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Sabrina Carpenter has apologised after a misunderstanding with a fan during her first ever Coachella headline set sparked debate online, with some accusing the pop star of being culturally insensitive.

The incident unfolded when Carpenter paused her performance after hearing an unfamiliar sound from the crowd.

Her response to the fans explanation left many questioning her approach.

Sabrina Carpenter Apologises To Fans

During her Coachella headline set Sabrina Carpenter stopped to address the crowd when the noise from a fan caught her off guard.

“I think I heard someone yodel,鈥� Carpenter said after stopping mid performance to address the distraction.

鈥淚s that what you鈥檙e doing? I don鈥檛 like it” she told them.

When the fan explained the sound was 鈥減art of [their] culture鈥� and meant to be a 鈥渃all鈥� for 鈥渃elebration,鈥� Carpenter appeared confused.

鈥淭hat鈥檚 your culture, yodelling?鈥� Carpenter said from behind the piano shortly before continuing her set.

鈥淚s this Burning Man? What鈥檚 going on? This is weird” the singer said with a perplexed look on her face.

The sound was later identified by fans as a zaghrouta, a traditional celebratory call used across parts of the Middle East and North Africa.

Sabrina Carpenter est谩 sendo criticada ap贸s tirar sarro de f茫 que fez um ‘zaghrouta’, som com a boca para simbolizar alegria na cultura 谩rabe e africana, durante show no Coachella.

A f茫 explicou que era algo da sua cultura, mas mesmo assim foi chamada de estranha pela artista.

鈥� POPTime (@poptime)

The tense interaction quickly spread across social media, prompting backlash from some viewers.

鈥淪abrina saying that she doesn鈥檛 like a cultural Arabic cheer 鈥� this is so insensitive and Islamophobic. I am very disappointed in her,鈥� one person wrote on X.

When you want to distract yourself from the massacre that Israel committed a few days ago in your country of Lebanon so you turn on the Coachella stream only to have a white woman make fun of your culture. Sabrina Carpenter idk what I was expecting from you

鈥� laputa (@thexuxitl)

I鈥檓 in a complete shock. I used to be a huge sabrina carpenter fan and now she鈥檚 mocking my culture and calling me 鈥渨eird鈥�, this is so racist and inappropriate and it made me feel uncomfortable. this white blonde racist woman should be cancelled” wrote another.

I鈥檓 in a complete shock. I used to be a huge sabrina carpenter fan and now she鈥檚 mocking my culture and calling me 鈥渨eird鈥�, this is so racist and inappropriate and it made me feel uncomfortable. this white blonde racist woman should be cancelled.

鈥� Kevin (@maxlldr)

Carpenter later responded directly, issuing an apology.

鈥淢y apologies I didn鈥檛 see this person with my eyes and couldn鈥檛 hear clearly. My reaction was pure confusion, sarcasm and not ill intended. Could have handled it better! Now I know what a Zaghrouta is! I welcome all cheers and yodels from here on out.鈥�

my apologies i didn鈥檛 see this person with my eyes and couldn鈥檛 hear clearly. my reaction was pure confusion, sarcasm and not ill intended. could have handled it better! now i know what a Zaghrouta is!
I welcome all cheers and yodels from here on out

鈥� Sabrina Carpenter (@SabrinaAnnLynn)

Despite the apology, debate continued online.

鈥淭he way Sabrina doubled down and decided to continue to be ignorant even after it was clarified yodelling is part of that person鈥檚 culture says a lot about her,鈥� one disappointed fan tweeted.

鈥淒id Sabrina Carpenter just call that girl鈥檚 culture weird and creepy?鈥� another added.

Others defended the singer, pointing to the chaotic nature of live festival performances.

鈥淪he clearly could not hear the girl speaking,鈥� one explained. 鈥淵ou have to remember she鈥檚 all the way up on stage.鈥�

鈥淧lease don鈥檛 let this become a thing, she really couldn鈥檛 hear what was happening and was not trying to offend anyone!鈥� another added. 鈥淪he had a lot going on at the moment.鈥�

Carpenter has not made any further public comments following the incident.