匠妹 Sabrina Carpenter（萨布丽娜·卡彭特）回应新专辑《Man’s Best Friend》封面所引发“媚男”争议，她说道： “我觉得，你们大家都该多出去走走。实际上，我很震惊，因为在我、我的朋友、家人以及那些我总是第一时间与他们分享音乐和艺术作品的人看来，这根本就不算个事儿，连讨论的必要都没有。大家就觉得，这封面与专辑（的主题）以及它所代表的含义完美契合。对我而言，这张封面的每一处，都和世界末日之类的感觉完全不沾边。[……]当时，[人们]还没听过这张专辑。他们不了解我，不知道我的意图，也不知道我讲述的故事。我尽量对此持保留态度，同时也明白，那些了解我、了解音乐背后那个真实的我本人的粉丝，看到那张照片时，会完全明白它的含义。而那些完全不认识我的人，看到那张照片肯定会想，‘她父母去哪儿了？’……其实我父母也看到了那张照片，他们特别喜欢！”（Y’all need to get out more, I think. I was actually shocked because between me, my friends, family and the people I always share my music and art with first, it just wasn’t even a conversation. It was just like, it’s perfect for what the album is [and] what it represents. Everything about it to me just felt like so opposite of like the world ending. […] At that point, [people] hadn’t heard the project. They don’t know me, they don’t know my intentions. They don’t know the stories I’m telling. I try to take it with a grain of salt and also know that my fans that know me, and know the person behind the music, look at that photo and they know exactly what it is. And people that don’t know who I am absolutely look at that photo and go like, ‘Where are her parents?’… my parents actually saw the photo and they loved it!） 她还补充说道：“对我而言，这张专辑（或相关作品）的含义十分开放，任人解读。我的理解是，它关乎掌控感——既涉及对自身失控状态的觉察，也涉及在渴望掌控时的主动抉择。我觉得，作为一名年轻女性，你会敏锐地察觉到自己何时处于掌控之中，何时又失去了掌控。我认为，其中有些情况是出于个人选择，而就我而言，整张专辑都在探讨人性的一个层面，即允许自己犯错——明知自己正置身于可能结局不佳的境地，但依然选择前行，因为这会让你有所收获。所以，它蕴含着许多不同的意义。”（To me, it’s so up to interpretation. My interpretation is being in on the control — being in on your lack of control and when you want to be in control. I think as a young woman, you’re just as aware of when you’re in control as when you’re not. I think some of those are choices, and I think for me this whole album was about the humanity of allowing yourself to make those mistakes — knowing when you’re putting yourself in a situation that will probably end up poorly, but it’s gonna teach you something. So, there’s a lot of different meanings.） 她希望大家出去走走，看看。
