Sabrina Carpenter has released her seventh album, 'Man's Best Friend.' Bryce Anderson Share on Facebook Share on X Share to Flipboard Send an Email Show additional share options Share on Reddit Post a Comment Share on Whats App Share on Pinterest Share on LinkedIn Print the Article Share on Tumblr Sabrina Carpenter is back and cheekier than ever. The 26-year-old Grammy Award winner released her seventh album, Man's Best Friend, on Friday. The 12-track pop album is a natural follow-up to Carpenter's equally steamy and at-sometimes-raunchy 2024 album, Short N' Sweet. "Manchild," the album's first track, was the only song released before the album, with "Tears" serving as the album's main single. The deliciously catchy disco-inspired pop track's music video was also released with the album Friday. In the cinematic video, Carpenter is joined by Coleman Domingo in drag, set in a Rocky Horror-like universe. Carpenter was on CBS Mornings Friday, which released a preview ahead of her album drop, teasing the project and warning those that have criticized the singer for her suggestive lyrics. "The album is not for any pearl clutchers," she told host Gayle King in a preview released Thursday. "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." The album art for Man's Best Friend had some people online up-in-arms. Carpenter was on her knees with a faceless man grabbing her on the album art. She took to social media to poke fun at the outrage with a tongue-in-cheek post of new album art. "Here is a new alternate cover approved by God," she said in an X (formerly Twitter) post. The pop singer's profile exploded last summer following the release of her 2024 single "Espresso" off the album, Short N' Sweet. The single and album earned Carpenter two Grammy Awards in February for best pop solo performance with "Espresso" and best pop vocal album; she was nominated for six awards including best new artist, album of the year, song of the year and record of the year. Below, THR digs into each track of Carpenter's latest release, Man's Best Friend. "Manchild" The only single Carpenter released ahead of the album serves as Man's Best Friend's leadoff track. Already among this year's songs of the summer and Carpenter's second-ever Number One Song, "Manchild" puts Carpenter in her element: irreverently teasing about hunky himbos who can give physical satisfaction, but who'd be hopeless to provide any substance. (E.M.) "Tears" Carpenter is as horny and sarcastic as ever on "Tears," where she gleefully sings on the disco-tinged chorus that "I get wet at the thought of you being a responsible guy." The title comes from one of her raunchiest lyrics to date, joking that "tears run down my thighs." Carpenter did say this album wasn't for pearl clutchers, and she makes that clear right away. (E.M.) "My Man on Willpower" There's a funny juxtaposition between "My Man on Willpower's" cheery, gorgeous harmonies and the song's actual meaning, where Carpenter laments waning interest from a romantic partner who makes her feel like "the least sought after girl in the land." This may be the catchiest chorus on the entire album.' (E.M.) "Sugar Talking" "Sugar Talking" is one of Man's Best Friend's slowest-paced tracks, and perhaps one of its more underwhelming, though it's hard to compare when the song is sandwiched between two of the more dramatic, grandiose songs on the whole album. "We Almost Broke Up Last Night" One of the more vulnerable songs on the album has Carpenter crooning about a relationship on the edge of falling apart, as she recalls fights and subsequent make-up sex barely keeping them together. For all of Carpenter's quick whit and sarcasm, "We Almost Broke Up Again Last Night" feels starkly more earnest, though even here she still shows off some cheekiness, wrapping the song with a lyric about how her partner "gave me his whole heart, and I gave him head." (E.M.) "Nobody's Son" Heartbreak and failed relationships are among the central themes of Man's Best Friend, fully evidenced on "Nobody's Son," where Sabrina sings about the classic breakup tropes of crying in bed, third-wheeling coupled friends and how she "gets PTSD on the daily." The song can be summarized in one line: "he sure fucked me up." (E.M.) "Never Getting Laid" The dreamy, retro sounds of "Never Getting Laid" perfectly leads listeners into the second half of Man's Best Friend. The breakup track takes a kill 'em with kindness approach to an ex-lover: "I wish you a lifetime full of happiness / And a forever of never getting laid." It's easy to imagine a world in which "Never Getting Laid" was also considered for the album's lead single, given it seems to follow the formula of Carpenter's singles like "Tears" or "Please Please Please." (N.F.) "When Did You Get Hot?" The almost-Alanis Morissette-like beat of "When Did You Get Hot?" makes it an interesting ad