has been in the film industry since she was just 11 years old, and became part of the pop music scene shortly after. She will perform almost 50 shows in the next few months, and her rapidly increasing popularity is making it exceedingly difficult to get tickets.
Immediately upon arrival, Carpenter’s enthusiastic fans were greeted by giant photos of Carpenter and loud music blasting from the speakers. Short ‘N Sweet has a summer vibe, and the main colors were anything light pink, blue, or yellow. In the stadium, this was shown all over, with the stage covered in a giant heart and light pink and yellow lights shining all over the stage and crowd. Fans were covered in tattoo kiss marks, like Carpenter is sporting in her album cover, and the overall vibe was vibrant and energetic. The line for merch was lengthy, but those who braved it eventually returned with the unique, though expensive merch. There were shirts, sweaters, caps, and many other things showing photos of Carpenter, her tour dates, the album name, and yet more kiss marks. After running through the bright and screaming crowd to find their seats, fans impatiently waited for the concert to begin. After waiting for over an hour, Sabrina Carpenter finally waltzed onstage and flipped her hair. The entire crowd went wild.
The show began with a memorable intro, where a cartoon Sabrina Carpenter arrives at her apartment and gets in the bath. The screen switches to the real Sabrina talking, and fans realize that her show is about to start. She comes out, takes off her towel, and reveals a sparkly bodysuit and tights to her applauding fans. This intro has since gone viral on social media. Throughout the upbeat concert, Carpenter kept her fans on their toes by making hilarious remarks during and in between her songs, even interacting with the fans and asking about their personal lives. During the performance, a fan threw her a pair of reindeer antlers, which she immediately placed on her head. The crowd could not stop laughing. Carpenter has so much charisma, lighting up the stadium with her witty lyrics and catchy beats. She makes it impossible to escape hearing her songs everywhere, and seeing them live is an experience like no other.
This concert felt like one huge community, whether in the nosebleeds or front row, fans united through their love for Carpenter, and agreed that it was worth losing their voices to scream song lyrics along with her.