US EditionSabrina Carpenter Faces Backlash over Provocative Album Cover for 'Man's Best Friend'
- Sabrina Carpenter announced her album Man's Best Friend on June 11, 2025, sharing a provocative cover showing her on all fours with a man holding her hair.
- The cover sparked immediate backlash and debate online over its sexual and submissive imagery amid ongoing tensions about feminism and women's rights.
- The album's lead single, Manchild, co-written with Jack Antonoff, critiques immature men and reached the top of Spotify's U.S. charts, aligning with Carpenter's feminist themes.
- Social media responses ranged from condemning the cover as cringe and sexist to defending it as satirical and bold, with a subreddit post gaining over 19,000 upvotes and a TikTok video surpassing 2.2 million views.
- The controversy highlights ongoing disputes over Carpenter's artistic intent and the cultural climate concerning women's empowerment and public portrayals of sexuality.
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How Sabrina Carpenter’s album cover sparked fury with sexually dubious image
KNEELING on all fours, black mini-dress riding up, Sabrina Carpenter pouts for the camera – her trademark platinum hair in the grip of a man’s fist as her hand lingers suggestively on his leg. So, little wonder the cover image from the US singer’s up-coming album Man’s Best Friend, which she teased yesterday on Instagram, has sparked outrage. The cover image of Sabrina Carpenter’s up-coming album Man’s Best Friend has sparked outrage online Sabr…
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