DUBAI: Singer Sabrina Carpenter took to X on Saturday to apologise after misidentifying a fan’s zaghrouta — a traditional Arabic celebratory ululation — as yodelling during her headline performance at Coachella on Friday evening.
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“My apologies, I didn’t see this person with my eyes and couldn’t hear clearly,” Carpenter wrote. “My reaction was pure confusion, sarcasm and not ill intended. Could have handled it better! Now I know what a zaghrouta is! I welcome all cheers and yodels from here on out.”
Clips of the moment circulated widely online after the set. While seated at the piano on the festival’s main stage, Carpenter reacted to a fan who performed a zaghrouta from the crowd. Speaking into the microphone, she said: “I think I heard someone yodel. Is that what you’re doing? I don’t like it.”
The fan responded: “It’s my culture!” prompting Carpenter to reply, “That’s your culture, is yodeling?” The audience member then clarified, “It’s a call of celebration.” Carpenter responded with a quip: “Is this Burning Man? What’s going on? This is weird.”
