Sabrina Carpenter and Jenna Ortega try to kill each other—and then kiss!—in the singer’s new music video for “Taste,” which was released Friday.
The macabre video began with a much-needed graphic warning before Carpenter set out to seek revenge on her boyfriend’s new girlfriend, played by Ortega.
However, the 25-year-old “Espresso” singer was not prepared for such a bloody fight with the 21-year-old “Wednesday” star – with guns, machetes, voodoo dolls, fire and even more unusual weapons, such as her own severed body part.
The bloodbath that follows seems to come straight out of a horror movie, including a cinematic twist in the plot.
While Ortega was passionately making out with the male lead, she apparently experienced a sexual awakening and imagined kissing Carpenter instead.
When the “Halloween” star noticed this, he pulled out a chainsaw and stabbed it through Carpenter’s chest. But in the end, it was the friend who did it.
The moment fit the lyrics perfectly: “So I heard you guys are back together and if that’s true / Then you’ve got to taste me when he kisses you.”
Although the two attend the man’s funeral together, they end up leaving early to have coffee and talk about their “insecure,” “clingy,” and now deceased ex.
Fans online quickly noticed that some of the gory shots seemed to reference iconic moments in film history.
At one point, Ortega wore a nurse costume and an eye patch reminiscent of the one Daryl Hannah wore in Kill Bill Vol. 1.
They also referenced 2000’s “Ginger Snaps,” when Carpenter was impaled on a white picket fence, leaving a massive hole in her abdomen.
Several other scenes seemed to be an ode to the hit “Death Becomes Her” by Meryl Streep and Goldie Hawn.
Carpenter’s highly anticipated album, Short n’ Sweet, was officially released on Friday. Her first two singles from the album – “Please, Please, Please” and “Espresso” – dominated the charts when they came out earlier this year.
Her music video for “Please, Please, Please” has also been viewed over 81 million times in the two months since its release. Carpenter used the Bonnie and Clyde-themed video to launch her relationship with her boyfriend, actor Barry Keoghan.
Although the fun shoot cemented their romance, the couple reportedly ran into rocky territory soon after. Amid breakup rumors, a source told People last week that the couple’s relationship was “up and down.”
However, they did not disclose the current relationship status of Carpenter and the “Saltburn” star.