Fans convinced Sabrina Carpenter is going to be 'cancelled' after comments on stage at Coachella

Sabrina Carpenter fans are defending the singer after a video of an awkward exchange at Coachella went viral, captioned: "They’re gonna cancel her for this aren’t they…"

In the social media age, all it takes is one bad video, comment, tweet or clip to gain traction, and you can find yourself cancelled or in people's bad books.

Remember Timothée Chalamet's comments about the ballet and opera that upset everyone?

Now America's sweetheart singer, Sabrina Carpenter, is in the hot seat after comments she made onstage during her landmark Coachella set.

In the clip, Carpenter can be seen sitting at a piano onstage as a member of the audience makes a loud ululating noise.

Ululating is usually a high-pitched sound, similar to a trill, usually performed in moments of strong emotion.

"I think I heard someone yodel... is that what you're doing? I don't like it," the star said.

The fan who had been ululating yelled back "It's my culture!"

Ululation has many roots in African culture but is also referred to as 'zaghrouta' in Middle Eastern cultures, and is usually done by women as an act of celebration, or in moments of overwhelming joy.

The singer replied "That's your culture, yodelling?" as the fan tried to explain: "It's a call... a call of celebration."

Carpenter was seen frowning, asking the crowd if it was Burning Man festival, which is known to be more experimental than Coachella.

She added: "What's going on, this is weird."

The poster of the video added "I think she genuinely wasn’t coming from a bad place but when someone says 'that’s my culture' put ur PR training to use and DONT DOUBLE DOWN!

I didn’t know that culture either but I wouldn’t double down if someone said that was their culture."

They added: "B4 the Sabrina stans come for me I am not calling her racist, I’m just calling her stupid."

#sabchella they’re gonna cancel her for this aren’t they… pic.twitter.com/EPfga37T0D

— M (@mdnarae) April 11, 2026

One commenter hit out: "She’s so odd for this, calling someone’s culture weird."

"She’s a singer, one that dabbles into country as well, so she knows what yodeling actually sounds like," argued another. "So no, this excuse doesn’t work. She was being mean spirited & that’s okay to admit."

One fan defended her, saying the star clearly thought she was being heckled at the festival, writing "She’s on stage, probably a bit hard to hear. She also clearly just doesn’t know what that is. Why can’t a person just not know about something??? I’m sure if you didn’t know what that was, you’d probably be confused too.

Another Reddit user adds: "Kind of crazy that everyone expected Sabrina to know what it was right off the bat while she was getting ready to play another song in front of THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE."

One fan explained: "I am Middle Eastern, I didn’t take offense, she didn’t understand and thought they were heckling her… yes she didn’t understand when they told her it’s cultural either because why would she? A Caucasian American who I’m assuming is not aware about the types of celebrations around the world."

They continued: "To be honest we use it in weddings and to celebrate significant events, it’s a bit weird to use it during or before a western singer sings in a festival and expect her to understand its significance on the spot instead of you interrupting her."

Someone else said: "She doesn’t call the zaghrouta weird, she says it’s weird that someone would do it in the middle of her show and then try to have a convo mid song."

Carpenter is yet to respond to the controversy.

LADbible has reached out to Sabrina's representatives for comment.