Are you worried you’re Never Getting Laid? Or maybe there’s a Manchild who’s Sugar Talking to you? Don’t shed any Tears, because “Man’s Best Friend” is here!
On August 29, 2025, Sabrina Carpenter released her seventh studio album. The album contains 12 songs, with Manchild being the lead single. The track has over 184 million streams, and the album overall has over 900 million. Within the first week, the album landed the number five spot on the billboard top 200, proving that Sabrinia Carpenter is one of the biggest pop stars this year. The album showcases a more mature sound compared to her previous album, but there have been some mixed reviews, as she.
Sabrina Carpenter has been making music for a decade now, and she has gone through many different sounds and genres to get where she is now. She started off making music at Disney as an actor, She later branched out from this and started to mature in her song writing. When listening to her past albums you almost can grow with her into the spotlight, as the themes in her music mature more, and she distances herself from the younger demographic she received when working with Disney to a more mature audience like teens and adults.
In Disney child star fashion, Carpenter’s first major controversy came from her inappropriate album cover. It depicted her, down on all fours with a man grabbing her hair. It gained lots of negative attention because of its vulgarity, and what she is portraying to her mainly tween audience.
Man’s Best Friend Album cover
Despites the fact that Sabrina Carpenter seems to be pushing the boundaries of the media, she doesn’t seem to be pushing the boundaries of her lyricism. The main criticism of the album is that many of the songs sound the same, as Sabrina Carpenter seems to have continued in the direction of her previous album, Short n Sweet. The songs may be catchy, but they all blend together, leaving no major standouts.
However, the underlying issue is that Sabina Carpenter seems to lack the authenticity and relatableness she previously had. Ballads like Don’t Worry I’ll Make You Worry missed the mark in portraying indecisiveness and worry in a relationship, which makes the song fall flat overall. However, the album does still give the comfort that her past music possessed; through witty lyrics, and poking fun at the harsh conditions of modern dating.
Despite this, it still has become one of the most popular albums this year. You can’t scroll through Tiktok or Instagram without avoiding a song from the album.
In my opinion, I listened to it again and I liked it a lot more. It felt uplifting. I feel like the album is meant to help people get up, or get over past relationships. It’s the type of music you can dance to, even though it talks about sad experiences and heartbreak. It feels less like an album you could cry to, and more like an album to help you stop crying.
Each song on this album seems to play with country accents with disco. And all the songs sound upbeat despite sad lyrics. The first time you listen to the album, it might feel like you’re just listening to one 30-minute song. On the surface it feels like it lacks depth and diversity in the music, and yet it feels like one of the most relatable albums in this decade.
Sabrina Carpenter seems to review every single aspect about modern dating, from miscommunication, to low standards. However instead of making music one could cry to, she is making music someone could find comfort in through humorous lyrics. It’s almost like she’s trying to tell us, the listener, how unserious life really can be. As if she’s maturely making fun of heartbreak.
In her song “Tears” she sings about how when her partner treats her with respect and kindness, which is arguably the bare minimum in a relationship, she finds it attractive.
“A little respect for women can get you very, very far
Remembering how to use your phone gets me oh so, oh so, oh so hot
Considering I have feelings, I’m like, ‘Why are my clothes still on?’ (Mm)
Offering to do anything, I’m like, ‘Oh my God’”
Even though the new album is very relevant to dating culture right now, it is no longer relatable for many people. Considering previously her music appealed to teens, and now she is singing about adult relationships.
In her album, Emails I can’t send, she sings about heartbreak and young love with the naive tone many teenagers can relate to.
“All because I liked a boy
Fell so deeply into it
It was all so innocent
Dating boys with exes
No, I wouldn’t recommend it”
Here she is addressing how at first love is innocent, and she never expected to be hurt when going into a relationship. But now her music addresses her intentions when going into a relationship, and her expectations that come with it.
All in all, Man’s Best Friend is a hit. Sabrina Carpenter has made her mark on pop culture. Whether she’s relatable or not, she’s iconic. So all we have to say is Goodbye!
