Overview
- Carpenter revealed Man’s Best Friend during an Instagram Live session where she riffled through records by Donna Summer, ABBA and Dolly Parton before unveiling her own.
- Scheduled for release on August 29 by Island Records, the album marks her seventh studio effort since 2024’s Short n’ Sweet.
- The lead single ‘Manchild,’ co-written with Jack Antonoff and Amy Allen, debuted on June 5 and quickly rose to No. 1 on Spotify’s US and global charts.
- The album’s provocative artwork depicts Carpenter on all fours with a figure grabbing her hair, underscoring the record’s daring thematic shift.
- She will continue festival appearances this summer and launch a second North American leg of her Short n’ Sweet tour this fall, including shows at Madison Square Garden and Crypto.com Arena.