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Sabrina Carpenter calls 'Man's Best Friend' a "breath of fresh air"

By Sophia Soto | Last updated Sep 3, 2025 1:55 PM ET

Sabrina Carpenter is opening up more about making Man's Best Friend and the response the album has received since it was first announced.

"I was so fortunate that people gravitated towards the last album in the way that they did. It actually made me write more because I felt more understood. As long as the songs are honest to me, that’s what’s important," she told Interview Magazine. "Short n’ Sweet was really hard for me to crack. It was multi-genre. It was a kind of introductory album to a new chapter of my life, but it also didn’t feel like a self-titled album. It took me a really long time to come up with the title and the visuals to go along with it. This one was a breath of fresh air in that sense. I felt like I really knew the whole way what I was doing and what I wanted."

The singer continued to express, "If I’m being completely transparent, I don’t do anything anticipating what the reaction will be. I only do things that speak to me, that feel right, and make sense when you hear the music. When I came up with the imaging for it, it was so clear to me what it meant. So the reaction is fascinating to me. You just watch it unravel and go, 'Wow.'"

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As for the cover artwork, Carpenter sees it as "a metaphor."

"The day after I announced the album, I was on a plane and the flight attendant just bends over and he’s like, 'But why Man’s Best Friend?' I was like, 'Honey, you’re going to have to listen to the album.' You can be sure that anything I do and say has a little bit of a wink to it," the singer shared. "I mean, there’s a lot of nuance to this and I’m not naive to that, but I felt like, 'Why is this taboo?' This is something that women experience in such a real way, becoming comfortable with themselves and who they are. There’s so many reasons why I called it Man’s Best Friend and there’s so many layers in the experiences that I was going through at the time where, emotionally, I felt like one. I’m really, really grateful that there’s enough of my audience that really knows me as a person that will be able to hear these songs how they’re intended."

The tracklist for Man's Best Friend includes "Manchild," "Tears," "My Man on Willpower," "Sugar Talking," "We Almost Broke Up Again Last Night," "Nobody's Son," "Never Getting Laid," "When Did You Get Hot?," "Go Go Juice," "Don't Worry I'll Make You Worry," "House Tour," and "Goodbye."

Fans have also noticed that the "Tears" music video featuring Colman Domingo now has a new ending.

Sophia Soto

Sophia Soto is a writer and interviewer with a passion for all things entertainment. She is a Senior Reporter at The Nerds of Color and contributes to Yardbarker, Screensphere, Den of Geek, What to Watch, Nerdtropolis, and Temple of Geek. You can see her past work on Remezcla, Young Hollywood, Looper, Paste Magazine, Primetimer, Soundsphere, and Starry Constellation Magazine

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