Sabrina Carpenter paid tribute to the “Princess of Pop” at the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards.

On Wednesday, September 11, Carpenter, 26, performed a thrilling medley of her hits from her latest album Short and sweetShe performed “Please Please Please”, “Espresso” and “Taste”, the latter of which she sang live for the first time during the awards ceremony.

At the beginning of the performance, Carpenter descended from the ceiling, sitting on a diamond-shaped chair in a bedazzled white bodysuit, singing “Please Please Please” with a giant astronaut grasping her in his hand. Before he came onstage and pivoted to “Taste,” the spoken interlude of Britney Spears’ classic “Oops!…I Did It Again” played in the background.

Like Spears did in the video for “Oops! I Did It Again,” Carpenter discovered an astronaut onstage — but this performance also featured an alien, whom the “Nonsense” artist kissed during her set. And during “Espresso,” Carpenter performed with several dancing astronauts.

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The “Nonsense” singer shared the music video for “Taste” on August 23, the same day she released her sixth studio album.

The music video, directed by Dave Meyers, sees Carpenter and Jenna Ortega repeatedly trying to kill each other, and even kissing.

The visual features several campy horror references, with the duo wearing similarly vampy black dresses and bouncy hairstyles similar to Goldie Hawn and Meryl Streep in the 1992 film. Death adorns herThe . Wednesday star, 21, wears a nurse costume similar to Daryl Hannah’s in Kill Billas the artist of “Feather” is impaled by a fence, as in a scene from the 2000s Gingerbread cookies. There is also a shower scene that references the 1960 classic Psycho.

Last month, Carpenter was announced as a VMA performer alongside Chappell Roan, Camila Cabello, GloRilla and Rauw Alejandro.

All artists on the initial slate — with the exception of Cabello — will make their main stage debuts at the event. Cabello returns to the VMAs for a third time to perform her latest studio album, C,XOXO. Roan, who just completed her record-breaking attendance at the Lollapalooza and Governor’s Ball earlier this summer, will mark her first-ever appearance on the VMAs stage.

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Last week, it was announced that Anitta, Karol G, LL Cool J, Halsey, Lenny Kravitz, Lisa, Benson Boone and Shawn Mendes would perform at the VMAs.

Big Sean, Busta Rhymes, Carson Daly, Cyndi Lauper, TikTok star Addison Rae, Chicken Shop Date Presenter Amelia Dimoldenberg and model Alessandra Ambrosio will be present at the event.

Other presenters include Damiano David of Måneskin, DANNA, DJ Khaled, Lil Nas X, Miranda Lambert, Fat Joe, Flavor Flav and French Montana, plus Little Mermaid star Halle Bailey, Olympic gymnast Jordan Chiles, Naomi Scott, Paris Hilton, Suki Waterhouse, Thalía and Tinashe.

The 2024 MTV VMAs air September 11 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT, live from UBS Arena in New York City.