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Sabrina Carpenter<\/a>\u00a0admits\u00a0her lyrics can be \u201creally bold,\u201d but she\u2019s confident her latest record will resonate\u00a0a wide range of listeners.<\/p>\n Before unleashing her seventh studio album,\u00a0Man\u2019s Best Friend,<\/em> the Grammy-winning artist discussed the project with\u00a0CBS Mornings<\/a>\u2019<\/em> Gayle King.<\/em> In a newly released teaser clip, the host praised Carpenter for her unapologetically provocative lyrics that undoubtedly left some people \u201cclutching their pearls.\u201d<\/p>\n Carpenter co-signed the take.<\/p>\n \u201cThe album is not for any pearl-clutchers,\u201d she said in the interview, set to air August 29. \u201cBut 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.\u201d<\/p>\n COMPLEX SHOP:<\/b> Shop the brands you love, anytime and anywhere. Uncover what’s next. Buy. Collect. Obsess.<\/a><\/p>\n Gayle noted that Carpenter\u2019s music was not only \u201csexual,\u201d but also \u201cpowerful\u201d and \u201cvulnerable.\u201d The singer-songwriter agreed and acknowledged that some people might find her music uncomfortable\u2026\u00a0at least when they\u2019re in public<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s the thing, is sometimes people hear the lyrics that are really bold or they go, \u2018I don\u2019t want to sing this\u00a0in front of other people.\u2019 It\u2019s like it\u2019s almost too\u2026\u00a0It\u2019s TMI,\u201d she explained. \u201cBut I think about being at a concert with, you know, however many young women I see in the front row that are screaming at the top of their lungs with their best friends. And you can go like, \u2018Oh, we can all sigh of relief, like, this is just fun.\u2019 And that\u2019s all it has to be.\u201d<\/p>\n Carpenter announced\u00a0Man\u2019s Best Friend \u2014<\/em> the follow-up to 2024\u2019s\u00a0Short n\u2019 Sweet \u2014<\/em> back in June and immediately caused a stir with its cover art<\/a>. The\u00a0Bryce Anderson photo showed the singer on all fours as an anonymous man pulled on her hair. Some criticized the image for being regressive and catering to the male gaze, while others defended it as a sharp, subversive, and satirical.<\/p>\n