""Oh boy!" Sabrina Carpenter chuckles at the top of "Manchild," the lead single of her new album Man's Best Friend. It's a subtle but direct preview of this project's focus: a camp-fueled takedown of incompetent men. It's not a far-fetched or unexpected topic, as Carpenter's last album, Short n' Sweet, saw the pop star skewering the opposite sex for funsies. "Amen; hey, men!" Carpenter sings throughout "Manchild," humoring her target as she deliberates on how to properly puncture egos."
"For anyone who played Short n' Sweet into the ground, Man's Best Friend will be a welcome listening experience. Sabrina Carpenter is witty, charming, and selectively vulnerable, as usual - and she's backed by her expected partners in crime: Amy Allen and Jack Antonoff, alongside One Direction mastermind John Ryan. With her crew in place, Carpenter continues her aversion to one sound, skillfully collecting the gems of different eras and genres and shining them up for 2025."
"Where Short n' Sweet saw Carpenter breaking free from the middling pop field, Man's Best Friend is the singer's opportunity to immerse fully in the sound and style she's cultivated after finding herself across six albums. On her seventh, at 26 years old, Carpenter is establishing herself as the pop supernova of the moment. On the night of the album's release, she dropped her second single, "Tears." Unlike the countrified lead single "Manchild," "Tears" is fueled by lustful disco."
Man's Best Friend centers on camp-fueled takedowns of incompetent men and continues a playful, pointed critique of the opposite sex. The lead single "Manchild" opens with a chuckle and humors its target while puncturing egos. Carpenter reunites with collaborators Amy Allen, Jack Antonoff, and John Ryan to curate varied sounds drawn from multiple eras and genres. The album arrives as her seventh LP, positioning the 26-year-old as a rising pop supernova. The second single "Tears" channels lustful disco with Bee Gees echoes and explicit sensuality, while Carpenter balances wit, charm, and selective vulnerability across the record.
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