"Silencing comedic gold": Fans react as the viral meme audio from Ariana Grande's SNL 'Espresso' sketch was removed

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Ariana Grande's parody rendition of 'Espresso' removed from TikTok (Image via Buzzing Pop/X)

In a recent episode of Saturday Night Live, Ariana Grande won the hearts of the audience with her hilarious rendition of Sabrina Carpenter's Espresso. Grande performed a parody of Caprenter's hit song, Espresso, as part of a sketch. She played the role of the bride's half-sister, and her performance left the audience in splits.

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The performance was so hilarious that it even got a reaction from Sabrina Carpenter, who commented that it was "Very nice and on pitch!" as she stated on her Instagram story. The performance became so popular that the music became a trending audio on TikTok.

However, in an unfortunate turn of events, TikTok has removed the audio from the platform, citing copyright claims, leaving fans devastated.

Some have even commented on the situation, stating that copyright claims are "silencing comedic gold."

Other users on X chimed in, saying:

"Whoa, that's insane 🤯🎤! Ariana's humor is always on point " Said one user
"sabotage at it’s finest" stated another user.
"OMG THEY BETTER RESTORE IT" commented another user.

Ariana Grande's popular sketch on Saturday Night Live detailed the story of a bridesmaid who described every detail of what happened on the bride's bachelorette trip, including a tidbit about how the bride-to-be slept with a random guy called Domingo.

The story was narrated to the tune of Sabrina Carpenter's popular song, Espresso. However, Ariana Grande was cautious about the details. Since she was playing an ordinary person and not a professional singer, she made sure to sing off-key occasionally to make it seem more authentic.

Carpenter also noticed and acknowledged this detail on her Instagram story, where she sarcastically mentioned how the song was very "on pitch." Grande responded to this story, saying, "Tysm, we tried," this cute interaction between the duo left fans quite excited.


Twitterati suspects that TikTok is conspiring against Ariana Grande

After removing her SNL performance of Espresso from the platform, Twitterati suggested that TikTok is conspiring against Ariana Grande. This theory arises because anything related to the Victorious Star that ever goes viral is automatically taken down from the platform shortly after.

"I’m sorry but there is definitely something going on directed against her specifically on TikTok. Any time something positive regarding her goes viral, this happens."

Other users confirmed this theory, stating that TikTok was conspiring against Grande.

"HE BRIDESMAIDS WANTED A CELEBRATION... NOT DELETION" commented one user
"they’re sabotaging her" expressed another user
"Big corporations sabotaging her!!" said another user on X,
"tiktok is arianaphobic?? omg" noted another user.

While there is no hard proof that TikTok is actually "Arianaphobic," as her fans claim, fans of the pop star would surely love to see the audio restored on the platform soon.

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Edited by Priscillah Mueni