Sabrina Carpenter Wears Dazzling Bodysuit for 2024 MTV VMAs Performance — And It Took Over 180 Hours to Make!

The singer sported a custom Victoria's Secret look as she performed a medley of her 2024 hits 'Please Please Please,' 'Taste' and 'Espresso' at the star-studded ceremony

Sabrina Carpenter performs on stage during the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards
Sabrina Carpenter performs at the 2024 MTV VMAs. Photo:

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Sabrina Carpenter sparkled on stage for her 2024 MTV VMAs performance!

On Wednesday, Sept. 11, the singer, 25, dressed to impress as she performed a medley of her 2024 hits "Please Please Please," "Taste" and "Espresso" at the star-studded ceremony held at New York's UBS Arena.

After making her mark on the VMAs red carpet wearing a sparkling vintage Bob Mackie gown that Madonna previously wore in 1991 for the Oscars, Carpenter then changed into a fully custom Victoria's Secret look for her performance.

Sabrina Carpenter performs on stage during the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards
Sabrina Carpenter wearing a custom Victoria's Secret bodysuit corset as she performs at the 2024 MTV VMAs.

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Styled by Jared Ellner, the musician donned a dazzling bodysuit corset with her signature kiss embellished on the back. The incredible look took over 180 hours to complete, per a press release obtained by PEOPLE.

The ensemble was adorned in over 100,000 stones placed by hand and featured handmade crystal fringes, covered in over 18,500 crystal beads.

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During her space-inspired performance, Carpenter kicked things off with "Please Please Please" from a swing being held by a giant Moon Person above the audience, before she paid homage to Britney Spears by including the famous spoken interlude from her "Oops!… I Did It Again" music video. She then launched into her latest single "Taste."

Carpenter, who made out with an alien during the performance, finished off by belting out her track "Espresso" while surrounded by dancing astronauts. All three songs are taken off Carpenter's most recent album Short n' Sweet.

Sabrina Carpenter performs on stage during the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards
Sabrina Carpenter began her performance at the ceremony on a diamond swing.

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Not only did the singer perform at Wednesday's star-studded ceremony — which was hosted by Megan Thee Stallion — but, she also won her first Moon Person after "Espresso" won the song of the year gong.

Carpenter — who was nominated for six awards at the event — began her acceptance speech, "I've literally never won one of these. This is really special."

"The first people I want to thank are the fans," Carpenter said as fans cheered, before she joked: "If you clap after everything I say they're gonna, they're gonna call me off the stage, so one second."

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"But I just want to say you guys are the reason that I get to do what I love, but also the reason that we get to have so much fun and share music with each other," she continued. "And I just feel so grateful to have the best, truly the best, fans in the world. I know it sounds cheesy, but I love you."

After thanking her managers, her family, and everyone involved with "Espresso," she referenced that much-discussed lyric by saying: "And thank you to that's that me espresso."

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