Sabrina Carpenter releases ‘God approved' album cover after backlash
Sabrina Carpenter has released a new cover for her upcoming album which she quipped is 'God approved' after the original X-rated artwork upset feminists and conservatives alike.
The cover of her new album, Man's Best Friend was criticised as being overly sexualised when she shared it with fans on social media earlier this month.
The cover featured Carpenter, 26, dressed in a black dress and high heels on her knees while reaching towards the upper leg of a suited man who is grabbing her by the hair.
The risqué photo sparked a fervent debate online with some accusing the Espresso singer of 'centring men' and embracing the 'male gaze'.
On Wednesday, Carpenter shared a photo of an alternative cover for the album showing her and a man standing in a close embrace.
In a nod to her critics, she described the new cover as 'approved by God'.
'I signed some copies of Man's Best Friend for you guys & here is a new alternate cover approved by God available now on my website,' she wrote on Instagram.
The Grammy-winner has previously been criticised for performing sexually provocative dance moves at her concerts.
Addressing concerns about her performance style in a recent interview, the singer claimed her critics are 'obsessed' with sex.
'It's always so funny to me when people complain,' Carpenter told Rolling Stone. 'They're like, 'All she does is sing about this.' But those are the songs that you've made popular. Clearly you love sex. You're obsessed with it. It's in my show.'
She added that women nowadays face being 'picked apart more and scrutinised in every capacity'.
'We're in such a weird time where you would think it's girl power, and women supporting women, but in reality, the second you see a picture of someone wearing a dress on a carpet, you have to say everything mean about it in the first 30 seconds that you see it,' Carpenter said.
Man's Best Friend, Carpenter's seventh studio album, is out on August 29.
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