Grammy-winning pop superstar Sabrina Carpenter is set to headline Fortnite Festival Season 8, bringing her chart-topping hits and signature style to the popular musical experience. Starting April 8, 2025, players can unlock Sabrina-themed outfits, instruments, and jam tracks through the Season 8 Music Pass, with additional items available in the Item Shop throughout the season.
Sabrina Carpenter Takes Center Stage in Fortnite Festival Season 8
Epic Games has announced that global superstar and two-time Grammy winner Sabrina Carpenter will be the featured artist for Fortnite Festival Season 8. The new season kicks off on April 8, 2025, bringing a collection of Sabrina's biggest hits to the game, including "Nonsense," "Juno," "Please Please Please," "Taste," "Espresso," and "Feather."
The Season 8 Music Pass will offer both free and premium rewards, with the latter available for 1,400 V-Bucks or through a Fortnite Crew subscription. Players can earn these rewards by accumulating XP in any Fortnite experience, not just Festival mode.
Free and Premium Music Pass Rewards
The Season 8 Music Pass includes several free rewards that all players can unlock:
- B Splat Bass instrument
- Beachy Beat Aura
- Four Epic Games original Jam Tracks: "All My People," "Touch the Sun," "The Last Cavallard," and "The Future Me"
Premium Music Pass holders will immediately unlock the Sabrina Carpenter Outfit upon purchase. This outfit features a yellow embellished babydoll inspired by what Sabrina wore on her most recent tour, designed by Victoria's Secret in collaboration with celebrity stylist Jared Ellner, complete with jewelry designed by Maison Raksha.
Additional premium rewards include:
- SC Electric Guitar with Blush Style
- SC Guitar with Baby Blue Style
- Jam Tracks: "Nonsense" and "Juno" by Sabrina Carpenter
- Jam Tracks from other artists: "You Oughta Know" by Alanis Morissette and "Dark Horse" by Katy Perry ft. Juicy J
- Sabrina Carpenter Outfit Bodysuit Style (final reward)
Shop Items: A Sweet Little Bundle
Beyond the Music Pass, players can purchase additional Sabrina Carpenter items from the Item Shop throughout Season 8. These include:
- Tour-Ready Sabrina Carpenter Outfit (with pink default Style, Baby Blue alt Style, and LEGO Style)
- SC Heart Purse Back Bling
- Taste Emote
- Please Please Please Emote
- Cute Cutout Contrail
- Sabrina's Mic
These items will be available individually or as part of "A Sweet Little Bundle," which also includes the "Please Please Please" Jam Track. Additional Jam Tracks like "Taste," "Espresso," and "Feather" will also be available in the Shop.
What's New in Fortnite Festival Season 8?
Season 8 introduces several gameplay enhancements to the Festival experience:
Dance Emotes Get an Upgrade
Most Fortnite Emotes that include dancing will now be called "Dance Emotes" in the Locker. While using a Dance Emote, any player can join in with the same dance at the press of a button, even if they don't own the Emote. These multiplayer Emotes, currently called "Synced Emotes," will be renamed "Group Emotes."
Jam Stage Improvements
Later in Season 8, players will be able to lay down up to four loops simultaneously, depending on how many other players are jamming together. This new feature will allow for using loops from different Jam Tracks to create a full mix, whether playing solo or with friends.
The joining process has also been streamlined, allowing players to join a jam with a single button press. If you're starting the jam, you can instantly kick it off with all loops of a Jam Track.
Audio-Visual Tune-Up Process Improvements
Epic Games has made the audio-visual tune-up process more accurate than ever before. Players will now be able to set up separate tune-up profiles for different audio setups, such as switching between a Bluetooth headset and a soundbar.
Favorited Outfits as Bandmates
Starting in Season 8, all Outfits that players have favorited in their Locker will be added to the random mix of bandmates who can fill in for their band onstage. These Outfits will bring Back Blings, Kicks, and Instruments that have been favorited, adding a personal touch to performances when friends are offline.
Content Creation Guidelines
For content creators, monetization of VOD content featuring eligible Jam Tracks will be limited to the first seven days of Season 8. No takedown notifications should occur during or after this period, though content creators should expect to receive monetization claims by the respective rights holders after the initial period.
The eligible Jam Tracks for Season 8 monetization are "Please Please Please" and "Taste" by Sabrina Carpenter. To monetize Festival content, creators need to link their YouTube and Support-A-Creator accounts.
For Twitch streamers, Epic Games notes they cannot prevent VODs or clips from being flagged by third-party copyright detection systems. The recommendation is to disable VODs/clips when streaming gameplay featuring the Jam Tracks. More information is available on Twitch's DMCA & Copyright FAQs help page.
Fortnite Festival Season 8 launches on April 8, 2025, bringing a sweet taste of Sabrina Carpenter's musical artistry to the ever-evolving world of Fortnite.