Overview

• Carpenter’s original cover, released June 24, showed her kneeling before a man holding her hair and prompted accusations of aestheticizing patriarchal subjugation.
• Online critics condemned the pose as an expression of male gaze and outdated gender symbolism while some defenders saw a calculated satirical element.
• On June 26 she published a second image depicting her standing in a white dress beside a man and captioned it “approved by God” to mock detractors.
• The swift switch underscores Carpenter’s flair for strategic provocation and her use of sexuality and irony to challenge traditional gender norms.
• Her album 'Man’s Best Friend' is scheduled for release on August 29, 2025, following her latest round of provocative visual storytelling.