Watch Sabrina Carpenter fake on-stage gaffes and tap dance during Grammys performance

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Sabrina Carpenter performed a big band-inspired medley of ‘Espresso’ and ‘Please Please Please’ at the 2025 Grammys, featuring fake gaffes and tap dancing – watch footage of the performance below.Making her debut as a performer for the awards show last night (February 2), she ramped up the theatrical style honed on the ‘Short ‘N Sweet’ tour, beginning her set atop a staircase in a shimmering tie and tails outfit, twirling a baton which she pretended to drop down the steps.Other intentional errors in her humorous set included disappearing under the steps completely, only to crawl out and miss the cue to lines of the newly show tune styled ‘Espresso’.

After pulling off her suit to reveal a baby blue corset, she moved into a lively tap dance flanked by dancers before launching into ‘Please Please Please’.Sabrina Carpenter performs a new rendition of "Espresso" at the 2025 #Grammys pic.twitter.com/xBXlSBuQMe— The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) February 3, 2025The second number was performed in front of a house, with the set piece falling through as she was carried by one of the background dancers.

First-time nominee Carpenter wrapped up the performance by finishing off ‘Espresso’, and host Trevor Noah joked: “That was amazing and funny, which I didn’t appreciate.

Really, Sabrina? You’re just gonna take my job like that?”She received nominations for Album Of The Year, Best New Artist, Best Pop Vocal Album, as well as Song Of The Year for ‘Please Please Please’ and Record Of The Year for ‘Espresso’, taking home awards for Best Pop Solo Performance with ‘Espresso’ and Best Pop Vocal Album for ‘Short ‘N Sweet‘.Recently, the pop star hit out at Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman’s recent comments about her, after Waterman named.