2025.2 | The singer in white boots

Por Larissa Novais da Silva

Who is Sabrina Carpenter? How not to know? Currently, the singer is a very popular artist. She opened The Eras Tour all over the world, including Brazil. For those who don't know, The Eras Tour had several of Taylor Swift’s albums and this famous girl called Sabrina Carpenter opened her tours. But the text isn't about Taylor. Brina, her nickname given by the fans, is the former Disney actress who made the spin-off sitcom of Boy meets world, Girl Meets World and other projects such as: A babysitting adventure, Clouds, and Little princess Sofia. Also, the artist participated in a few Netflix productions such as Imperfect dancer, A crush to match, and her own Christmas special A nonsense Christmas with Sabrina Carpenter.

In the covid-19 pandemic, Sabrina got involved in a polemic with Olivia Rodrigo, former Disney actress and singer, and Joshua Bassett, actor and singer. This case occurred because Olivia launched a song and music video named Drivers license. In this music, Rodrigo sang the phrase: “And you're probably with that blonde girl”. Her fans and other internet people speculated that Sabrina was the blonde girl, because she was seen with Joshua. Both girls suffered hate at the time. Carpenter started to become more relevant because she released a song called Skin as an answer for Olivia’s song. Sabrina shows her version of the story, but even then, the singer continued getting hate.

A while later, when people forgot the polemic, Brina wrote other songs and a new album, called Emails I can’t send. The blonde girl changed her being. She used her hate in her own favor. Sabrina made a song and a music video named Because I liked a boy. These lyrics talked about how she is seen as a “slut”, because she liked a boy.

The artist launched, also, a viral song titled Nonsense and became famous because of TikTok and her strategy to change the end of lyrics according to the country and city that she was singing at the time.

She was intelligent enough to use other types of clothes. Sabrina began to implement short skirts and dresses, croppeds, corsets and white boots. Moreover, Carpenter left a striking make-up, as pink spots. People wanted to do the same. The singer becomes an It girl. If the haters say that she is a “slut”, she will be then.

The blonde girl wouldn't stop there. Sabrina became even more famous for opening Taylor Swift's concert, as already mentioned. People who didn't know her started hearing about her. Many people began to listen to Sabrina’s songs. Carpenter got involved in another polemic, with the church. In the music video for Feather, the artist was in a church, but she was wearing short clothes, so Sabrina was criticised because of her outfits. This fact didn't ruin it because they discovered that the priest, who authorized the recording, made unauthorized things, such as financial transfers to the former mayor of New York. The singer only commented: Jesus was a Carpenter. Many people on the internet said that Sabrina finally became a “pop diva”, for getting involved in a church controversy, just like Madonna and Lady Gaga.

Last year, the former Disney actress launched another album called Short n’ sweet that boosted her career even more. She made her tour all over the world, with daring performances and more polemics involving sexual content.

In conclusion, Sabrina Carpenter is a viral artist at the moment, because she uses smart ways on her projects for reinventing herself and to use the hate in her favor. She is the best pop artist, because Sabrina has an identity, as Ariana Grande had in Dangerous Woman’s Era and Lady Gaga in Poker Face's Era . When someone sees a white boot or a corset with a heart, they see the Blonde Girl. The singer knows how to go viral and be on top, and this is the most important thing in a Pop diva.

Equipe e produção editorial

Professoras orientadoras Profa. Dra. Valéria Bússola Martins e Profa. Dra. Elaine Prado

Editora Isabelle Callegari Lopes

Revisão Camila Biancardi Faraldo e Luana Walczak