Overview

• Spotify announced the album set 2025’s highest single‑day streams for a female artist, with Carpenter thanking listeners and calling the response mind‑blowing.
• Domestic‑abuse charities, including Women’s Aid and Glasgow Women’s Aid, criticized the original cover as regressive, and Carpenter later shared an alternate black‑and‑white version.
• In Interview and Apple Music 1 discussions, she says the cover reflects agency and nuance rather than submission, adding that multiple takes made the grip look like yanking.
• Carpenter frames the 12‑track record as rooted in recent heartbreak yet playful and sex‑positive, mixing loss, celebration and humor.
• Recorded across London, New York and Los Angeles with Jack Antonoff, John Ryan and Amy Allen, the release follows promotion ahead of tour dates resuming Oct. 23 in Pittsburgh with five nights at Madison Square Garden.