Sabrina Carpenter’s Best ‘Nonsense’ Outros

The singer is retiring the beloved bit, so here are the best innuendo-filled lines she whipped up across more than 100 shows

Two years ago, Sabrina Carpenter was in Atlanta for the start of her Emails I Can’t Send tour. It was the beginning of the biggest headlining run of her career and she was feeling particularly generous and grateful on that first night. Midway through the set, she performed “Nonsense,” the addictive single from her fifth album — the one that walked so that her true breakthrough hit “Espresso” could run. 

“Woke up this morning, thought I’d write a pop hit/How quickly can you take your clothes off? Pop quiz,” she sang, which should have been the end of the song. But Carpenter surprised the crowd with a custom ode just for them: “Come over tonight/ My room is spotless/I’m sorry this outro is so chaotic/Atlanta, it’s official/You’re the hottest.”

It all started out so simple, so silly. Carpenter kept the trend going for each night of her tour, which ran for 80 dates. Then, she customized outros for all 25 shows when she opened for Taylor Swift on the Eras tour. As the bit went on, the singer had to start getting creative to keep her fans on their toes — which meant that the outros would become increasingly chaotic, unhinged, and slick with innuendos. Since starting this trend, Carpenter has essentially built an entire brand around being a short and horny pop star with an endless well of tongue-in-cheek lyrics. She tweaked “Nonsense” for her appearances on Saturday Night Live and Jimmy Kimmel Live as well as her festival stops at Coachella, Governors Ball, and Outside Lands. 

All of that outro writing bled into Carpenter’s latest album Short n’ Sweet, but she’s done talking nonsense on the record’s accompanying tour. The opening show in Columbus, Ohio marked the end of an era when the singer didn’t finish the song with something like: “Was so excited for this show that I was sleepless/The girls in here look flawless, y’all are dumb thick/He’s searching for my G-spot like Chris Columbus.” In honor of this lustful loss, here are the 10 best “Nonsense” outros Carpenter whipped up before retiring the bit after more than 100 shows.

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