The singers also reprised their duet rendition of Aguilera’s “What a Girl Wants.”
Sabrina Carpenter’s Los Angeles show Friday had a big surprise for concertgoers:Christina Aguilera.
Carpenter seemed genuinely shocked to see Aguilera emerge, mouthing, ‘What the f—?’
Christina Aguilera and Sabrina Carpenter perform in Los Angeles.People.com
upon seeing her take the stage.
Carpenter and her backup singers and dancersexcitedly joinedthe diva for a high-energy rendition of her 2006 single.
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The duo thenharmonizedon a duet of Aguilera’s “What a Girl Wants.”
Sabrina Carpenter and Christina Aguilera.Christina Aguilera/Instagram
Theypreviously performedthe song to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the latter’s self-titled debut album in September.
At the end of the performance, Aguilera told Carpenter, “I love you so much.”
Just before the 25th anniversary performance earlier this year, Carpenter explained how Aguilera inspired her in aSpotify video.
“I’m freaking out,” she said as she greeted her hero.
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Aguilera was thrilled to share the song with Carpenter.
“It’s fun when you get to reimagine the music,” she said.
I think that’s really so special.
That’s what I love most about music."
Carpenter’s admiration of Aguilera goes way back.
“I love Christina,” CarpentertoldPapermagazinein August.
“That was one of my very first idols and icons.
I was 11 years old and you couldn’t get her name out of my mouth.
She’s very special to me.
Those songs raised me.”
The singer shared similar sentiments while promoting her previous album,Emails I Can’t Send.
“The first artist I fell in love with was probably Christina Aguilera,” shetoldNMEin 2022.
“I wanna say I was like 6 or 7.
Ever since then, I was a stan, from day one.”
