Bit hypocritical, Pete! As pop mogul Waterman slams Sabrina Carpenter for her 'lazy' sexy stage outfits - a look at the raunchy looks his 80s acts were sporting while under his management
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Pete Waterman and his recording buddies have hit out at Sabrina Carpenter for her racy looks - but many of their eighties artists used a similar tactic while working under their wing at their label. Pete and his creative partners Mike Stock and Matt Aitken, the legendary Stock, Aitken and Waterman, were known in the 1980s as the Hit Factory, responsible for at least one record in the Top 40 every week for three-and-a-half years in a row.
![[The label launched the careers of several singers, including Kylie Minogue (pictured in 1990), Sinitta and Sam Fox, who regularly took to the stage in skimpy looks while performing the hits penned by Pete, Mike and Matt]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/23/08/94424149-14316249-image-a-16_1737622027687.jpg)
The label launched the careers of several singers, including Kylie Minogue, Sinitta and Sam Fox, who regularly took to the stage in skimpy looks while performing the hits penned by Pete, Mike and Matt. At an unveiling of a blue plaque from the Southwark Heritage Association at Vine Yard Studios in London where the trio wrote many of their songs, they took aim at the modern music industry and stars who sexualise their image.
![[They also worked with Sinitta, who has suggestive lyrics in many of her songs (pictured in 1988)]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/23/08/94424135-14316249-image-a-17_1737622054889.jpg)
They specifically mentioned Sabrina, 25, who they branded 'lazy' for using sexed-up lyrics to promote her songs, after she wrote about sex positions in her song Juno and detailed having a connection in the bedroom in her song, Bed Chem. In the scathing rant, Pete queried why anyone would 'respect singers' who come out on stage in next to nothing, telling The Sun: 'It's just crazy. If you're asking to be respected, don't come on in a G-string.'.
![[At an unveiling of a blue plaque from the Southwark Heritage Association at Vine Yard Studios in London where the trio penned many of their hits, they took aim at the modern music industry and stars who sexualise their image (left-right) Mike Stock, Matt Aiken and Pete Waterman]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/23/11/94423113-14316489-English_songwriting_and_record_production_trio_Mike_Stock_Matt_A-a-22_1737630927983.jpg)
