Overview

• On June 5, Carpenter revealed the artwork for Man’s Best Friend, showing her kneeling as a suited man grips her hair, paired with a photo of a puppy wearing the album title on its collar.
• Glasgow Women’s Aid and other advocacy groups condemned the cover for reducing women to pets, props and possessions and promoting violence and control.
• Supporters—from Vogue to pop-culture commentators on social media—argue the image subverts male fantasies and showcases Carpenter’s command of her sexuality.
• In a Rolling Stone interview, Carpenter countered that critics are overly fixated on sex and emphasised that she cannot dictate individual interpretations of her art.
• Her seventh studio album arrives August 29, following the surprise single “Manchild,” which Carpenter says emerged from a spontaneous session even as fans link it to her ex, Barry Keoghan.