Sabrina Carpenter recently performed at the Lollapalooza festival in Argentina at the Flow Stage on March 15, 2026. During a section of that performance where she sang Manchild, she had the audience do the pre-chorus with her, which included her having the audience call men ‘useless’.
This performance has since generated backlash on social media. One of the critics on the internet goes by the username uncledoomer on X, with the profile name doomer. The user called out the singer by pointing out her height and claiming that she could not climb into an SUV on her own:
“women are always like “men are useless” but sabrina carpenter is like 4 foot 11, she cant even climb into a mid size SUV without help.”
Now Sabrina Carpenter has clapped back at the comment in a reply from her official X page, stating:
“yes i can ?”
While Carpenter has responded to one comment, the backlash against her Lollapalooza performance has been ongoing. The backlash included comments claiming that there has been a war on masculinity since the 1980s and that Carpenter’s entire career is built around her hating men. Some also described her Lollapalooza moment as an instance of misandry.
Some of the backlash also featured comments claiming that men built the stage she was performing on, as well as all the things she owned. There were also claims that the singer would be nothing without men. Some went so far as to suggest that people who claim men are useless should not be allowed to use anything built by men.
There were also some who pointed out that Jack Antonoff, a man, is the co-producer and co-writer of her latest album, Man’s Best Friend. Calls were also made to cancel the singer. Sabrina Carpenter has not responded to the wider backlash against her viral Lollapalooza moment as of the writing of this article.
Manchild, the performance of which at Lollapalooza Argentina led to the above-detailed backlash, is from the singer’s Man’s Best Friend album.
The Lollapalooza backlash against Sabrina Carpenter came just weeks after the singer faced criticism over a viral compilation of some of her music videos, in which she kills men repeatedly. Critics online called her, as well as women in general, out for what they claimed were double standards.
More on Sabrina Carpenter’s Lollapalooza 2026 performances
SSabrina Carpenter first played at Lollapalooza Chile on March 13, 2026. During her performance at that festival, she brought in German DJ Stella Stallion, aka horsegiirL. The German DJ was part of the extended intro to the singer’s Juno song.
After her performance at Lollapalooza Chile, Sabrina Carpenter did the above-mentioned performance at Lollapalooza Argentina. While the focus is on the singer’s Manchild moment at the festival, the singer also performed songs such as Never Getting Laid and Coincidence. She also performed the song Juno, with María Becerra being featured in that performance.
María Becerra is an Argentine singer and songwriter known for songs such as Corazón Vacío and Automático. Becerra has in the past collaborated with artists such as Becky G and Jay Wheeler.
In other news, the singer is scheduled to perform at Lollapalooza Brazil on March 20, 2026, at Estereo Picnic festival on March 22, 2026, and then at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in April.
Edited by Ritika Pal