What was the controversy surrounding Sabrina Carpenter’s 2025 album Man’s Best Friend, and how did she respond?

Critics were quick to judge the album’s cover image, which one Scottish domestic violence organization called “regressive.” A Telegraph writer called the cover “degrading” and described Sabrina Carpenter’s methods of marketing “troubling.” Carpenter responded to the backlash by stating that the album was designed to appeal to women “being in on [their] lack of control.”