Sabrina carpenter | tears at the vmas

tv-show| 2025

STORY:

At the 2025 MTV VMAs, Sabrina Carpenter performed her single “Tears” on a set built to resemble a New York back alley. The performance combined choreography, stage design, and video content to create a clear and focused visual world.

Green Wall Designs contributed by creating the screen content visuals. Using Unreal Engine, we built and rendered a digital back alley environment that matched and extended the physical set on stage. This work was carried out in collaboration with Screens Producer Trevor Burke and Associate Screens Producer Phil Kong, ensuring that the visual content integrated smoothly with the production design and technical setup.

Our role was to support the performance with visuals that followed the tone and dynamics of the song, always working in line with the production design, choreography, and lighting.

CREDITS:

Artist
Sabrina Carpenter

VMAs Showrunners
Den of Theives

VMAs Performance Creative Producers
Nick Florez & RJ Durell

VMAs Screens Creative Producers
Visual Noise Creative

VMAs Production Design
Matt Steinbrenner, SteinDesign

VMAs Lighting Design
Tom Sutherland, DX7 Design

Artist Creative Direction
Brett Alan Nelson

Artist Choreographer
Jasmine Badie

Green Wall Designs

Screen Content Visuals
Green Wall Designs

Creative Director
David Nordström Abelli

Content Producer
Leah Younesi

Motion Graphics Designer
Bill Magnusson

Screens & Technical

Screens Producer
Trevor Burke

Associate Screens Producer
Phil Kong

Technical Producer
Zak Haywood

Screens Programmer
Kirk Miller

Pipeline TD
Zach Peletz