“That’s your culture, is yodeling?” she asked a very excited festival-goer mid-set during an exchange that has now gone viral.

Sabrina Carpenter mistakes fan’s ‘call of celebration’ for yodeling in awkward Coachella moment: ‘This is weird’

"That's your culture, is yodeling?" she asked a very excited festival-goer mid-set during an exchange that has now gone viral.

By Wesley Stenzel

Wesley Stenzel

Wesley Stenzel is a news writer at **. He began writing for EW in 2022.

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on April 11, 2026 3:40 p.m. ET

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Sabrina Carpenter performs at Coachella in Indio, Calif., on April 10, 2026. Credit:

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Sabrina Carpenter brought a shiny, sexy pop spectacle to Coachella 2026's main stage on Friday night — but she also stopped mid-set for an awkward moment with a very enthusiastic fan.

After belting her hit single "Please Please Please," the pop star sat down at a keyboard and adjusted her microphone to prepare for her next song. As the widespread applause died down, a single fan could be heard crying out.

"I think I heard someone yodel," Carpenter said, prompting the fan to repeat the sound.

"Is that what you're doing?" the "Espresso" singer asked. "I don't like it."

"It's my culture," the fan replied.

"That's your culture, is yodeling?" Carpenter asked.

The fan tried to offer some context. "It's a call of celebration," they shouted back.

Carpenter did not directly acknowledge the explanation, instead responding, "Is this Burning Man? What's going on? This is weird."

Footage of the exchange has since gone viral on X, where some users identified the fan's cries as "zaghrouta," a traditional expression of joy and excitement commonly heard at Arabic celebrations such as parties and weddings.

** has reached out to representatives for Carpenter and Coachella for comment about her moment with the festival-goer.

Sabrina Carpenter performs at Coachella 2026.

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The singer then addressed why she had a slight delay between songs. "You know, the last time I played Coachella, I had some crazy piano malfunctions, so I'm making sure that we're good here," she said before introducing her next number.

"I wanted to sing you guys a song I've never sung before from *Man's Best Friend*," she said as the audience applauded. "If anyone here has ever been in a relationship that starts, and ends, and then starts and ends, and then starts, and then ends, and then maybe it starts again and ends again, I'm singing this directly to you."

Carpenter then began performing her track "We Almost Broke Up Again Last Night."**

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The artist's Old Hollywood–themed set included a number of guest appearances from iconic actors. The show began with a pre-recorded segment echoing Alfred Hitchcock's *Psycho* that featured Sam Elliott as an off-putting traffic cop. Later in the performance, Susan Sarandon performed a long monologue as an older version of Carpenter, reflecting on "what it was like to be a star" while sitting in a vintage car at a drive-in. Her speech was interrupted by Carpenter's former *Girl Meets World* costar Corey Fogelmanis, who portrayed a waiter asking her to pay her bill in the live segment.

Sabrina Carpenter performing at Coachella in Indio, Calif., on April 10, 2026.

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After several more songs, the power on stage appeared to glitch out, in what was clearly a planned stunt, as Carpenter concluded her song "Bed Chem." Will Ferrell then emerged from a trapdoor dressed as a repairman, then complained to the audience as he fixed the electricity with a long power cord.

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The next song, "Juno," featured a brief interlude that boasted a pre-recorded audio message from Samuel L. Jackson. The *Pulp Fiction* star led a breathing exercise before commanding Carpenter to "finish the motherf---ing song."

Carpenter is scheduled to return to Coachella's main stage for the festival's second weekend on April 17. Justin Bieber and Karol G are headlining the main stage both weekends on Saturday and Sunday, respectively.

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