Sabrina Carpenter has unexpected response after 'Lolita photoshoot' sparks outrage

For the second time this week, Sabrina Carpenter has found herself in hot water for alleged 'insensitivities'.

Previously this week, the 26-year-old musician was criticised for including an 'ableist' slur in the lyrics to another of her tracks, 'Manchild', after one unimpressed social media critic asked in an Instagram post: "So... are we gonna talk about the slur in Sabrina Carpenter's song that's going viral?"

Though said user opted not to call out the term she'd taken issue with, Newsweek believes it's the lyrics to the single's pre-chorus, which read - "Stupid, or is it slow? Maybe it's useless? But there's a cuter word for it, I know" - with 'slow' being the so-called slur.

The accusations sparked mass debate online, with some believing a better set of lyrics could have been chosen, while others arguing that 'slow' is a derogatory and often insulting term, but not a slur.

Carpenter has yet to speak out on the situation surrounding the lyric - but she has addressed more accusations that have since been made against her after another critic compared her magazine shoot to a book (and movie) about paedophilia.

The Pennsylvania singer posed for the racy shoot whilst laying on a bed of grass in a garden, with a water sprinkler soaking her.

However, it didn't take long for critics to point out the parallel between the shoot's theme and a scene made famous in the 1997 movie Lolita, which is, in turn, based on the 1955 novel of the same name by Vladimir Nabokov.

In the book and the film, the main character is an adult man named Humbert Humbert, who becomes infatuated with the 12-year-old daughter of his landlady, Dolores 'Lolita' Haze. Her introductory scene shows her getting soaked in water and her clothes becoming sheer.

Naturally, both the book at the time of its release and the big-name blockbuster received a mixed reception due to their sexually inappropriate subject matters.

Noticing the supposed parallel between Carpenter's shoot and the scene from Lolita, one TikToker played images of the two side by side, after which another user re-shared it with the caption: "Me after seeing sabrina's lolita photoshoot."

They then asked in the clip: "What the...I'm sorry for my language, but what the F is this?"

Surprisingly, the singer went on to address the criticism in the comments, claiming: "I've never seen this movie. It's never been on my mood board and never would be."

That said, however, the same TikTok critic went on to point out that, during the ever-changing outro for her single 'Nonsense' for her concert performance in Mexico as Taylor Swift's support act last year, she sang lyrics that supposedly hinted at her knowledge of the story of Lolita.

At the time, Carpenter sang: "I'm full grown but I look like a niña (Spanish for female child), come put something big in my casita (Spanish for little house)."

"'Fully grown but I look like a niña' yh sure," the social media critic replied to the singer's comments. The musician has yet to address the further accusation.

Tyla has contacted Carpenter's representatives for comment.