Posted 33 minutes agoSubscribe to BuzzFeed Daily NewsletterCaret DownSabrina Carpenter Expertly Clapped Back At All The Backlash To Her "Man's Best Friend" Album Cover As She Rounded Out Her Controversial TourSabrina's overt sexuality has been sparking scrutiny throughout her tour - and her final response was nothing short of iconic.by Stephanie SoteriouBuzzFeed StaffFacebookPinterestLink Over the last few years, Sabrina Carpenter has been no stranger to sex discourse, with the singer first going viral back in 2022 after she started a tradition of adlibbing a different NSFW outro to her song "Nonsense" during every live performance. Nbc / Getty Images They gradually became more and more risqué, and Sabrina eventually earned a bit of a reputation for just how x-rated these lyrics could be, with the star herself admitting to being "vulgar" and coming across as "obnoxiously horny" during these outros. Hector Vivas / Getty Images As an example, during a March 2024 performance in Singapore, Sabrina sang: "I told that boy to sit me down on all fours / I told that boy 'go faster,' now I'm all sore / You hit a little different here in Singapore." And the star leaned into this cheeky sense of humor on her Short n' Sweet album, which was released in the summer of 2024 and includes lyrics like: "Pick me up / Pull 'em down / Turn me round," as well as the flirtatious gag: "Come right on me, I mean camaraderie." Jamie Mccarthy / Getty Images Her song "Juno" was arguably one of the most provocative on the record, with Sabrina singing on the track: "Adore me / Hold me and explore me / I'm so fucking horny," and when she kicked off the tour for this album in September of last year, some were surprised by how sexually charged her live performances were. Christopher Polk / Getty Images Sabrina's costumes included custom Victoria's Secret lingerie and vintage-style babydoll nightgowns, and during "Bed Chem," Sabrina writhed around on a huge round bed covered in silky sheets before one (or sometimes two!) of her dancers joined her with a video camera. At the end of the song, the stage goes dark amid the suggestion that they are about to film a sex tape. Kevin Mazur / Getty Images Then there was the "Juno" performance, which arguably became the new "Nonsense" as every night the crowd eagerly waited to see which sex position Sabrina would show off on stage after singing the lyrics: "Wanna try out some freaky positions? / Have you ever tried this one?" Kevin Mazur / Getty Images Needless to say, some of these positions ended up triggering some pretty exhausting online debates, but none more so than the one that Sabrina did during show in Paris back in March. In a nod to the city where she was performing, Sabrina enlisted two of her male dancers to demonstrate the so-called Eiffel Tower sex position, which involves one person on all fours in the middle of two men. X @13inafilmreel / Via x.com In video footage from the night, Sabrina visibly giggled as she took her place between the men, but not everybody on social media was laughing. In fact, this simple move ended up sparking a whole conversation about the way we view a woman's relationship to sex after one viral tweet claimed that the Eiffel Tower position is "inherently degrading" towards women. Gareth Cattermole / Getty Images You can read a full breakdown of the discourse here, but the other argument rightfully pointed out that consensually taking part in and enjoying any sex position is never degrading just because men are there. Others also noted that the whole thing was simply a joke because Sabrina was in Paris, and that everyone was reading way too much into it. The same conversation bubbled up again shortly afterward, this time because social media warriors were unhappy with the artwork on Sabrina's most recent album, Man's Best Friend, which was released in August. In case you somehow managed to miss it, the artwork showed Sabrina kneeling on the floor in front of an anonymous person dressed in a suit, who is holding onto her hair. Bryce Anderson / Island Records / Via instagram.com Sabrina is looking seductively at the camera in the photo, and has one hand reaching up toward the person. Pretty much immediately after the image was shared, conversation erupted online, with many accusing the singer of "objectifying herself" and even claiming that she was "anti-feminist."One viral tweet read: "women face horrific domestic abuse and degradation at the hands of men every single day worldwide, but she wants to profit off of imagery of herself being degraded, comparing herself to a dog. pandering to men will never be feminist, i don't care if the lyrics say 'fuck men.'""idc if I get dragged but I'm so tired of this oversexualisation of women," somebody else tweeted at the time. "this is not feminism and this is not empowering. Look at her comparing herself to a dog kneeling in front of a man, this is derogatory asf." Once again, people were quick to jump to Sabrina's defense,
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