Sabrina Carpenter has revealed that she didn’t let Barry Keoghan know that she was going to make reference to his infamous Saltburn scene during her Coachella slot.
The moment took place earlier this year, when the singer closed out her final Coachella performance of 2024 with a cheeky nod to her actor partner.
While performing during the second weekend of the festival on April 19, Carpenter remixed the final verse to her song ‘Nonsense’ to make a nod towards Keoghan, following the pair being romantically linked since earlier this year.
It is now common for her to freestyle cheeky lyrics in its outro while on stage, and during the festival set she sang: “Made his knees so weak, he had to spread mine / He’s drinking my bath water like it’s red wine / Coachella, see you back here when I headline”.
The “bath water” lyric references a scene in Saltburn, during which Oliver (played by Keoghan) drinks Felix’s (Jacob Elordi) bathwater after spying on the latter masturbating in a bathtub.
Sabrina Carpenter references her boyfriend Barry Keoghan’s bathtub scene in #Saltburn in her final “nonsense” outro:
“Made his knees so weak he had to spread mine. He’s drinking my bath water like it’s red wine. #Coachella , see you back here when I headline.” pic.twitter.com/k7RwPD9bd8
— Marcus (@marcusuntrell) April 20, 2024
Now, looking back at the moment in a new interview with Vanity Fair, Carpenter has revealed that she didn’t let her boyfriend know that she was going to perform those lyrics at the show.
“Oh my gosh, no,” she said. “Maybe I should do that. I guess it’s a little too late now.”
While the two had been rumoured to have been dating since the start of the year, they made their public debut at the Vanity Fair Oscars afterparty in March. Since then, the actor has gone on to star in the music video for her recent single ‘Please Please Please’.
In other Sabrina Carpenter news, the ‘Espresso’ singer yesterday (June 20) announced details of the North American ‘The Short N’ Sweet Tour’, which is set to kick off later this year.
It’ll kick off at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio on September 23. From there, she will make stops in major cities such as Toronto, New York City, Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, Orlando, Austin, Dallas, Seattle, Portland, San Francisco and more. Visit here for remaining tickets.
In a four-star review of Saltburn, NME‘s Alex Flood wrote: “Emerald Fennell’s rich tapestry gradually unravels, and we lurch, bowtie askew, half-empty bottle of Dom Pérignon clutched in one hand, towards a gripping finale. Saltburn isn’t the most talked-about party of the year, but you shouldn’t miss it all the same.”