Sabrina Carpenter performed a sassy medley of her chart-topping hits — “Please Please Please,” “Taste” and “Espresso” — at Nos. 3, 4 and 5 on the Billboard Hot 100, respectively, on Tuesday at the 2024 MTV VMAs.

Cyndi Lauper introduced Carpenter, praising the singer as a “great songwriter” and ending her speech by calling on the audience to “prepare to hear the whole room say, ‘asshole!’” Carpenter then launched into her VMAs debut onstage — fittingly starting with “Please Please Please” atop a glitter-covered silver swing that floated above the audience gathered in the pit.

After uttering the infamous line, Carpenter hit the runway and segued into “Taste,” even recreating the kissing scene from the song’s accompanying music video with actors Jenna Ortega and Rohan Campbell — albeit replacing them with an alien and an astronaut.

Carpenter is nominated for seven awards at this year’s show, including artist of the year and song of the year for “Espresso.” Her other nominations include best pop, best direction for “Please, Please, Please” and best editing for “Espresso.”

Shortly after her VMAs appearance, Carpenter will embark on her “Short n’ Sweet” tour, which kicks off September 23 in Columbus, Ohio. The tour will visit 33 arenas across the U.S., including Madison Square Garden in New York and the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, before heading to the U.K. in 2025.

In a recent Variety interview, Carpenter described her album “Short n’ Sweet” as “the hot older sister” to her fifth studio album, “Emails I Can’t Send,” adding, “It’s my second ‘big girl’ album; it’s a companion, but it’s not the same. In terms of having full creative control and being a full-fledged adult, I would consider this a second album.”

In June, Carpenter made Hot 100 history when “Please, Please, Please” and “Espresso” debuted at No. 2 and No. 3, respectively. It would mark the first time in the Billboard chart’s 66-year history that a solo act had two simultaneous top 100 hits.