Sabrina Carpenter Shuts Down Claims That Her 2024 'W Magazine' Photo Shoot Had a Racy Callback to 'Lolita'

A TikTok user recently accused Sabrina Carpenter of recreating a scene from Lolita in a 2024 photo shoot
Shortly after the accusation, the pop star denied seeing the movie or ever having the film on her moodboard for inspiration
Carpenter previously revealed in 2024 that she has "full creative control" over her careerSabrina Carpenter is defending herself online once again.
This time, it's against a TikToker who alleged that she drew inspiration from 1997's Lolita for inspiration in a racy 2024 photo shoot with W Magazine.
TikTok user @arcafan999 took a screenshot of @thepopfaction's post, which included an image of the pop star's photo shoot. Carpenter posed for the camera in a yellow dress while sitting barefoot in the grass. The sprinklers in the photo were on and doused Carpenter with water, causing her hair to go limp and her pale yellow Chloé dress to turn borderline see-through.
The photo mirrors a scene in Lolita, where character Dolores "Lolita" Haze is soaked by water sprinklers while reading in the grass — oblivious to the fact that her dress has gone sheer, exposing her undergarments — after being drenched in water.
Lolita has received backlash due to its main character, Humbert Humbert, developing a sexual obsession with Haze, who is 12 years old at the start of the novel by Vladimir Nabokov. It was adapted into movies in 1962 and 1997.
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@thepopfaction placed the photo of Carpenter and the screen grab from Lolita side by side, which was then spliced into @arcafan999's video with the caption "me after seeing sabrina's lolita photoshoot."
"What the...I'm sorry for my language, but what the F is this?" the TikToker asked in the video.
The "Espresso" singer popped into the comments section of the post and defended herself. "I've never seen this movie. It's never been on my mood board and never would be," she wrote.
"'Fully grown but I look like a niña' yh sure," the creator replied, referring to the pop star's "Nonsense" outro at the Mexico stop at The Eras Tour in 2023, in which she sang, "I'm full grown but I look like a niña (child)/ Come put something big in my casita (little house)."
While Carpenter denies having Lolita on her mood board, she told Variety in 2024 that she had "full creative control" of her Short n' Sweet album.
'It's my second 'big girl' album; it's a companion but it's not the same," she told the outlet at the time. "When it comes to having full creative control and being a full-fledged adult, I would consider this a sophomore album.'
Carpenter's photoshoot controversy comes after her posing nude for Rolling Stone and receiving backlash for the cover of her new album, Man's Best Friend, which sees her on her hands and knees while getting her hair pulled by a man.
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Carpenter responded to an X user who reposted the Man's Best Friend album cover and wondered 'Does she have a personality outside of sex?'
The Grammy-winning singer reshared the post on the social media website and responded, 'girl yes and it is goooooood.'
In her Rolling Stone June cover story, Carpenter reflected on the backlash that she gets for openly singing about her sexuality in songs, and recreating sex positions when she sings, 'Wanna try out some freaky positions? Have you ever tried this one?' while performing her song "Juno" in concerts.
'It's always so funny to me when people complain,' she told the magazine. 'They're like, 'All she does is sing about this,'' she explained. 'But those are the songs that you've made popular. Clearly you love sex. You're obsessed with it. It's in my show.'
Carpenter added, 'There's so many more moments than the 'Juno' positions, but those are the ones you post every night and comment on. I can't control that. If you come to the show, you'll [also] hear the ballads, you'll hear the more introspective numbers.'
Man's Best Friend will be released on Aug. 29.
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