Sabrina Carpenter was honored while attending the Variety Hitmakers 2025 event on Saturday in Los Angeles amid her White House feud, Daily Mail reports.
The 26-year-old singer – who recently addressed backlash over her controversial Man’s Best Friend album cover – accepted the Hitmaker of the Year award while joined by other celebrities during the festivities.
It comes just days after the Grammy winner slammed the White House for its ‘disgusting’ use of her song Juno in a clip celebrating arrests made by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
However, the White House hit back at the music artist by using her own lyrics against her and trolled her once again on Friday.
Sabrina Carpenter brushed aside the drama as she spoke on stage to accept her award – which was presented by collaborator and record producer Jack Antonoff.
The Espresso hitmaker donned a strapless dress that fell down towards the ground and contained patterned details.
Her blonde locks were parted in the middle and effortlessly flowed down past her shoulders in light curls.
Sabrina Carpenter opted for minimal accessories to allow her outfit to be the main focal point and added a few flashy rings on each of her hands.
A pink blush was added to her cheekbones for a radiant glow while a darker nude-colored tint was worn on her lips for a finishing touch.
The star flashed a cheerful smile as she stepped onto the stage during the ceremony to give a speech while accepting the Hitmaker of the Year award.
As she spoke to the crowd, the singer opened up about songwriting – which she began at the age of 10.
‘The easiest way to write a bad song is to try to write a hit. Write the opposite of what you think a hit is,’ Carpenter encouraged, per Variety.
‘Write what speaks to you, write something that only you can write. Write the music you want to listen to yourself,’ she further shared. ‘Add the weird chord progression and key change, and call men stupid in as many ways as you can.’
She later reflected on the creativity ignited when ‘we get the privilege to be in a room with things that make noise.’
Elsewhere during her speech, the singer also gave a special shout out to her fans.
‘Thank you to the fans that makes these hits. Thank you to the fans that learn the lyrics and sing the songs and make them hits – whatever that means,’ she gushed.
Earlier this week on Monday, Sabrina Carpenter slammed the White House for its use of her track Juno in the background of a reel showing ICE arrests in the United States.
The video had been captioned with: ‘Have you tried this one? Bye-bye,’ followed by a heart-eyed emoji.
However, Carpenter offered a pointed message on X by writing, ‘This video is evil and disgusting. Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda.’
The White House then responded to the performer when spokesperson Abigail Jackson issued a statement using the singer’s own lyrics against her.
‘Here’s a Short n’ Sweet message for Sabrina Carpenter: we won’t apologize for deporting dangerous criminal illegal murderers, rapists, and pedophiles from our country,’ Jackson wrote, referencing to the star’s 2024 album Short n’ Sweet.
The spokesperson then referenced lyrics from the singer’s song Manchild and added, ‘Anyone who would defend these sick monsters must be stupid, or is it slow?’
And on Friday, Carpenter was trolled once again by the White House in another post on X.
The White House shared a snippet of the singer appearing in an SNL promo with cast member Marcelle Hernandez.
The pair took part in a short skit where the performer referenced to how she would ‘arrest’ attendees for being ‘too hot.’
‘I think I need to arrest someone for being too hot,’ Carpenter told Hernandez in the original skit, and he replied with, ‘Oh well, I turn myself in.’
However, the White House uploaded an edited version where the word ‘hot’ was replaced with ‘illegal.’
And the caption read: ‘PSA: If you’re a criminal illegal, you WILL be arrested & deported [sparkle emoji].’
Late last year in November, Carpenter offered her reaction just one day after Donald Trump won the U.S. presidential election while performing on stage in Seattle.
At the time, she told her fans in attendance that she was ‘sorry about our country.’
The Nonsense songstress said, ‘I hope we can be a moment of peace for you, a moment of safety.
‘Sorry about our country. And to the women in here, I love you so, so, so, so, so much. And I really hope for the rest of this night that you can enjoy yourselves because you absolutely deserve it.’
It is not the first time that a music artist slammed the White House for the use of their song in a social media clip amid the Trump administration.
Olivia Rodrigo lashed out at the White House last month for the use of her song All-American B**** in a video that gave a message to illegal immigrants in the U.S. to voluntarily self-support to their own countries.
Rodrigo penned in the comment section: ‘Don’t ever use my songs to promote your racist, hateful propaganda.’