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Sabrina Carpenter's New Man's Best Friend Album Cover Has Some Fans Clutching Their Pearls
We all know by now that Miss Sabrina Carpenter isn't a stranger to a risqué moment or two. The US pop star has soared through the charts and shot to main girl pop status over the past few years, thanks to her 2024 album Short N' Sweet, which featured the number one hits Espresso, Please Please Please and Taste. Since the album's release, Sabrina has gone viral on more than one occasion thanks to her cheeky on-stage innuendos, from her racy outfits and choreo to mimicking a different sexual position each night of her most recent tour during the song Juno. Her NSFW antics even sparked a flurry of Ofcom complaints this year in light of her suggestive Brit Awards performance, during which she suggestively crouched down in front of a winking backup dancer (who happened to be dressed as a royal guard). Now, she seems to have split the internet right down the middle after releasing the cover for her new album Man's Best Friend, which follows the new single Manchild. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Sabrina Carpenter (@sabrinacarpenter) The cover depicts Sabrina on her knees in a black mini dress and a pair of stilettos, while a man just out of frame grips strands of her long blonde hair. A second picture shared with the announcement shows the album tiel engraved onto a baby blue dog collar. While Sabrina has long embraced her sexuality and championed female empowerment, some feel this cover doesn't quite land right, especially in the current political climate, with some worrying the (presumably satirical) message could get lost in the mix. I understand that sabrina carpenter's new album cover is supposed to be a satirical/tongue in cheek way to highlight how poorly women are treated by men in society but the men who are going to see and engage with it are too stupid and porn pilled to extract that nuance from it — e (@ninasayerss) June 11, 2025 Pretending to be this hyper-aware, feminist, anti-male figure, while your entire artistic identity still revolves around seeking male approval and being desirable to them is… a choice! — 𝐁𝐄𝐘𝐒𝐔𝐒🇲🇦 (@mileycyrusvibez) June 11, 2025 For someone who keeps calling men PIGS she keeps degrading herself to appeal the male gaze — eri˚❀*·ꕤ. (@eternalcumslimz) June 11, 2025 girl the cover. . . why are we doing things for the male gaze in 2025 — 𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢 | 🕊️ (@positionsmafiaa) June 11, 2025 The cover? This is weird and you can't convince me otherwise… — 💕 (@_jazllyn) June 11, 2025 I'm sorry this feels like it's very rushed + the album cover is so degrading…… — HARRYS HOUSE (@HARRYSHOUSE3) June 11, 2025 As a woman myself,claiming sabrina carpenter is singlehandedly setting the entire female population back decades is over the top. That being said,this cover definitely doesn't give what she thinks it gives,hopefully she'll change it — 🫧 (@yunjeanpink) June 12, 2025 the message sabrina is trying to convey is that men treat women like their pets (etc) but the cover doesn't necessarily help that argument due to the fact that the general public is dumb and unable to comprehend satire — head taybrina⸆⸉ 合 🩰 (@headtaybrina) June 11, 2025 i get the message shes trying to send but this album cover does not work, media literacy is dead people are not going to look at this album cover and see the message of men treat women like pets, vast majority of people will see this as perpetuating that — Valerie 𖹭 (@RosalinaIsSilly) June 12, 2025 However, others feel this response is maybe a bit of an overreaction – and even suggested that the cover was a clear tongue-in-cheek critique of the very thing people claimed it was glorifying. It's going to be her taking control of the 'men use women as objects' narrative. Every one of her songs is her being in control. It's supposed to be ironic. I'm here for it. — just a girl💚🦋 (@courtlynn3695) June 11, 2025 love it. also illustrates that media literacy is dead because it is SO obviously ironic — sam ౨ৎ gelphie brainrot (@glindalesbo) June 12, 2025 how life feels when you realize sabrina carpenter can do whatever she wants with her album covers and concepts without it being "for girls" or "for the male gaze" because she is a human being and not a political pamphlet — Adri🇻🇪 (@Adr74n) June 11, 2025 sabrina carpenter haven't been killing man in all of her music videos the past 3 years for yall to switch on her and not understand a fucking album cover. grow a brain. — ANTO (@929SELFISH) June 11, 2025 I'm seeing a lot of discourse about Sabrina Carpenter's new album cover… for those of you who may lack critical thinking skills, the cover is clearly satirical with a deeper meaning, portraying how the public views her, believing she is just for the male gaze. — Wicked News Hub (@wickednewshub) June 11, 2025 in honor of sabrina carpenter's new album i would like to remind everyone of satirenounthe use of humour to attack a person, an idea or behaviour that you think is bad or sillyparodynouna piece of writing, speech or music that copies the style of something in a funny way — ᯓᡣ𐭩 (@casualbrina) June 11, 2025 Ya'll takes on Sabrina Carpenter new album are so stupid & nothing about is male centered when the first damn single is calling men stupid — 🥀 (@gorqeousaly) June 11, 2025 the fact that some of y'all do not get that the cover is satire when the main single is called MANCHILD?? i can only pray for them to open the schools. — mona lisa⁷ (@ARISOUTRO) June 12, 2025 sabrina carpenter been doing s x positions on stage but this album cover is the breaking point for yal…let the girl be — ✰kayla✰ (@neorvng) June 12, 2025 people can't handle art based on a concept that chat GPT couldn't generate for them — no (@saturnxoi) June 12, 2025 i think the song is gonna come out, the meaning behind it will be more clear and then everyone complaining is gonna look stupid — ari💗 (@JHSCLTR) June 12, 2025 Whether or not the noise has reached Sabrina yet, it's safe to say she probably won't be perturbed by the naysayers. Following her Brits performance this year some viewers accused her of 'oversexualising herself'. In response, Sabrina captioned a picture from the night, 'I now know what watershed is!!!!', referring to the time of the day when TV programmes which could be unsuitable for children can be broadcast, which is 9pm in the UK. Addressing the wider backlash she has faced in her career, she told Time in a 2024 interview: 'You'll still get the occasional mother that has a strong opinion on how you should be dressing. And to that I just say, don't come to the show and that's OK. 'It's unfortunate that it's ever been something to criticise, because truthfully, the scariest thing in the world is getting up on a stage in front of that many people and having to perform as if it's nothing. If the one thing that helps you do that is the way you feel comfortable dressing, then that's what you've got to do.' Sabrina's seventh album Man's Best Friend is due out on 29 August 2025, with the pop star writing on Instagram that she 'can't wait for it to be yours'. Manchild – heavily rumoured to allude to her relationship with Barry Keoghan – is also on track to land the former Disney star her fourth UK number one. Everyone Is Thinking The Same Thing As Sabrina Carpenter Unveils Telling New Single Title Dolly Parton Had This 1 Big Rule For Sabrina Carpenter Before Recording Their Duet Sabrina Carpenter Pokes Fun At Barry Keoghan Split While Performing In His Hometown
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2 days ago
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Sabrina Carpenter announces new album Man's Best Friend
US pop star Sabrina Carpenter has announced she will be releasing a new album called Man's Best Friend later in the summer. It comes after the 26-year-old singer from Pennsylvania released a new single titled Manchild last week, which is on track to claim the number one spot on the UK singles chart, according to the Official Chart: First Look. Advertisement The record is to be released a year and a week after she dropped her chart-topping sixth studio album Short N' Sweet, which contains the number one hits Espresso, Taste and Please, Please, Please. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Sabrina Carpenter (@sabrinacarpenter) In a message to fans, she said: 'My new album Man's Best Friend releases Aug 29 I didn't plan on releasing a new record however when inspiration strikes, I go to the studio, and when it doesn't, I still go to the studio. 'But luckily life was really happening to me and inspiration struck! 'I tried not to overthink the process this time, I felt so at ease making Man's Best Friend that I felt like it was a gift that shouldn't be taken for granted as every inch came together so effortlessly, different from my other previous projects where I'd bang my head to crack numerous codes. Advertisement 'This one felt like riding a bike! I went back to some of my favourite artists growing up listening to a lot of Stevie, Dolly, Donna etc and was surprised to find so many of those artists I loved put out a new record every year for a long time. 'Can't say that is or will be the norm for me but this time it really eased my mind about putting something out when it feels right!' According to the Official Charts Company the singer is the first female artist in history to score both the UK's number one album and single simultaneously, while holding all three top positions on the singles chart with Taste at number one, Please Please Please at number two, and Espresso at number three. Sabrina Carpenter after winning the Global Success award during The BRIT Awards 2025 at London's O2 Arena (Lucy North/PA) Late last year her catchy pop track Espresso was named the biggest song of 2024 by BBC Radio 1 and in April the Official Charts Company said Short N' Sweet was one of the UK's biggest album of 2025 so far. Advertisement Her music videos have seen appearances from a number of famous faces including Irish actor Barry Keoghan in Please, Please, Please. The Saltburn actor was romantically linked to Carpenter in late 2023, but they were reported to have split late last year. Carpenter is due to headline Hyde Park's British Summer Time festival (BST) this July where she will be joined by special guests including Clairo and Olivia Dean across two performances. Man's Best Friend will be released on August 29. Advertisement
