Sabrina Carpenter has won her very first VMA!

Carpenter, 25, scored a major hit at the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards at New York’s UBS Arena on Wednesday, September 11, when she accepted the award for her hit single “Espresso.”

“I’ve literally never won one before,” she began her acceptance speech. “This is really special.”

“The first people I want to thank are the fans,” Carpenter said before being greeted with applause. She joked, “If you guys start clapping after everything I say, they’re going to call me off the stage, so hang on.”

“But I just want to say that you guys are the reason that I get to do what I love, but also the reason that we have so much fun and share music together,” she added. “And I just feel so grateful that I have the best, truly the best, fans in the world. I know it sounds cheesy, but I love you guys.”

As she closed her speech, she thanked her managers, her family, her “cats and dogs watching at home,” and the people who made “Espresso” with her, including songwriters Steph Jones, Amy Allen and Julian Bunetta. “I just love you guys so much. I love making music with you guys and I can’t wait to share more with the world.”

Carpenter ended her monologue in a brazen manner by thanking the much-discussed line: “And thank you to that’s that me espresso.”

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The 25-year-old “Fast Times” artist released her pop hit “Espresso” as a single from her sixth and latest studio album in April Short and sweetThe song reached number three on the Billboard Hot 100, with the album spending two weeks at the top of the chart Billboard Hot 200 chart after its release in August.

The singer is nominated for six awards at the ceremony, including artist of the year, best pop song and song of the summer. Last year, she performed a mash-up of her two songs “Nonsense” and “Feather” during the 2023 VMAs preshow.

In June, the Disney alum joked about the fact that “Espresso” had surpassed her previous single on the global Spotify chart, writing on X (formerly Twitter), “This bitch.”

Carpenter has risen to fame rapidly over the past year after opening for her friend Taylor Swift on her Eras Tour.

The 2024 MTV VMAs air September 11 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT, live from UBS Arena in New York City.