Sabrina Carpenter shares new album cover 'approved by God' after backlash over racy image

Sabrina Carpenter shared a brand-new album cover approved by God after the pop star received backlash over the original art Carpenter shocked fans with the announcement of her forthcoming album She teased Man's Best Friend in a post shared to Instagram The cover featured the Nonsense singer on her knees with a man holding her hair The cover art sparked immediate backlash with plenty of commenting their thoughts on the post Am I the only one who thinks this is dehumanizing for women one user wrote Another added This cover makes me uncomfortable especially in times like these Absolutely tone deaf CARLY SIMON DEFENDS SABRINA CARPENTER'S CONTROVERSIAL ALBUM COVER SAYS IT'S NOT 'OUTRAGEOUS'Carpenter seemingly took in the backlash and disclosed a new album cover i signed chosen copies of Man's Best Friend for you guys she wrote here is a new alternate cover approved by God available now on my website APP USERS CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE INSTAGRAM POSTThe Manchild singer in recent times opened up about the discourse around her song lyrics which often include sexual innuendos On tour Carpenter performed various sex positions during her song Juno The moments often went viral prompting complaints online However Carpenter explained there's more to her music than meets the eye It s constantly so funny to me when people complain Carpenter communicated Rolling Stone for the June cover story They re like All she does is sing about this But those are the songs that you ve made popular Clearly you love sex You re obsessed with it It s in my show There s so various more moments than the Juno positions but those are the ones you post every night and comment on I can t control that If you come to the show you ll also hear the ballads you ll hear the more introspective numbers I find irony and humor in all of that because it seems to be a recurring theme I m not upset about it other than I feel mad pressure to be funny sometimes LIKE WHAT YOU RE READING CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSCarpenter noted women in the music industry are experiencing an intense amount of scrutiny over every decision made I don t want to be pessimistic but I truly feel like I ve never lived in a time where women have been picked apart more and scrutinized in every ceiling I m not just talking about me she communicated the outlet I m talking about every female artist that is making art right now CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTERCarpenter has also been vocal about the criticism she personally receives As she performed across the world for her album Short N Sweet a large number of took to social media to slam the singer s skimpy outfits you'll still get the occasional mother that has a strong opinion on how you should be dressing the Taste singer advised TIME magazine And to that I just say 'Don't come to the show ' and that s OK It's unfortunate that it's ever been something to criticize because truthfully the scariest thing in the world is getting up on a stage in front of that multiple people and having to perform as if it's nothing she added If the one thing that helps you do that is the way you feel settled dressing then that's what you ve got to do Femininity is something that I've unfailingly embraced she noted And if right now that means corsets and garter belts and fuzzy robes or whatever the f--- then that's what that means