In recent times, the Grammy winner has created a cinematic universe with the respective movies for her hit songs, from “Espresso” and “Please Please Please” with Dolly Parton to her latest “Home Tour.”
Printed on April 9, 2026
Sabrina Carpenter within the “Espresso”, “Manchild” and “Tears” music movies.
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That is Sabrina Carpenter’s world and all of us stay in it.
You may say that the pop star began her performing profession as a result of one factor about her is that she goes to ship absolute cinema relating to her music movies. And the Coachella headliner additionally appears to like a storyline, as her movies launched lately are all subtly related in a method or one other, beginning with “Espresso,” launched in April 2024, to her just-released music video for “Home Tour.”
Along with the artistic connection between the movies, followers additionally identified one other fascinating sample in most of his movies: at the very least one man all the time appears to die. The development began with the music video for 2023’s “Feather” and has been a recurring theme ever since.
Under, The Hollywood Reporter is breaking down how all of his music movies for the reason that Quick and candy Eras are all linked in a method or one other.
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“Espresso”


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Carpenter appeared to start connecting her music video storylines to her 2024 hit tune “Espresso,” the tune that catapulted her to international pop superstardom.
On the finish of the observe’s respective video, which encompasses a retro-themed summer time day on the seashore, Carpenter is arrested after hijacking a person’s boat and taking his bank card.
Is Carpenter thrown in jail? You may should maintain studying to search out out.
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“Please, please, please”


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After his arrest, Carpenter truly ended up in jail, as seen originally of the “Please Please Please” music video. However she does not keep behind bars for too lengthy and is rapidly rescued. When she later collects her issues, the black sun shades she wears within the “Espresso” video additionally seem like within the bag.
Within the “Please Please Please” video, Carpenter sparks a romance with a fellow felony performed by her then-boyfriend, actor Barry Keoghan. That includes a “Bonnie and Clyde” model narrative, the video follows Carpenter selecting up his unhealthy companion from jail after he’s arrested for his numerous felony acts.
In the long run, Carpenter is seen taking management, handcuffing Keoghan to a chair and taping his mouth shut. However earlier than leaving him there, she leaves him one final kiss.
Explanation for dying: Carpenter returned to her murderous methods on this video, however requested Keoghan to do her soiled work. It seems he kills a person throughout his financial institution theft.
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“Style”


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That should have been a memorable kiss within the music video for “Please Please Please,” as a result of within the subsequent music video for “Style,” Carpenter seems to have saved the lipstick-stained piece of duct tape as a memento.
Firstly of the video, a complete bunch of weapons are unfold out on his mattress. Amongst them is a pink teddy bear with duct tape protecting its mouth, just like Keoghan.
Carpenter does not have time to reminisce, nonetheless, as a result of she has different issues to take care of. Within the video, she is seen combating with one other lady, performed by Jenna Ortega, over their shared love curiosity. That includes comical, gory, and over-the-top violence, the video pays homage to the 1992 movie. Demise fits himthe 2 girls lastly realizing that the person shouldn’t be price combating for, and so they resolve to hitch forces.
However don’t be concerned, Carpenter hasn’t forgotten about Keoghan.
Explanation for dying: Ortega by chance cuts their mutual lover with a chainsaw, pondering it’s Carpenter, and he collapses in a swimming pool and dies.
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“Please, Please, Please” with Dolly Parton


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Carpenter enlisted the assistance of Dolly Parton within the music video for her re-recorded model of her hit tune “Please Please Please.”
Within the footage, the 2 girls seem like collectively on a highway in a van. Nonetheless, this isn’t simply any highway journey. In the direction of the top of the video, it’s revealed {that a} man – who’s carrying the identical garments as Keoghan within the unique “Please Please Please” movie – is tied up within the mattress of the truck with a bag over his head.
At one level, a police automobile with its lights on drives up behind Carpenter and Parton’s truck, however they’re relieved once they understand the officer shouldn’t be chasing them. In order that they fortunately proceed their highway journey, however their smiles and laughter will not final endlessly.
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“Male youngster”


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The friendship appears to expire of steam firstly of “Manchild,” because the music video begins with Carpenter being thrown from a automobile whereas heading down an extended stretch of highway.
As soon as the singer pulls herself collectively, the video depicts a satirical highway journey wherein Carpenter hitchhikes via the American West and encounters numerous infantile and incompetent males whom she considers “man-children” (see the title, wink).
On the finish of the video, we see her leap into one final automobile which takes off within the distance. Hopefully whoever is behind the wheel is a protected driver.
Explanation for dying: Almost each “man-child” within the clip met a brutal finish, from one sending his automobile off a cliff to a different’s truck exploding to Carpenter capturing one other automobile.
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“Tears”


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Tragically, the trip was minimize brief as Carpenter’s music video for “Tears” begins with a automobile accident. Fortuitously, Carpenter survived the accident.
After getting up and recovering, she finds an outdated home within the woods. As soon as Carpenter enters, she realizes that it’s a nation, haunted home that may be a cinematic homage to The Rocky Horror Image Present. Colman Domingo, wearing drag, additionally stars within the video as a Frank-N-Furter-inspired character.
On the finish of “Tears,” when Carpenter realizes that the man driving the automobile additionally survived the sooner accident, she refers to his lengthy tendency to kill males by saying, “Wait, no. You died earlier, I assumed.” The man replied, “Child, what are you speaking about?” As Carpenter responded: “It is one factor. Somebody has to die in each video. I am sorry. However we are going to all the time keep in mind you.”
That is when Carpenter took off her white stiletto heel and threw it on the man, piercing him within the coronary heart and killing him.
Explanation for dying: A person stabbed to dying with a stiletto heel.
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“Go to of the home”


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I hope you did not overlook the white heel as a result of in his new “Home Tour” video, Carpenter will get out of a automobile originally, carrying a blood-soaked stiletto.
However she rapidly disposes of any proof, donning a brand new pair of purple pumps for the remainder of the video. Additionally starring Margaret Qualley (who co-directed the music video with Carpenter) and Madelyn Cline, the video takes inspiration from The glowing ring and sees the trio, disguised because the “Fairly Woman Clear-Up Crew”, rob and trash a Hollywood mansion.
The ladies appeared to run away simply earlier than the cops arrived, however on the way in which out, Carpenter did not overlook to run over a person with their pink van throughout their escape.
You may simply have to remain tuned to see what Carpenter has up his sleeve for his subsequent music video.
Explanation for dying: Carpenter hits a pedestrian whereas driving her pink pickup truck.
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