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Sabrina Carpenter Licking Lips or Sabrina Carpenter Tongue Out is a reaction image of musical artist Sabrina Carpenter licking her lips while watching Bad Bunny receive his award for "Album of the Year" at the 2026 Grammy Awards, coincidentally around the same time as the Bad Bunny Crying at the Grammys meme. The Grammys took place on February 2nd, 2026, and the reaction image went viral over the following days. It is often used to express attraction to someone or something.

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On February 2nd, 2026, the 2026 Grammy Awards took place. Musical artist Bad Bunny won "Album of the Year." As he accepted his award, the camera showed the other nominees' reactions, including Sabrina Carpenter, who is seen applauding. At one point, she licks her top lip. The clip was posted online that day, including by the camswildestdreams Instagram^[1] page, garnering over 24,000 likes in three days.

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The Sabrina Carpenter Licking Lips meme went viral in early February 2026 shortly after the awards show aired.

On February 3rd, 2026, Instagram^[2] user elvale1 posted an image macro using the image under the caption, "Me watching the carne asada on the grill," using the image to represent hunger, garnering over 3,600 likes in three days.

That day, the entertainmenttonight Instagram^[3] page posted several examples of the meme, garnering over 130,000 likes in three days.

On February 4th, X^[4] user @RossTweetsGames posted a version of the meme reading, "How I look at story-driven video games with no microtransactions," garnering over 35,000 likes in two days.

On February 5th, 2026, X^[5] user @JazzLikesToGame posted a version of the meme captioned, "How I look at JRPG’s releasing with an 80 hour story minimum, a level up screen and a skill tree," garnering over 3,800 likes in under a day.

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