Sabrina Carpenter’s Short n’ Sweet Tour has been going strong since September 2024, and each night fans look forward to a surprise during “Juno.”
For those unfamiliar with the track, the lyrics are about thinking your partner is so hot you want them to get you pregnant (like the titular character in 2007’s Juno). “I know you want my touch for life / If you love me right, then who knows?” Carpenter sings on the chorus. “I might let you make me Juno / You know I just might / Let you lock me down tonight / One of me is cute, but two though?”
The second pre-chorus, however, is where the positions come in during the live show, specifically following the lines, “Wanna try out some freaky positions? / Have you ever tried this one?”
After singing those lyrics, Carpenter marches to a heart-shaped platform at the end of her runway stage and mimes a sex position for the audience. While she’s cycled through plenty of standard fare — missionary and reverse cowgirl, for example — she’s also added in a few more unusual choices, some of which reference the city she’s in that night.
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While Carpenter wrote “Juno” with two other collaborators, her cowriter Amy Allen confirmed to Us Weekly that the Juno movie reference was entirely Carpenter’s idea.
“I’m so grateful to have her as a collaborator for moments like that, because I think being a pop songwriter, like, five years ago, if somebody had come in with that concept, that would’ve been like, ‘I’m not sure people will get that,’” Allen exclusively told Us in December 2024. “But because she’s so authentic and her artistry is so intact and she knows who she is, the second she started talking about her idea for that, I was like, ‘Oh, we’re doing this, it’s gonna be great and it’s gonna be witty and it’s gonna be heartfelt.’ She’s such a fearless leader with ideas like that.”
Keep scrolling for a look back some of Carpenter’s raunchiest “Juno” positions:
The Strap-On
Carpenters are of two minds on this one from the October 28, 2004, concert in Austin, Texas. Is she pretending her mic is a vibrator — or is it a strap-on? Only she knows.
The Boo
For her Halloween show on October 30, 2024, Carpenter sang “Juno” in a Tinkerbell costume — and forewent her usual position routine by simply turning around and yelling, “Boo!”
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The Split
The “Nonsense” singer busted an impressive move — a full split — for her November 17, 2024, concert in Inglewood, California.
The Magic Mic
@itsjakeclark HAHAHAHA NO WAY
@Sabrina Carpenter #sabrinacarpenter #shortandsweet
For her November 18, 2024, outing in Inglewood, Carpenter pretended to — there’s no other way to say it — fellate her microphone.
The Chimes
For her NPR Tiny Desk concert in December 2024, Carpenter got extra creative for her position, using her butt to strike a set of chimes.
The Meditation
Sometimes you just need a break! At her March 4 show in Dublin, Carpenter took a timeout and pretended to meditate for her position.
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The London Bridge
During her London show on March 9, the Grammy winner executed a backbend which she named after one of the city’s landmarks.
The Pillow Princess
Carpenter has gone back to this low-key position multiple times, including on March 14 in Manchester, England.
The French Inhale
@nylonfrance OMG WE GOT THE PARIS #JUNO POSE IN PARIS #sabrinacarpenter #shortnsweet #shortnsweettour #sabrinacarpenteredit
Is smoking a cigarette technically a sex position? Maybe not in the real world, but it is in the Short n’ Sweet universe, which first touched down in Paris on March 16.
The Eiffel Tower
Carpenter introduced her first three-way pantomime in Paris on March 17, shocking fans as she imitated the classic sex position named for the city’s most famous landmark.
