How Do We Grade the Rollout for Sabrina Carpenter’s ‘Man’s Best Friend,’ 2025’s Most Fascinating Pop Album Era?

It’s been 2 months since Sabrina Carpenter archetypal announced Man’s Best Friend, the follow-up medium to her blockbuster breakthrough acceptable Short n’ Sweet, dropping astir precisely a twelvemonth aft that four-week Billboard 200 No. 1 LP. Fans wondered if she was possibly returning excessively soon — particularly since the deed singles and sold-out arena circuit for Short n’ Sweet took her good into 2025 — and that hesitance could beryllium felt successful lukewarm aboriginal chatter surrounding this album’s archetypal release. But successful the week-plus since, the tide has already begun to crook connected the album, and present it seems similar Man’s Best Friend mightiness conscionable beryllium different W successful Carpenter’s now-two-year-long popular winning streak.

With this Rollout Report Card episode, we look astatine everything surrounding Man’s Best Friend — some successful the 2 months starring up to it, and present the 2 weeks since its unveiling — and however an medium that galore seemed acceptable to state premature is present revealing itself to possibly beryllium its predecessor’s equal, some commercially and artistically.

As we manus retired our missive grades for each the astir important factors successful Carpenter’s Man’s Best Friend rollout — from the unrecorded performances and euphony videos to the caller songs and wide “albuminess” — we besides reply the astir important questions surrounding the caller era: What makes this medium specified a statement grower? Was the medium screen worthy of the sermon it provoked? Should “Tears” (or different 2nd single) person travel retired earlier the afloat album? Why were the VMAs seemingly intent connected hyping her show arsenic small arsenic possible? Did Sabrina Carpenter truly bash a Nardwuar interview? And possibly astir importantly of all: What other tin she bash earlier year’s extremity to truly enactment up her lawsuit for being the Greatest Pop Star of 2025?

Check it retired supra — on with a YouTube playlist of immoderate of the astir important moments from this fascinating medium campaign, each of which are discussed successful the podcast — and subscribe to the Greatest Pop Stars podcast on Apple Music or Spotify (or wherever you get your podcasts) for play discussions each Thursday astir each things related to popular stardom!

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