"It’s just disgusting ragebait": Internet reacts as Sabrina Carpenter shares her interpretation of 'Man's Best Friend' album cover

In an exclusive interview with CBS Mornings on August 29, Sabrina Carpenter opened up about her interpretation of her recently released album, Man's Best Friend's album cover art.

In the cover art, Carpenter is wearing a black bodycon dress and looking at the camera, while she is on her knees as a man standing next to her grabs fistfuls of her hair.

The singer said:

“To me, it’s so up to interpretation. My interpretation is being in on the control, being in on your lack of control and when you want to be in control. I think as a young woman, you’re just as aware of when you’re in control as when you’re not."

She continued:

"I think some of those are choices, and I think for me this whole album was about the humanity of allowing yourself to make those mistakes — knowing when you’re putting yourself in a situation that will probably end up poorly, but it’s gonna teach you something. So, there’s a lot of different meanings.”

Her statement was met with mixed reactions as some claimed that the singer deliberately chose a provocative image.

A user wrote:

"Idc what anyone says this album cover is degrading for women and it’s just disgusting ragebait"

"I think she knows it's provocative and that's why she's gone with i," a user expressed.

"Honestly empowering message for those who can see that perspective," another user noted.

"It’s okay baby people with critical thinking skills understood," another user mentioned.

"Idk but the album itself didn't do much to help with that," a user mentioned.

Controversy surrounding Sabrina Carpenter's Man's Best Friend album cover explained

When Sabrina Carpenter unveiled the cover for her new album, Man's Best Friend, in June, the internet had mixed reactions. The album features 12 tracks and is an alleged rant against men and rocky relationships.

Critics called the album cover offensive to women. Glasgow Women's Aid, a Scottish advocacy group for women experiencing domestic violence, said that the singer's album cover "isn't edgy, it's regressive" and alleged that it evokes "tired tropes that reduce women to pets, props, and posessions that promote an element of violence and control."

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In a column for the British news outlet, The Telegraph, Poppie Platt slammed the artist for her "over-s*xed, degrading new album cover" and called her marketing tactics "troubling." Platt compared the cover to the TikTok-fueled "trad-wife" trend that promotes submission to men and adopting traditional gender roles.

Weeks after the controversy, Sabrina Carpenter presented a new alternate cover on Instagram and joked that it was "approved by God."

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