Sabrina Carpenter faces backlash over controversial Man's Best Friend album cover

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Singer Sabrina Carpenter invited massive backlash on Wednesday over the album cover of her upcoming album 'Man's Best Friend'. Social media users claimed that the cover is not only off-putting, but degrading and caters to the male gaze.In the cover photo shared on her Instagram account, Sabrina can be seen kneeling down in front of a man who is holding her hair. She is dressed in a black bodycon dress, which she styled with matching stilettoes and messy hair. She also shared another photo of a dog wearing 'Man's best friend' leash. The caption read, "My new album, "Man's best friend' is out on August 29, 2025. I can't wait for it to be yours x. Pre order now (sic)." View this post on Instagram A post shared by Sabrina Carpenter (@sabrinacarpenter)advertisementMany social media users shared their thoughts on the album's cover image on Reddit. One wrote, "Feel like a) this is too soon and b) in this current climate where we're going back in time on women's rights etc, this cover is absolutely off-putting. (sic)"
Another called it a misguided move by Sabrina and her team. "She's really gone out of her way to degrade herself here. I've never seen a woman present herself as a man's dog before. Very misguided move by her and her team, (sic)" said the user."If it were for the female gaze, she would be in a power suit having shirtless men on dog leashes, or she would have a dude on his knees in front of her. This is for men only (sic)," commented another Reddit user.advertisementTake a look at some of the reactions here:There was also a section of social media users who liked the cover image. An Instagram user commented under her post, "Sabrina is coming for album of the year, artist of the year, pop vocal album, all of it, and I'm here for it (sic)." Another said, "She's not working late, she's working 24/7 cause she's a singer (sic)."Earlier, Sabrina had hinted at the release of her music album with her song 'Manchild', which was released on June 5. She co-wrote the song with Jack Antonoff and Amy Allen. Sabrina Carpenter has been making music since the age of 10. She started out by making YouTube covers and made a breakthrough with Disney's 'Girl Meets World'. She then released albums like 'Eyes Wide Open', 'Evolution' and 'Singular' series under Hollywood Records. She then also featured in films like 'The Give' and Netflix's 'Tall Girl' Franchise. However, it was her album 'Short and Sweet' featuring songs like 'Expresso' and 'Please Please Please' that made her a pop icon.