""Y'all need to get out more," Carpenter told King. "I think I was actually shocked because I think between me and my friends and my family and the people that I always share my music and my art with first, it just wasn't even a conversation.""
""My interpretation is being in on the control, being in on your lack of control and when you want to be in control," Carpenter said. "I think as a young woman, you're just as aware of when you're in control as to when you're not.""
"Carpenter "can't have it both ways. If it's satire of how men treat us, it can't also be a straightforward image of a woman being submissive just because it's sexy.""
Sabrina Carpenter responded to backlash over the cover of her seventh album, Man's Best Friend, which depicts her kneeling while a male figure pulls her hair. A fan argued the image cannot be both satire and a straightforward depiction of submission; Gayle King read that comment aloud. Carpenter said she was shocked because friends, family and close collaborators did not find the art controversial. She posted an alternate cover described as "approved by God." Carpenter explained the original image represents being in on control, experiencing lack of control, and the humanity of allowing mistakes. Her previous album Short n' Sweet won two Grammys.
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