{"id":193299,"date":"2025-12-20T11:22:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T11:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/193299\/"},"modified":"2025-12-20T11:22:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T11:22:12","slug":"sabrina-carpenter-had-a-blonde-moment-when-taylor-swift-asked-to-do-eras-tour-mash-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/193299\/","title":{"rendered":"Sabrina Carpenter Had a \u2018Blonde Moment\u2019 When Taylor Swift Asked to Do Eras Tour Mash-Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> NEED TO KNOW<br \/>\nTwo new episodes of Taylor Swift&#8217;s\u00a0The End of an Era\u00a0docuseries are out now on Disney+In episode 4, Swift and Sabrina Carpenter are seen rehearsing to perform a mash-up at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans in October 2024Carpenter opens up about having a &#8220;big blonde moment&#8221; before the show<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_2-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/sabrina-carpenter-8670814\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sabrina Carpenter<\/a> had a &#8220;big blonde moment&#8221; while preparing to hit the stage with <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/taylor-swift\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Taylor Swift<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_4-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> In episode 4 of Swift&#8217;s The End of an Era docuseries on Disney+, the 36-year-old pop superstar and Carpenter are seen rehearsing to perform a mash-up of &#8220;Espresso,&#8221; &#8220;Is It Over Now?&#8221; and &#8220;Please Please Please&#8221; at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans in October 2024.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_6-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> While backstage in a green room before the big moment on stage, Carpenter spoke about realizing why Swift chose to include the 1989 (Taylor&#8217;s Version) track in between the &#8220;Tears&#8221; singer&#8217;s hits.\n<\/p>\n<p> Taylor Swift and Sabrina Carpenter in New York in September 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Kevin Mazur\/Getty<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_9-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> &#8220;Okay, I felt like a real big idiot, \u2018cause the first time you sent me the first version, which was so genius, it didn\u2019t process that the \u2018takeout coffee\u2019 line really fits with \u2018Espresso\u2019 until I literally was in the car on the way here,&#8221; said Carpenter, who opened for many Eras Tour shows before the New Orleans appearance.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_11-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> &#8220;I was like, \u2018She\u2019s so smart.\u2019 But yeah, that was a big blonde moment for me,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;It took me a day.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_13-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> Swift responded, &#8220;No, but what are the chances it has the same rhythm and is in the same key?&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_17-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> Elsewhere during the episode, the &#8220;Karma&#8221; singer spoke about what it&#8217;s like working with Carpenter, whom she featured on the title track of her latest album, The Life of a Showgirl.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_19-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> &#8220;Sabrina is just like a shooting star,&#8221; said Swift. &#8220;She\u2019s so smart, she knows exactly how to entertain people in the way that they want, in the moment that she\u2019s in.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p> Sabrina Carpenter and Taylor Swift in Sydney in February 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Don Arnold\/TAS24\/Getty\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_22-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> &#8220;She\u2019s just like battling herself for No. 1 on the charts all summer,&#8221; added the 14-time Grammy winner. &#8220;And when you see that happen, you\u2019re just like, \u2018Go! 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