Following some online debate, Sabrina Carpenter is providing an alternate cover to her upcoming album, 'Man's Best Friend,' and says its approved by the man upstairs. The Grammy winner debuted a secondary cover for her seventh studio album in which Carpenter glamorously clutches onto a man in a suit with a few other stray men in the background in the black and white shot. After announcing the new album a few weeks ago, Carpenter received backlash for the record’s cover art, which saw her on her knees in a black dress as presumably a man stood out-of-shot and clutched onto her hair.
00:00Following some online debate, Sabrina Carpenter is providing an alternate cover to her upcoming album, Man's Best Friend, and says it's approved by The Man Upstairs.
00:09The Grammy winner debuted a secondary cover for her seventh studio album, in which Carpenter glamorously clutches onto a man in a suit with a few other stray men in the background in the black and white shot.
00:20After announcing the new album a few weeks ago, Carpenter received backlash for the record's cover art, which saw her on her knees in a black dress as presumably a man stood out of shot and clutched onto her hair.
00:32The cover sparked a widespread conversation online about sex-positive feminism, with some critiquing the espresso singer for feeding into the male gaze.
00:41She also subtly addressed the controversy the original cover caused by writing in the caption of the post with the new art that it was approved by God.
00:49Carpenter previously addressed critics who complain about her sexy songs and live performances in a profile with Rolling Stone shortly before the new album announcement.
00:58It's always so funny to me when people complain. 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.
01:08She also admitted that it truly feels like I've never lived in a time where women have been picked apart more and scrutinized in every capacity.
01:15Man's best friend releases August 29th, arriving almost exactly a year after she released the Grammy-winning Short and Sweet last year on August 23rd.
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