Journalist Helen Coffey, writing for The Independent, came to pop princess Sabrina Carpenter's defense, stating that anyone who feels like the Manchild songstress's provocative new album cover is "off-brand" is missing the point.
"Look, I get it. The woman called her new album Man’s Best Friend and then there she is on the floor like… well, like a dog. There are potentially uncomfortable and sordid connotations around female submission and male dominance when you link title and image. But to come to such flawed conclusions, you’d honestly have to have zero context – to know literally nothing about Carpenter, her music or her brand."
Coffey goes on to explain that Carpenter's doing exactly what she wants to do and has full agency over her creative decisions, unlike those "manufactured Nineties tween pop princess[es]".
Some have criticised the more overtly sexual elements of Carpenter’s work because she has a young fanbase. The singer has famously “acted out” a different sex position during each performance of the song “Juno” during her world tour (and came under fire in particular after simulating the “Eiffel Tower” position during her Paris show)." (OP note: check out the ONTD post about this by clicking here!)
In spite of, or perhaps because of, Carpenter's past as a Disney child star, Coffey insists that the album artwork is made to intentionally ruffle feathers and flip the narrative on its head. Coffey also likens the artwork to Californian punk band NOFX's album Heavy Petting Zoo. Read the full article at the source!
ONTD, what's your favorite "Juno pose"?
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