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Sabrina Carpenter opened up about the meaning behind her Man's Best Friend cover art

On the backlash she faced, the singer said people had "valid" points

Man's Best Friend debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart

Sabrina Carpenter is sharing more context about her Man's Best Friend cover art.

In a new cover story for Variety 's Hitmakers Issue , the "Juno" singer asked about the controversy surrounding her latest album cover art, which featured Carpenter on her hands and knees as an anonymous man grabbed a handful of her hair.

“It was about how people try to control women, and how I felt emotionally yanked around by these relationships that I had, and how much power you’re allowing yourself to give them," Carpenter, 26, told the outlet.

“It meant on

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