Sabrina Carpenter had a shock trick up her sleeve throughout her headlining set at Lollapalooza in Chicago on Sunday evening (Aug. 3). The “Manchild” singer wowed the large crowd gathered across the T-Cell essential stage — whereas A$AP Rocky did the identical on the alternative finish of the park on the Bud Gentle stage — by treating them to a particular mini-set from R&B legends Earth, Wind & Fire.
“And we can just let loose, right? We will simply groove,” Carpenter, carrying a glittery pink jumpsuit together with her identify throughout the chest stated because the strains of EW&F’s 1981 Billboard Sizzling 100 No. 3 disco pop traditional, “Let’s Groove,” bubbled up behind her. “So I assumed, ‘why not convey out my mates from Chicago?’ Give it up for Earth, Wind & Fireplace!” she screamed as three members of the enduring group joined her on stage to sing the tune’s acquainted chorus.
“Let this groove, get you to maneuver, alright/ Let this groove set in your sneakers, arise, alright,” singer Philip Bailey crooned in his signature falsetto. Carpenter spun in circles and shook it out to the tune’s acquainted funk pop groove, mouthing alongside after which becoming a member of in on the “transfer your self and glide like a 747” verse with a big smile on her face as she doubled up Bailey’s vocals on the refrain.
The mini-set additionally featured a run by way of EW&F’s perennial fall traditional and 1979 Sizzling 100 No 8 smash “September.” Carpenter’s upcoming seventh studio album, Man’s Greatest Pal, is due out on Aug. 29, with the singer revealing the full track list final week with some assist from an lovely golden retriever pet.
Try footage of Carpenter and EW&F at Lollapalooza under.