Sabrina Carpenter unveils naked magazine cover after album art controversy

Sabrina Carpenter is in her sexy era: A day after her album cover controversy, she’s posed fully nude for Rolling Stone Magazine.

Just one day after prompting a divisive fan reaction over her racy new album cover, pop star Sabrina Carpenter has revealed her first-ever cover of Rolling Stone Magazine – and she’s totally nude.

And the 26-year-old singer-songwriter takes aim at her critics in the accompanying interview, arguing that those who complain about her sexual image and lyrics are in fact “obsessed” with sex themselves.

Carpenter poses in nothing but white lace stockings for the cover of American Rolling Stone’s Summer double issue, under the headline “SABRINA SUPERSTAR”:

Sabrina Carpenter's Rolling Stone cover.

Carpenter’s star has exploded in the past 12 months. Picture: Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP

Inside, she brushes off complaints about the suggestive nature of her music and public image.

“It’s always so funny to me when people complain. They’re like, ‘All she does is sing about this.’ But those are the songs that you’ve made popular. Clearly you love sex. You’re obsessed with it,” she told the mag.

“I don’t want to be pessimistic, but I truly feel like I’ve never lived in a time where women have been picked apart more, and scrutinised in every capacity. I’m not just talking about me. I’m talking about every female artist that is making art right now,” she continued.

Carpenter shocked fans yesterday when she revealed the cover and title for her soon-to-be-released seventh album, Man’s Best Friend, out August 29.

The album’s cover is 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.

Amid the excitement at the prospect of more new music from Carpenter, just 12 months on from her breakthrough album Short n’ Sweet, there was a discernible level of shock from the star’s fans, who variously labelled the image “embarrassing,” “disgusting” and “degrading”.

Sabrina's instantly controversial Man's Best Friend album cover.

Some even begged the star to consider changing the album cover ahead of the record’s release.

Carpenter, whose first taste of the album Manchild is expected to debut near the top of the charts this week, opened up to her fans about the upcoming album release in an email sent out today to those on her mailing list yesterday.

“I didn’t plan on releasing a new record however when inspiration strikes, I go to the studio,” she wrote, saying she “tried not to overthink the process this time” and was inspired by musical heroes like Stevie Nicks, Dolly Parton and Donna Summer: “[I] was surprised to find so many of those artists I loved put out a new record every year for a long time,” she wrote.

“Can’t say that is or will be the norm for me but this time it really eased my mind about putting something out when it feels right!”

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