On Friday, the \u201cEspresso\u201d singer<\/a>\u2019s newest album, Man\u2019s Best Friend<\/a>, became available to listen to everywhere. Speaking in a recent episode of CBS Mornings with Gayle King, Carpenter spoke about the explicitness of some of her lyrics and visuals.<\/p>\n As King praised the \u201cPlease Please Please\u201d singer\u2019s music because it was \u201cunapologetic,\u201d she also thought \u201cthere are some people that would listen to the music and they’d be clutching their pearls.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cCorrect,\u201d Carpenter replied.<\/p>\n \u201cThe album is not for any pearl-clutchers,\u201d she continued before backtracking. \u201cNo, but I also think that even pearl-clutchers can listen to an album like that in their own solitude and find something that makes them smirk and chuckle to themselves….\u201d<\/p>\n open image in gallery<\/p>\n \u2018I also think that even pearl-clutchers can listen to an album like that in their own solitude,\u2019 Carpenter said about her latest album (Getty)<\/p>\n King chimed in, pointing out how \u201csexual,\u201d \u201cpowerful,\u201d and \u201cvulnerable\u201d Carpenter\u2019s music is.<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s the thing, sometimes people hear the lyrics that are really bold, or they go, \u2018I don’t want to sing this in front of other people.\u2019 It\u2019s like it\u2019s almost too… it\u2019s TMI,\u201d Carpenter said. \u201cBut I think about being at a concert with, you know, however many young women I see in the front row that are screaming at the top of their lungs with their best friends. And you can go like, \u2018Oh, we can all sigh of relief, like, \u2018This is just fun.\u2019 And that\u2019s all it has to be.\u201d<\/p>\n When the album and its cover image were first announced in June, it quickly faced criticism.<\/a> The image shows Carpenter on her hands and knees while an anonymous figure in a suit grips her by the hair. A second promotional photo, released alongside the cover, depicted a dog wearing a heart-shaped collar tag inscribed with the words \u201cMan\u2019s Best Friend.\u201d<\/p>\n open image in gallery<\/p>\n The cover artwork for \u2018Man\u2019s Best Friend\u2019 sparked backlash (Press)<\/p>\n The cover, shot by Bryce Anderson, sparked a debate on social media, with some fans arguing that it was degrading towards women, while others said Carpenter was owning her sexuality as well as poking fun at patriarchal values<\/a>.<\/p>\n![\"\u2018I](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2202714531-(1).jpg\")
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