Sabrina Carpenter offers perception into her new music and viral debate over album cowl

Sabrina Carpenter dropped her seventh album, “Man’s Best Friend,” on Friday – roughly one 12 months after her Grammy Award profitable album “Short n’ Sweet.”

“I was just going through a lot and I was like, ‘well, I could either, you know, sit and sulk about it, or I could write about it,’ and it doesn’t mean I have to put any of this out,” Carpenter instructed “CBS Mornings” about creating the album.

In an unique interview, the celebrity spoke about her new music, songwriting course of and the viral debate round her authentic album cowl.

For “Man’s Best Friend,” Carpenter labored with acquainted collaborators, together with Jack Antonoff, John Ryan and Amy Allen.

“It felt like a band in a lot of ways. Like, someone’s on the drums, and someone’s over here playing the synth and then we’re on the tambourine. … Then I’m cutting vocals. We’re all doing gang vocals together,” she stated relating to the album.

Carpenter described having “many different processes” whereas writing her songs – however highlighted lyrics and ideas come first.

“When I started, you know, becoming more sexual as a person, I think it’s just something that’s a part of life. You want to write about it,” she stated. “I didn’t realize it was as taboo of a topic until I started writing about it more freely.”

The Grammy Award winner gave perception into just a few of the songs on the brand new album.

For “Never Getting Laid,” she revealed, “that one was a bit of a turning point for me because I’m so used to writing bitter songs and this one felt like being bitter but with a lot of sweetness.”

She stated “Don’t Worry, I’ll Make You Worry” “sounds like a threat, but it’s, like, it’s all just said with a wink. It’s said with, like, a pat on the back. I think that is the way that I communicate.”

While followers speculate who her music is about, Carpenter maintained she would not say.

“It’s more fun for people to picture in their head than the person I picture in my head, I think,” Carpenter stated.

“I feel pretty transparent going into any of my relationships, that I write songs and I think they’re just as down for it. I think it’s also, most of the time, they’ve been pretty flattered when I … when they get a song written about them, good or bad.”

Carpenter admits that her music will not be for everybody, saying, “you don’t have to like what I do.  I think there’s this weird misconception that every artist has to check every box for everyone to like everything about them.”

She simply hopes her followers she’s chatting with by way of her music really feel the connection and may relate.

“Then I’m happy,” she stated.

The pop star has beforehand stated she thinks of her life and music like a film, saying “there’s like a lot of suspenseful music. There’s some cliff hangers sometimes. It’s truly an up-and-down.”

While describing her personal life as versatile, she stated she’s presently, “in a lovely place.”

Album cowl debate

Prior to the discharge of her new music, a debate ensued over Carpenter’s authentic album cowl for “Man’s Best Friend,” stunning the singer.

“I think between me and my friends and my family and the people that I always share my music and my art with first, it was … it just wasn’t even a conversation. It was just, like, it’s perfect. For what the album is, it’s perfect for, you know, kind of what it represents.”

The cowl depicted Carpenter kneeling on the bottom. An particular person is standing subsequent to her with Carpenter’s hand on the particular person’s thigh as they’re pulling her hair.

She stated her intention was to maintain the duvet open to interpretation.

“My interpretation is being in on the control. Being in on your lack of control and when you want to be in control,” Carpenter stated. “I think as a young woman, you’re just as aware of when you’re in control as when you’re not.”

She defined the album for her was about “the humanity of allowing yourself to make those mistakes.”

Carpenter stated she tries to take the essential feedback calmly.

“My fans that know me and know the person behind the music will look at that photo and they know exactly what it is. People that have no idea who I am absolutely look at that photo and go, like, ‘where are her parents?'”

“My parents actually saw the photo and they loved it,” she stated.

Friendship with Taylor Swift

Carpenter opened for Taylor Swift on the Eras tour.

She’s additionally featured on a track in Swift’s upcoming album, “The Life of a Showgirl,” which will probably be launched Oct. 3.

While Carpenter would not reveal something in regards to the track, she spoke in regards to the alternative, saying, “I’ve been looking up to her (Swift) since I was, … I remember the first time I heard a song by her. I was 8 years old on the school bus, and I was … just like my life was changed.”

She additionally expressed her pleasure for Swift following the announcement of her engagement to Kansas City Chiefs star Travis Kelce, saying she wasn’t shocked at how large the response was from followers.

“I’m just happy for them,” Carpenter stated.