Sabrina Carpenter Catches Heat Over New Album Cover
Sabrina Carpenter is under fire for her new album cover, Short n’ Sweet. The “Espresso” hitmaker announced her sixth studio album will be released this summer earlier this week.
Carpenter’s New Album Cover
However, when Carpenter, 25, shared the album cover artwork, fans recognized a French model’s work and accused her of copying it. The cover for Short n’ Sweet features the pop star’s blonde locks cascading down her back and a red kiss mark on her left shoulder as she looks over her shoulder at the camera. The back cover shows a close-up of a tiny “Short n’ Sweet” tattoo in script decorating her right shoulder.
“MY NEW ALBUM IS COMING OUT AUGUST 23rd!!!! [red kiss emoji],” Carpenter excitedly wrote across her social media accounts. “This project is quite special to me and I hope it’ll be something special to you too.”
The former Disney star then teased fans that a single and music video will be released on Thursday (June 6) night.
Carpenter Catches Heat
On X (formerly Twitter), people compared the cover art to French model Tiffany Collier, who shared a picture from an editorial spread she did back in 2018 with a similar look. The model, also platinum blonde, looks back over her shoulder, and a big red kiss is planted on the back of her shoulder. Though the model’s hair is braided and has a different expression, folks were quick to drag Sabrina’s cover.
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One person sarcastically wrote, “love that sabrina carpenter recreated this iconic photograph for her album cover [heart eyes emoji].” Someone added, “And did a worse job of it [woozy face emoji].” A third slammed the artist and claimed, “Interesting this whole era has been her stealing [skull emoji].” Commented another, “She’s not the creative pop girl they want her to be [sobbing emoji] they always talking about her aesthetic and this this the second concept she rips off for this era.”
Calling out Carpenter’s previously-released tracks, one person said, “exactly, she’s the most basic pop girl rn. Nonsense sounds like an Ariana reject, Feather sounds like every pop song viral on Tik Tok, espresso sounds like a doja cat reject and now this ?? Why is she famous at this point? She’s a cheap copy.”
Despite the claims that she copied another creative’s work, Carpenter unveiled a short clip of her new single, “Please, Please, Please.” She is seen leaning against a wall as she sings the song’s title while wearing a sexy red lace dress. Snippets of the music video are shown, including what looks to be a heist, a jail cell, and some dangerous men. The lyrics in the teaser are: “Don’t bring me in tears when I just did my makeup so nice.” The artist added a black-and-white photo wearing a leather jacket and lace bralette with a necklace that says, “Please, please, please.”
Fans can pre-save Short n’ Sweet here.
6 Wild Moments From Coachella
Coachella 2024’s first weekend came and went with a bang. The famous California Music & Arts Festival had us in shock and awe with amazing special guests throughout the weekend.
During weekend one, big names like Bebe Rexha, Tems, Victoria Monet, Renee Rapp, Tyler, the Creator, Lana Del Rey, Ice Spice, Sublime, Vampire Weekend, Doja Cat, J Balvin, Jhene Aiko, No Doubt, Coi Leray, Grimes, 21 Savage, Lauryn Hill, Taking Back Sunday, Lil Yachty, and many more.
As always, famous faces were in attendance, watching their friends perform and letting loose with the rest of the crowd. Notably, Justin Bieber showed up without his wife, Hailey Bieber, adding to the rumors that their marriage isn’t doing well. Meanwhile, love birds Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce hit up multiple stages, watching from the pit and getting super affectionate.
While folks were expecting perfect shows and wild special guests brought on stage during performances, there were some artists who dropped the ball during their set. Grimes kept fumbling with her mixes during her set. She told the crowd that there has never been a show of hers without a “technical difficulty,” and as she tried to explain to the Coachella crowd, she said, “Don’t blame me because it’s not my fault! Well, it’s partially my fault, but it’s not entirely my fault.” In the “classic Grimes fashion,” the musician added that her songs had been set to a double tempo and had to do “a lot of internal math” to try to get it sorted to play for the patiently waiting crowd.
(Photo by Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for Coachella)
On social media, however, fans were making fun of her meltdown at the technical difficulties, with users pointing out that this isn’t the first time Grimes has done this at her concerts. Meanwhile, one fan said, “This could be the worst performance in the history of Coachella.” She took to X (formerly Twitter) to issue a formal apology to fans. Adding that she “admittedly am not in the best mood atm,” Grimes said her set next week “will be flawless.”
Besides the mishaps, there were plenty of awe-inspiring, wild moments from Coachella’s first weekend.
Take a look below at the 6 wild moments from Coachella:
