Pop star Sabrina Carpenter issued an apology on Sunday after she called an Arabic celebratory chant “weird” during her set at the Coachella music festival.
Carpenter sparked backlash online when video went viral of her mocking a member of the crowd doing an Arabic celebratory chant during her set, referring to it as “yodeling.”
“I don’t like it,” Carpenter told the crowd.
When the audience member replied that it was part of her culture, Carpenter said, “That’s your culture, is yodeling?”
After the fan called it a celebration, Carpenter quipped, “Is this Burning Man? What’s going on? This is weird.”
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The chant was later identified as Zaghrouta, which The National defined as “a vocal expression of joy made by rapidly moving the tongue from side to side while producing a high-pitched sound.”
“It is often performed in bursts and can carry across large spaces, making it instantly recognizable
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