Overview

• Carpenter announced her seventh studio album, 'Man’s Best Friend', will arrive on August 29, 2025.
• Her lead single 'Manchild', co-written with Jack Antonoff and Amy Allen, surged to the top of the US charts.
• The album cover’s depiction of Carpenter kneeling while a gloved hand grips her hair has prompted critical threads on Reddit and other social platforms.
• For Rolling Stone’s July/August issue she posed nearly nude and used the feature to address backlash over her bold visuals.
• She told Rolling Stone that her sex-themed songs drove her popularity and argued that criticism of her imagery overlooks fan demand.