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\n Related: <\/span>Sabrina Carpenter Breaks Silence on New Album Cover Backlash<\/span><\/a>
\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n\t\t\tSabrina Carpenter spoke out about the backlash to her new album cover for the first time \u2014 and she remains unbothered. An X user shared a photo of the Man\u2019s Best Friend album art with the comment, \u201cDoes she have a personality outside of sex?\u201d earlier this month, and Carpenter, 26, didn\u2019t hesitate to respond. [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Keep scrolling for a full breakdown of the controversies surrounding Carpenter\u2019s Man\u2019s Best Friend:<\/i><\/p>\n\u2018Man\u2019s Best Friend\u2019 Album Cover<\/b><\/h3>\n
For the official LP art, Carpenter posed on all fours like a domesticated pet while an unidentified man appeared to pull her hair. Some social media users believed that the image<\/a> glorified domestic violence.<\/p>\n\u201cWomen face horrific domestic abuse and degradation at the hands of men every single day worldwide, but she wants to profit off of imagery of herself being degraded, comparing herself to a dog,\u201d one X user wrote. \u201cpandering to men will never be feminist, I don\u2019t care if the lyrics say \u2018f*** men.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
Another X user questioned whether Carpenter had \u201ca personality outside of sex.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cGirl yes and it is goooooood,\u201d the pop star replied<\/a> in June 2025.<\/p>\n\n![\"Sabrina-Carpenter-Brits-GettyImages-2202759674\"](\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Sabrina-Carpenter-Brits-GettyImages-2202759674.jpg?w=1000&quality=86&strip=all\")
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\n Sabrina Carpenter performs during the 2025 Brit Awards in London in March 2025.<\/span> Samir Hussein\/WireImage<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\u2018Manchild\u2019 Lyrics<\/b><\/h3>\n
Carpenter\u2019s debut single<\/a> from Man\u2019s Best Friend<\/i> was released in June 2025, and its lyrics quickly raised eyebrows among listeners.<\/p>\n\u201cIt\u2019s all just so familiar, baby, what do you call it? Stupid \/ Or is it slow?\u201d she sings in the prechorus. \u201cMaybe it\u2019s useless? \/ But there\u2019s a cuter word for it. I know: Manchild.\u201d<\/p>\n
A handful of fans pointed out that \u201cslow\u201d could be considered an ableist slur.<\/p>\n
\u201cEveryone is so focused on Sabrina Carpenter\u2019s new album cover that not a single person is talking about her use of the word \u2018slow\u2019 in manchild, which is a historically ableist term,\u201d one user claimed via X, as another alleged the musician was \u201cignorant at best, [and] willfully ableist at worst.\u201d<\/p>\n
Other fans defended Carpenter, arguing that her lyrical choice presumably \u201cwasn\u2019t that serious.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSabrina is incredibly smart and nuanced with the way she curates her image and dare I say, that\u2019s why she gets misunderstood a lot [because] the general audience lacks critical thinking and loves to turn on popular women,\u201d another defender said.<\/p>\n
Carpenter has not publicly addressed the \u201cManchild\u201d backlash.<\/p>\n
What Sabrina Carpenter Has Said About the Album<\/b><\/h3>\n
While Carpenter has remained mum about the \u201cManchild\u201d controversy, she made it clear that she doesn\u2019t give weight to the haters or criticism.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m living in the glory of no one hearing it or knowing about it, and so I can not care,\u201d she told Rolling Stone.<\/i> \u201cI can not give a f*** about it, because I\u2019m just so excited.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\u201cWomen face horrific domestic abuse and degradation at the hands of men every single day worldwide, but she wants to profit off of imagery of herself being degraded, comparing herself to a dog,\u201d one X user wrote. \u201cpandering to men will never be feminist, I don\u2019t care if the lyrics say \u2018f*** men.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
Another X user questioned whether Carpenter had \u201ca personality outside of sex.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cGirl yes and it is goooooood,\u201d the pop star replied<\/a> in June 2025.<\/p>\n Carpenter\u2019s debut single<\/a> from Man\u2019s Best Friend<\/i> was released in June 2025, and its lyrics quickly raised eyebrows among listeners.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s all just so familiar, baby, what do you call it? Stupid \/ Or is it slow?\u201d she sings in the prechorus. \u201cMaybe it\u2019s useless? \/ But there\u2019s a cuter word for it. I know: Manchild.\u201d<\/p>\n A handful of fans pointed out that \u201cslow\u201d could be considered an ableist slur.<\/p>\n \u201cEveryone is so focused on Sabrina Carpenter\u2019s new album cover that not a single person is talking about her use of the word \u2018slow\u2019 in manchild, which is a historically ableist term,\u201d one user claimed via X, as another alleged the musician was \u201cignorant at best, [and] willfully ableist at worst.\u201d<\/p>\n Other fans defended Carpenter, arguing that her lyrical choice presumably \u201cwasn\u2019t that serious.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cSabrina is incredibly smart and nuanced with the way she curates her image and dare I say, that\u2019s why she gets misunderstood a lot [because] the general audience lacks critical thinking and loves to turn on popular women,\u201d another defender said.<\/p>\n Carpenter has not publicly addressed the \u201cManchild\u201d backlash.<\/p>\n While Carpenter has remained mum about the \u201cManchild\u201d controversy, she made it clear that she doesn\u2019t give weight to the haters or criticism.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m living in the glory of no one hearing it or knowing about it, and so I can not care,\u201d she told Rolling Stone.<\/i> \u201cI can not give a f*** about it, because I\u2019m just so excited.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>
\n Sabrina Carpenter performs during the 2025 Brit Awards in London in March 2025.<\/span> Samir Hussein\/WireImage<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\u2018Manchild\u2019 Lyrics<\/b><\/h3>\n
What Sabrina Carpenter Has Said About the Album<\/b><\/h3>\n