True meaning behind Sabrina Carpenter’s controversial new album cover revealed

Sabrina Carpenter sparked global controversy after she unveiled her new album cover on Thursday to the world.

Sabrina Carpenter sparked major controversy on Thursday when she unveiled her raunchy new album cover, and now the fans believe they’ve exposed the true meaning behind it.

She revealed the album cover on social media: A striking photo of Carpenter on her knees, in a short dress and heels, pawing at the leg of a man standing over her. He’s pulling on Carpenter’s blonde hair like a leash in the racy snap.

Controversy was quick to hit social media, with thousands of fans calling out the star for being “degrading” and “anti-feminist”.

Sabrina Carpenter's new album cover has sparked a wave of backlash across social media. Picture: Supplied.

However, now some fans believe they’ve exposed the true meaning behind the shock cover, and what Carpenter is really trying to portray.

A fan speculated that it’s all about power, writing: “It’s going to be her taking control of the ‘men use women as objects’ narrative. Every one of her songs is her being in control. It’s supposed to be ironic. I’m here for it.”

Another fan agreed, tweeting: One person said: “I’m seeing a lot of discourse about Sabrina Carpenter’s new album cover… for those of you who may lack critical thinking skills, the cover is clearly satirical with a deeper meaning, portraying how the public views her, believing she is just for the male gaze.”

Carpenter became a huge star last year when her smash hit Espresso became a global hit. Picture: Getty.

“This is gonna be her feminist man ending record!” insisted another. “Sexually promiscuous women have been referred to as female dogs (bitches) throughout history. The album visual work is definitely ironic and you’ll see that once the album is out.”

The theories come after Carpenter was slammed on social media when the cover was first revealed to the world.

“Hey can we get a new cover that doesn’t suck? Feels very against the powerful busy woman character that you built up …” remarked one angry fan.

While another tweeted: “Girl is this a humiliation ritual?”

Others called the star out for releasing such a sexually charged album cover despite having young fans.

“Veryyyy weird had to unstan her bc of this just disgusting especially considering 90% of her fanbase are 12 year olds,” insisted one critic on Twitter.

Carpenter announced that her seventh studio album Man’s Best Friend will be released on August 29, following the release of her new single Manchild last week.

It’s been a huge year for the star, whose breakthrough record Short n’ Sweet still sits at number three on the ARIA charts almost a year after its release.

Originally published as True meaning behind Sabrina Carpenter’s controversial new album cover revealed