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I swear I'm not a pearl clutcher but slightly shocked at the amount of little girls at the Sabrina concert

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Ethicaldebacle · 06/07/2025 08:18

I was at Sabrina's concert at Hyde Park yesterday and a good segment of the audience were little girls think between 8-12). Not only are most of the lyrics not really age appropriate but many of them were wearing hot pants and make up. Even my teenage daughter (who I was accompanying) thought it was a bit odd. The show was very PG (and there was a parental guidance disclaimer), so at least she's aware of who listens to her music.

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BingoWasHisNameOo · 06/07/2025 18:23

I remember singing ‘I wanna have sex on the beach’ and ‘I’m horny, horny, horny, horny’ and many others when I was 5 through to pre-teens with no concept of the sexual nature of the lyrics.

Caligirl80 · 06/07/2025 18:18

It had a PG cert and a parental guidance disclaimer - what's the problem??

If you're actually worried about the content of her songs then why are you even allowing a teenager to the concert? Especially if under the age of consent?

LittleMonks11 · 06/07/2025 18:15

It wasn’t an Oasis gig. The demographic was as expected (including by Sabrina). I was there.

Taytayslayslay · 06/07/2025 18:09

Fratolish · 06/07/2025 08:36

I feel like this has always happened though. I certainly remember loving Madonna and singing along to Like a Virgin at 8 years old with absolutely zero clue of what a virgin even was.

For me it was lady gaga hahah, let's have some fun this beat is sick I wanna take a ride on your disco stick 🤣

FountainsSummer · 06/07/2025 17:50

Bananalanacake · 06/07/2025 10:35

I'm thinking of the Sabrina who sang 'boys, boys, boys,' the video was pretty racy, or is this someone else?

OMG
Get with the programme!!!😂

Aspanielstolemysanity · 06/07/2025 17:33

PersephonePomegranate · 06/07/2025 15:53

Bet you're not a regular mom, you're a cool mom 😎

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Nope, definitely a regular mum.

My children are all well behaved, healthy, very academically successful, kind, have regular bedtimes, do chores. I just dont panic about them overhearing the odd swear word.

Batbrown · 06/07/2025 17:30

AstonUniversityPotholeDepartment · 06/07/2025 15:05

Whaaaaaaat! Which one was that? I never noticed.

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2 become 1. Never noticed until I was older it was about sex 😂

AstonUniversityPotholeDepartment · 06/07/2025 16:42

ShesTheAlbatross · 06/07/2025 15:35

Be a little bit wiser baby
Put it on, put it on
'Cause tonight is the night when two become one

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Excuse me while I cringe in retrospective embarrassment. Oh my goodness I sang along to that...

cimena · 06/07/2025 16:18

the arena show was pretty sexy, I did wince a couple of times there, but agree kids don’t make much of it and I grew up with my mum playing ‘short dick man’ at parties with her mates and I’m alive.

What I do find absolutely crazy is how many people are paying the prices these concerts cost to take kids under 10! Under 5 sometimes! they won’t even remember!

EvangelicalAboutButteredToast · 06/07/2025 16:10

ChickenChips946 · 06/07/2025 16:07

@Ethicaldebacle what is a pearl clutcher?

Speak properly.

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Basically a Mary Whitehouse character.

EvangelicalAboutButteredToast · 06/07/2025 16:09

You can’t blame the girls for being there. It’s the parents of the girls who have made the decision that hyper- sexualisation is acceptable for their primary aged kids.

ChickenChips946 · 06/07/2025 16:07

Ethicaldebacle · 06/07/2025 08:18

I was at Sabrina's concert at Hyde Park yesterday and a good segment of the audience were little girls think between 8-12). Not only are most of the lyrics not really age appropriate but many of them were wearing hot pants and make up. Even my teenage daughter (who I was accompanying) thought it was a bit odd. The show was very PG (and there was a parental guidance disclaimer), so at least she's aware of who listens to her music.

@Ethicaldebacle what is a pearl clutcher?

Speak properly.

Falingoth · 06/07/2025 16:06

MyDadWasAnArse · 06/07/2025 08:50

Same here, @tammienorrie singing "I'm horny, horny horny horny" as a kid. Maybe I thought it was about unicorns.

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I innocently thought it was 'honey honey honey'. Probably for the best.

ShesTheAlbatross · 06/07/2025 15:59

Fratolish · 06/07/2025 08:36

I feel like this has always happened though. I certainly remember loving Madonna and singing along to Like a Virgin at 8 years old with absolutely zero clue of what a virgin even was.

My school’s religious education was obviously lacking, because at that age I thought a virgin must be someone who has had sex, because the “Virgin Mary” had a baby, and you can’t do that without having sex therefore Virgin couldn’t possibly be someone who hasn’t had sex.

girljulian · 06/07/2025 15:58

My sister and I were obsessed with a weirdly curtailed version of The Beatles’ white album on which our favourites were Ob-la Di Ob-La Da (long time child friendly classic) and, er, “Why Don’t We Do It In The Road?” When I was seven it never even occurred to me to wonder what “it” was in the context of “no one will be watching us, why don’t we do it in the road?”

Personally I find SC’s lyrics a bit offputting but I guarantee her child audience doesn’t register any of it.

ShinyAppleDreamingOfTheSea · 06/07/2025 15:55

Bananalanacake · 06/07/2025 10:35

I'm thinking of the Sabrina who sang 'boys, boys, boys,' the video was pretty racy, or is this someone else?

Definitely someone else - that song was late 80s!

NewGoldFox · 06/07/2025 15:54

I think it all goes over their heads.
Look and listen to the old Britney videos/songs it’s all much the same.

PersephonePomegranate · 06/07/2025 15:53

Aspanielstolemysanity · 06/07/2025 15:48

Oh no ! A swear word <gasps>

My daughter isnt going to go into meltdown and become a delinquent because she heard a naughty word.

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Bet you're not a regular mom, you're a cool mom 😎

whynotmereally · 06/07/2025 15:53

My dd loved candy shop and blow my whistle (radio friendly versions) when she was around 8 she’s fine now . This has been the case for many decades. If anything it’s sweet Sabrina is doing a pg version to acknowledge her younger fans.

PersephonePomegranate · 06/07/2025 15:53

Aspanielstolemysanity · 06/07/2025 15:50

I"d say Sabrina's lyrics are better.
At least she sounds a bit feisty.

One could argue Madonna was playing into the whole "virgin fetish" some men have

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I'm not debating that, I've already said I like her music and I think she's funny, but I wouldn't want my young daughter singing it and I wouldn't take her to see the concert!

stayathomer · 06/07/2025 15:52

Even when you think of her song ‘taste’ - all very young adulty (I find even the idea of that song horrible!) but yes as people said I suppose you can’t get away from artists having older material than the people who are into them!

ShinyAppleDreamingOfTheSea · 06/07/2025 15:52

Ethicaldebacle · 06/07/2025 10:12

I'm from the Britney times and she was sexy, but at least the first albums were not really sexual. (Maybe I'm a slave 4 u) And yes there was the kiss between her and Madonna etc .. but that was for an older audience and AFAIK didn't do it at her concerts

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‘Hit me baby one more time’, in her school uniform ? Really ?

Aspanielstolemysanity · 06/07/2025 15:52

whynotmereally · 06/07/2025 15:50

I didn’t even know what the wilderness was never mind a virgin 😂

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Grin Exactly!
whynotmereally · 06/07/2025 15:50

Fratolish · 06/07/2025 08:36

I feel like this has always happened though. I certainly remember loving Madonna and singing along to Like a Virgin at 8 years old with absolutely zero clue of what a virgin even was.

I didn’t even know what the wilderness was never mind a virgin 😂

Aspanielstolemysanity · 06/07/2025 15:50

PersephonePomegranate · 06/07/2025 15:47

My give a fucks are on vacation
Fuck my life

Slight difference?

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I"d say Sabrina's lyrics are better.
At least she sounds a bit feisty.

One could argue Madonna was playing into the whole "virgin fetish" some men have