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Sabrina Carpenter kisses Jenna Ortega in morbid new “Taste” music video

Sabrina Carpenter and Jenna Ortega try to kill each other—and then kiss!—in the singer's new music video for “Taste,” which was released Friday.

The macabre video began with a much-needed graphic warning before Carpenter set out to seek revenge on her boyfriend's new girlfriend, played by Ortega.

However, the 25-year-old “Espresso” singer was not prepared for such a bloody fight with the 21-year-old “Wednesday” star – with guns, machetes, voodoo dolls, fire and even more unusual weapons, such as her own severed body part.

Sabrina Carpenter released the music video for her song “Taste” on Friday. Sabrina Zimmermann/YouTube
In the new video released on Friday, she engages in a bloody battle with Jenna Ortega. Sabrina Zimmermann/YouTube

The bloodbath that follows seems to come straight out of a horror movie, including a cinematic twist in the plot.

While Ortega was passionately making out with the male lead, she apparently experienced a sexual awakening and imagined kissing Carpenter instead.

When the “Halloween” star noticed this, he pulled out a chainsaw and stabbed it through Carpenter’s chest. But in the end, it was the friend who did it.

The two, who will be seen in “Taste” on Friday, try to kill each other in order to win over their mutual friend. Sabrina Zimmermann/YouTube
The video, released on Friday, references several popular films, including “Ginger Snaps.” Sabrina Zimmermann/YouTube

The moment fit the lyrics perfectly: “So I heard you guys are back together and if that’s true / Then you’ve got to taste me when he kisses you.”

Although the two attend the man's funeral together, they end up leaving early to have coffee and talk about their “insecure,” “clingy,” and now deceased ex.

Fans online quickly noticed that some of the gory shots seemed to reference iconic moments in film history.

At one point the couple kisses in the music video for Friday. Sabrina Zimmermann/YouTube
The friend's character transforms into Carpenter, as seen in the music video above. Sabrina Zimmermann/YouTube
The heated moment pictured above resulted in Ortega killing the friend. Sabrina Zimmermann/YouTube

At one point, Ortega wore a nurse costume and an eye patch reminiscent of the one Daryl Hannah wore in Kill Bill Vol. 1.

They also referenced 2000's “Ginger Snaps,” when Carpenter was impaled on a white picket fence, leaving a massive hole in her abdomen.

Several other scenes seemed to be an ode to the hit “Death Becomes Her” by Meryl Streep and Goldie Hawn.

Carpenter's highly anticipated album, Short n' Sweet, was officially released on Friday. Her first two singles from the album – “Please, Please, Please” and “Espresso” – dominated the charts when they came out earlier this year.

The two, who can be seen in the music video “Taste,” then attended their friend’s funeral together. Sabrina Zimmermann/YouTube
It is unclear if they became friends or more at the end of the video. Sabrina Zimmermann/YouTube

Her music video for “Please, Please, Please” has also been viewed over 81 million times in the two months since its release. Carpenter used the Bonnie and Clyde-themed video to launch her relationship with her boyfriend, actor Barry Keoghan.

Although the fun shoot cemented their romance, the couple reportedly ran into rocky territory soon after. Amid breakup rumors, a source told People last week that the couple's relationship was “up and down.”

However, they did not disclose the current relationship status of Carpenter and the “Saltburn” star.