Sabrina Carpenter says meeting Paul McCartney was “like ‘Stranger Things’ but a lot happier”

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Sabrina Carpenter has talked about meeting Paul McCartney for the first time, comparing the experience to Stranger Things “but a lot happier”.On an episode of The Late Show With Stephen Colbert this week, Carpenter appeared as a guest to promote A Nonsense Christmas With Sabrina Carpenter, the one-off special which arrived on Netflix earlier this month, described as a “holiday variety music special” from the pop star.Carpenter was asked by Colbert about her apparent love of The Beatles‘ music, to which she replied with her memories of her childhood.“When I was very, very young, my dad played me ‘Rocky Raccoon’ for the first time, and I was so mesmerized by that song and the songwriting of it that I fell in love with Paul McCartney,” she said.“I was convinced that was my husband, my future husband.

But he was quite old. And I was so young I didn’t understand that he was much older than me … So when I grew up I just fell in love with his songwriting.”She recalled meeting him with “tears in my eyes”: “He was just so normal and casual and was so charming it just felt like I was entering an alternate universe,” she said. “Like the ‘Upside Down’ vibes.

Like Stranger Things, but a lot happier than Stranger Things.” Watch the interview below.The pop singer praised McCartney’s ability to make “everyone feel seen and heard”, and that the encounter “was such a beautiful experience for me to see that from someone that I admired so much.”“He’s great,” she said. “I’m obsessed with him.”A Nonsense Christmas With Sabrina Carpenter saw the singer playing a range of festive songs, both original and classic, while being joined by an array of stars including Chappell Roan, Tyla, Shania Twain, Kali Uchis, Nico Hiragua, Quinta Brunson, Cara.