Sabrina Carpenter ’s four-song set at her Grand Ole Opry debut included the words or phrases “motherfucker,” “well, fuck,” and “fuck my life,” but fans at the 100-year-old country-music radio show didn’t have to clutch their pearls. As Carpenter admitted, they were getting the Opry edits.

“You’re so wholesome here in Nashville,” she said during her sold-out set. “That’s why I’m doing all the clean versions.”

But those mostly PG versions of the pop star’s hits like “Please Please Please,” “Go-Go Juice,” and “Manchild” still cut like a knife. Carpenter, eye-catching in a glittery fringe dress, couldn’t help but exude a certain edginess onstage at the Opry House, even if the 26-year-old left out some of her favorite swear words. At times, she walked right up to the line, teasing those F

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