Sabrina Carpenter's "Mans Best Friend"

By Rory M

Sabrina Carpenter has had one of the most impressive evolutions in music today, and her newest album, Man's Best Friend, shows exactly that. From Eyes Wide Open to now, she has worked incredibly hard to make it in the industry and to make her fans happy. With the success of her record breaking track "Espresso," it feels like this album was made for herself, a true personal statement.

In comparison, I found Short n Sweet to be weak. It depended too heavily on overtly sexual themes without humor, and the lyricism on most songs, excluding "Dumb and Poetic" and "Lie to Girls," didn't match her usual quality.

Man's Best Friend truly was Sabrina at her core. Though it was not as iconic as emails i can't send, the lyricism was deep yet funny. In addition, the production was clearly pulled from her hugest inspirations like ABBA and Dolly Parton. Sabrina herself said it just flew out of her, and that makes such sense as it seems so natural. Many fans have said that the album was hard to get into the first listen, but grew on them the second time around. I felt the same, as when I listened the first time I didn't like the songs 'Tears" or "Goodbye" but now I love them. Now I can say, the entire album is full of bangers.

The main theme of the album is female empowerment. Songs like "House Tour" and "Don't Worry, I'll Make You Worry" highlight this, while other tracks take clever, humorous shots at typical male attitudes. Overall, this is Sabrina's most honest album yet, and I can honestly say I loved it.