Sabrina Carpenter: between provocations, sex and controversy

“Just a reminder: Sabrina Carpenter is 26 years old and can do what she wants with her bodyand I am absolutely on its side when the moralists angry “, reads one of the most popular posts on X/Twitter under the voice Sabrina Carpenter.” Oooh, it seems The usual sexist and disgusting advertising of the 80s. How much little originality! “, We read in a comment under the recent announcement of the pop star. Another user, however, seems to summarize the ferment of opinions arising around the much chat recent operation of the 26 -year -old American singer to present his new album with a disfigosed and hasty message: “My entire timeline is divided between those who speak of Israel and Iran, and those who speak of Sabrina Carpenter, with the same identical intensity“.

In recent days, the umpteenth divisive debate on how certain content – potentially perceived as highly sexualized and provocative and provocatives – represent an expression of emancipation and freedom, while for others they contribute to feeding stereotypes, prejudices and forms of discrimination has turned on. Everything originated from the announcement of Sabrina Carpenter of his New and seventh studio albumentitled “Man’s best friend“And the next arrival August 29th. While the only musical anticipation of the project, the single “Manchild“We took the summit of the British official ranking of individuals – while entering the hair among the first 100 in Italy, the controversy He began to take hold around the disk coverby the photographer Bryce Anderson. The image in question shows Carpenter in Carponi while a person – whose face is not visible and wears elegant black trousers – He pulls his blond hair. Together, the photo of a collar with a heart -shaped pendant with the title “Man’s Best Friend” was also shared on social media.

Shortly thereafter it was also revealed The special of the American magazine “Rolling Stone” dedicated to the voice of “Espresso”, portrayed naked on the cover – Like the long list of artists who have decided to lay without veils for the well -known stars and stripes on the years – and in lingerie, between sexy and winking poses, in a series of other shots made by the star of photography David Lachapelle To accompany the interview with Angie Maroccio.

Between images hypersexualized and provocationsjust over two put from its release, “Man’s best friend“He already knew divide the public. The opinions can be thousands, also dividing groups or movements of similar ideologies. The fact is that in these days The debate continues to keep the benchfeeding conflicting thoughts within the same circle of fans of the pop stardespite her – since he took flight from Disney Channel’s nest – has Built a little at a time its image on the model of a 21st century Lolitaevoking an image of ambiguous charm between innocence and sensuality, between explicit references and pastel tones. Thanks to its “non -sweetened stories”, attitudes as regards allusive on stagea good dose of sense of humor And a strong female narration, so far Carpenter has always seemed to stand up to New emancipation icon and girl poweralso beloved by the LGBTQI+community, almost teaming in a group of new lionesse with colleagues Charli XCX and Chappell Roan. Not surprisingly, all three were the leading stars of this year’s edition of the spring sound in Barcelona. Yet, the moves of Sabrina Carpenter to announce his new studio album, “Man’s Best Friend”, more than someone seemed like false steps. “From Lolita style marketing to performances with sexual acts on stage, to the controversial cover of the new album ‘Man’s best friend’: Sabrina Carpenter represents a step back for women?“, Poppepie Platt has come to ask on the” Telegraph “in an article entitled” The new hyper-sexual and degrading cover of the Sabrina Carpenter album has exceeded all limit “. Led by a totally different and less polemical approach, Stella Bugbee and Marie Solis have even set up a real dialogue for the” New York Times “, with the purpose of” understanding what it means ” At this precise moment, in which it was created for a mass audience by one of the most famous pop stars in the world “.

Curious and interesting in this matter, it is the fact that it is the artwork of “Man’s Best Friend” and the publication of “Rolling Stone USA”, They are nothing more than Sabrina Carpenter has already shown at the center of recent pop cultureand do not add much again to his speech, with the same sexual frankness that so far, although not liked to everyone, he had always gone well in some way. Unlike the generally positive reactions to its previous projects, praised as expressions of female empowerment and equality, this time the approaching operation to the new album seems to have attracted a decidedly greater number of criticism and detractors. For its part, starting From the audacious performance proposed to the Brit Awards Last March, reported by over 800 spectators to the ofcom (the independent regulatory authority for communication companies in the United Kingdom), Carpenter maintains some self -controlUnlike other former Disney stars such as Britney Spears or Miley Cyrus who came to collapse under the weight of media sexism.

To those who criticize it to capitalize on the oldest of resources, sexand to make the girls pass the wrong message to be desired by men, showing themselves and intocated, but always available, Sabrina Carpenter replies directly: “I always make me so much tenderness when people complain. I hear say: ‘All they do is sing about these things’. But they are the same songs that you have made popular. Clearly you like sex. You are obsessed with it. It is part of my show, “he said in the cover story of” RS USA “.

In the same interview, the pop star has also returned to underline that The lyrics of the songs that speak of sex represent only a small part of its artistic production And he said that the critical attention turned to her is unjust: “I don’t want to seem pessimistic, but I really have the feeling of never having lived an era in which Women were put as well as exam as nowanalyzed in every detail, “he said:” And I’m not just talking about me. I’m talking about all the women’s artists who are doing art right now “.