US EditionSabrina Carpenter Delivers Rain-Soaked Performance Of ‘Tears’ At MTV VMAs
Sabrina Carpenter's performance featured drag queens holding signs advocating for trans rights, reinforcing her album's themes of LGBTQ+ support and social awareness.
- On Sunday, Sept. 7, Sabrina Carpenter performed her new single `Tears` at the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards in New York, delivering a showstopping, high-speed set that marked her return to the VMAs stage.
- A week after releasing Man's Best Friend at the end of August, Carpenter said at a Spotify album event on Aug. 28, `This creative process was all about embracing spontaneity` to capture this life chapter.
- The staging mirrored the `Tears` music video and featured Sabrina Carpenter emerging from a manhole entrance and alleyway set, with RuPaul's Drag Race performers and Honey Balenciaga carrying signs like `Protect Trans Rights` as rain fell during a Britney Spears homage dance break.
- Carpenter used the performance to advocate for transgender rights and broader LGBTQ+ issues, while host LL Cool J reminded the crowd that Carpenter `has the number one album in the US right now`.
- Following the VMAs, Carpenter is set to kick off a U.S. tour in late October and join Lollapalooza South American festivals in 2026 after Man's Best Friend broke the Spotify single-day streaming record for a female artist this year.
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Laganja Estranja, Willam, & Denali spill on performing with Sabrina Carpenter at the 2025 VMAs
Protect the dolls!Sabrina Carpenter made quite the statement when she hit the stage to perform her sexy new single "Tears" at the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards.The Grammy winner invited many popular RuPaul's Drag Race queens to join her onstage including Denali, Willam, Symone, Laganja Estranja and Lexi Love.However, the queens did much more than just twirl alongside Carpenter and her hunky backup dancers. During the performance, Carpenter's crew …
Sabrina Carpenter incorporated some protest into her MTV VMA performance | News Channel 3-12
By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Sabrina Carpenter’s performance Sunday night at the MTV Video Music Awards seemed meant to inspire both dancing and resistance. The petite powerhouse performed her new song, “Tears,” with backup support from drag performers made famous by the reality series “Drag Race,” as well as dancers dressed as police officers. One of the drag performers, Honey Balenciaga, was recently featured on Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter …
Since Donald Trump served as President of the White House for the second time, fundamental human rights have been under pressure in the US. Sabrina Carpenter wanted to send a signal at the VMA awards.
Sabrina Carpenter Floods Stage with Drag Queens During ‘Protect Trans Rights’ 2025 VMA Awards Performance
Former Disney star and singer Sabrina Carpenter performed at the 2025 VMA Awards while flooding the stage with drag queens bearing placards demanding LGBTQI+ appreciation, love, respect and applause.
Sabrina Carpenter’s VMAs performance featured drag icons and a rallying cry for trans rights
“DOLLS, DOLLS, DOLLS!” Sabrina Carpenter transformed her 2025 VMAs performance into a fierce celebration of queerness, featuring drag icons and a rallying cry to protect trans lives. On 7 September, Drag Race stars including Denali, Lexi Love, Laganja Estranja, Symone and Willam — alongside ballroom legends Honey Balenciaga and Malik Brehon — joined Carpenter for a performance of her disco-pop hit ‘Tears’. After emerging from a sewage vent to op…
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