When Sabrina Carpenter first released Emails I Can’t Send in July 2022, nobody expected “Nonsense” to take on a life of its own in the way that it has. While flashier songs like “Fast Times” and “Because I Liked a Boy” got a lot of initial attention, it was “Nonsense” that grew into the set’s runaway hit — thanks, in no small part, to Carpenter’s hilarious improvised outros on her global Emails I Can’t Send Tour.
In essence, every night Carpenter performs “Nonsense,” she changes the lyrics of the outro on the fly. Sometimes she’s simply paying tribute to the city in which she’s performing — and, other times, she’s testing how far she can push the limits of sexually suggestive lyrics.
The original “Nonsense” outro reads: “This song catchier than chickenpox is/ I bet your house is where my other sock is/ Woke up this morning, thought I’d write a pop hit, ha-ha/ How quickly can you take your clothes off? Pop quiz.”
“Nonsense” peaked at No. 56 on the Billboard Hot 100, her second career entry on the chart; the single also reached the top 10 on Pop Airplay (No. 10). Emails I Can’t Send debuted and peaked at No. 23, becoming the highest-peaking and longest-charting LP of her career.
On Friday, June 2, Taylor Swift announced that she would be bringing her record-breaking Eras Tour to Latin America, with Carpenter serving as her opener across the summer and fall in Mexico, Argentina and Brazil. She will also open Eras Tour shows in Australia and Singapore from Feb. 16-Mar. 9, 2024.
Naturally, the singer-songwriter brought her “Nonsense” outro shenanigans to her first couple Eras Tour performances, and she’s already gifted us with a number of hilarious renditions of the track. From Mexico to Singapore, here’s every “Nonsense” outro Sabrina Carpenter has performed on the Eras Tour:
For the Aug. 24 Eras Tour show — the first of four consecutive nights at Mexico City’s Foro Sol stadium — Sabrina sang: “I only date him if he pays my rent-ay/ If you are a Swiftie, you’re mi gente/ Let me hear you make some noise DF.”
“He said where you at, I said ‘I’m busy’/ Sipping on tequila getting tipsy/ Con mis chicas in Mexico City,” the Disney alum quipped.
“I’m full grown but I look like a niña/ Come put something big in my casita/ Mexico, I think you are bonita!”
Some fans heard a slightly more NSFW of this outro, replacing “casita” with “pusita.”
“Felt so good he made me hit the top note/ Eras tickets, girl you won the lotto!/ Mexico, I kinda think te amo”
“How to ride it, I can think of 5 ways/ My head goes so hard I’m giving migraines/ How loud do you get in Buenos Aires,” the “Feather” singer joked on opening night of the Eras Tour mini-residency in Argentina.
For the second Buenos Aires Eras Tour show — which was postponed due to “truly chaotic” weather — Sabrina closed out “Nonsense” with, “He said, ‘What’s your name?’ I said ‘Sabrina’/ Saw that obelisco, said ‘que linda’/ Who’s the loudest here in Argentina?”
For the final Buenos Aires Eras Tour show, Carpenter sang, “When I’m in the bedroom looking sexy/ He’s having a ball, he call me ‘Messi’/ Argentina, will you be my bestie?” — a nod to Argentine football icon Lionel Messi.
For the first Rio de Janeiro Eras Tour stop, the “Feather” singer played on one of Brazil’s signature drinks: “Sipping on me like a caipirinha/ How to turn me on, boy, I can teach ya/ My new name is ipanema ‘Brina”
The second Rio de Janeiro Eras Tour stop — which was staged at Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos like the other two dates — featured Carpenter singing, “It’s kinda small, but I don’t even care though/ Cupid must have hit me with an arrow/ ‘Cause I’m in love with Rio de Janeiro!”
For the final Rio de Janeiro Eras Tour stop — which was rescheduled from its original Nov. 18 date to extreme heat — found the “Skin” singer joking, “Boy come over, this is not a drill/ He said, ‘Get on top,’ I said, ‘I will’/ Then he made me come… to Brazil!”