'Could have handled it better!' Sabrina Carpenter sorry for mistaking Arabic celebration call for yodelling at Coachella

Sabrina Carpenter has apologised after mistaking an Arabic celebration call for yodelling during her Coachella performance.

The Espresso hitmaker called out a fan for yodelling during her headline set at the California festival on Friday (10.04.26) but has now issued a social media apology after it turned out that the audience member had in fact performed a celebratory Arabic ululation known as a Zaghrouta.

In footage posted on social media, Sabrina said: "I think I heard someone yodel. Is that what you're doing? I don't like it."

When the fan replied that the sound was "part of my culture" and "a call for celebration", she replied: "That's your culture, yodelling? Is this Burning Man? What's going on? This is weird."

The comments were met with a backlash on social media and the Please Please Please artist has now expressed contrition for her remarks on X.

The 26-year-old singer wrote: "My apologies, I didn't see this person with my eyes and couldn't hear clearly.

"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."