Sabrina Carpenter Calls Coachella ‘Most Ambitious Show I’ve Ever Done’

Sabrina Carpenter might need some go-go juice before she headlines Coachella.

In an April 7 interview with Perfect conducted by fashion mogul Marc Jacobs, Carpenter shared how she’s handling preparations for her upcoming Coachella performance.

“It’s the most ambitious show I’ve ever done,” Carpenter said to the designer, explaining that this is the first time she’s had a prolonged lead up to a performance. Unlike her other shows, Carpenter had seven months to work on her Coachella set. She told Jacobs this is the longest amount of time she’s had to focus on building a show. “So it’s been a long journey. It will be very special.”

Carpenter will be headlining Coachella’s Friday night (April 10 and 17) lineups. Though this is her first time in the highly coveted slot, it is not her first time playing the festival. The pop star made her Coachella debut in 2024 — and on a very important day.

“That was a really special day for me, the day my song ‘Espresso’ came out,” Carpenter said of when she first played the annual music festival.

In the two years since she released “Espresso” as the lead single to her album Short n’ Sweet, Carpenter’s career has absolutely skyrocketed. “Espresso” ascended to the No. 3 spot on the Billboard Hot 100, marking her first top 10 entry. “Please Please Please” hit No. 1 on the Hot 100, her first time topping the chart. Short n’ Sweet debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, where it stayed for four weeks. Her follow up album, 2025’s Man’s Best Friend, also debuted atop the Billboard 200 and spawned Hot 100 hits “Manchild” (No. 1) and “Tears” (No. 3).

“And now, two years later, we’re back,” Carpenter says of Coachella. “And I think that’s what makes this show feel really, really surreal: getting to celebrate all the songs that have come after it, and just how many lives they’ve lived since they’ve come out.”

Wristbands for both Coachella weekends are sold out, but fans without tickets can watch Carpenter’s performance on the official Coachella YouTube livestream.