Sabrina Carpenter surprised fans with an appearance from Earth, Wind & Fire during her headlining set at Lollapalooza on Sunday night. The singer enlisted the group two of their classic hits, “Let’s Groove” and “September,” joining the band members on vocals and dancing around the stage.
The unexpected guest appearance came midway through the “Manchild” singer’s set, which also included “Please Please Please” and “Espresso.”
Elsewhere during the performance, Carpenter fake arrested Twice band members Sana, Jihyo, and Momo. “If I were to give you these handcuffs… then I could marry all three of you, right?” Carpenter said as she offered the trio a pair of pink fuzzy handcuffs.
Carpenter headlined the final night of Lollapalooza, which also featured performances by Gracie Abrams, Luke Combs, Tyler, the Creator, Twice, Doechii, Chance the Rapper, and Olivia Rodrigo. The pop star has regularly collaborated with classic artists during her current tour. In July, while playing two back-to-back nights at BST Hyde Park in London, she brought out surprise guest Duran Duran to perform their 1982 Rio single, “Hungry Like the Wolf.”
Carpenter’s new album, Man’s Best Friend, is set to drop on Aug. 29. It’s the follow-up to 2024’s Short n’ Sweet, the album on which she’s still currently touring. The second leg of her North American tour runs through November. In her July-August cover story for Rolling Stone, she explained why she didn’t want to wait long between album cycles.
“If I really wanted to, I could have stretched out Short n’ Sweet much, much longer,” she said. “But I’m at that point in my life where I’m like, ‘Wait a second, there’s no rules.’ If I’m inspired to write and make something new, I would rather do that. Why would I wait three years just for the sake of waiting three years? It’s all about what feels right. I’m learning to listen to that a lot more, instead of what is perceived as the right or wrong move.”
