Sabrina Carpenter brought a lot of horny energy to Vancouver on her Short n’ Sweet tour

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Sabrina Carpenter brought her charm to Vancouver’s Pacific Coliseum last night (November 4) with her Short n’ Sweet Tour, which turned out to be a saucy spectacle full of retro glamor and slick stunt doubles.

The show was an invitation to Carpenter’s playhouse of fantasy and flirtation—from oversized hair and feather boas to heart-shaped furniture and sparkly two-pieces, Carpenter, at just 5’0”, looked like a life-size Polly Pocket in her dream home. But her small stature didn’t stop her from being a powerhouse commanding the arena. This was not just a concert; she didn’t work late because she is a singer. She clearly lived for every second on that stage.

The show opened with Carpenter arriving “fashionably late” and racing onto the stage wrapped in a towel. Upping the tension, she dropped the towel to reveal a rhinestone studded navy blue corset bodysuit. Was that a reference to the Canucks? We like to think so. With heart-shaped conversation holes and a cheeky title Sabrina After Dark background (her twist on Playboy After Dark), it felt like we had wandered into a dreamland where camp and glamor reigned supreme.

The audience could hardly catch their breath as she shifted gears and reclined on a round bed and took it up with “Bed Chem” while a ceiling camera captured her every move. Exciting? Absolutely.

Then came her bombshell moment in a lace catsuit, a la Marilyn Monroe. She draped herself over a retro bathroom setup, complete with a heart-shaped toilet and a heart-shaped mirror (that doubled as a camera), and belted out her ballads “Opposite” and “Sharpest Tool.” She also treated the crowd to “Busy Woman,” a bonus track that didn’t make it to the last bit of her Short n’ Sweet album.

And of course, she added a few hometown shoutouts, like Robson Street and Squamish, where she filmed as a teenager. In true Carpenter style, she also worked in a joke about the rain: “I can’t believe how much it rains in Vancouver. I swear the only thing wetter than Vancouver is my…” She left the rest to the audience’s imagination and rolled right into her next song with a smile.

By the third act, she had slipped into a red, sparkly two-piece with a maxi skirt that morphed into a mini. Maybe it was a little nod to our country in honor of her last Canadian tour stop. And while she didn’t give us a Canucks jersey—well, we noticed its absence, especially when she wore a Maple Leafs jersey in Toronto—we forgive her. Why? Because her opener, Declan McKenna, scored big points by rocking a Whitecaps shirt. Consider the result settled.

With all the online speculation that she wasn’t performing live, Carpenter silenced the critics by ditching the backing track and letting each sassy ad-lib and sultry belt stand on its own. For her hit “Juno,” she took full advantage of her heart-shaped platform, which lifted her up to command the room.

Carpenter’s mark? Unapologetically camp, endlessly flirtatious and slightly horny.