Sabrina Carpenter sparks major divide after sharing new album cover following controversy of last

Sabrina Carpenter has sparked quite the major divide between fans after revealing her new album cover following the controversy of the last one.

Now, in case you're out the loop, the 26-year-old 'Espresso' singer became the subject of an ever-evolving discourse online surrounding the original album cover for Man's Best Friend which is set to be released later this summer (29 August).

The album featured Sabrina posing on all fours on the floor with her signature voluminous blonde hair gripped by a male figure cropped from the frame - something which many critics called out as playing into notions of female subservience and female objectification.

Other fans, however, reckoned the whole thing was meant to be ironic and satirical.

Wherever you stand on the debate, it's clear the chatter's not dying down anytime soon as Sabrina has now released an alternative cover art for the upcoming music project.

Taking to Instagram earlier this afternoon (25 June), she shared the two new images alongside the tongue-in-cheek caption which reads: "I signed some copies of Man’s Best Friend for you guys.

"& here is a new alternate cover approved by God available now on my website."

The black and white 'approved by God' photos show two scenes of Sabrina donning a stunning golden age of Hollywood-style evening gown as she looks at something off-camera while holding onto a man dressed in a suit while other men look away from the camera in the background.

Some absolutely loved the alternative version with one X user writing: "This is way better than the original!"

"The black and white look is timeless!" gushed a second, while a third chimed in: "Oh this is c**ty. This is serving classic Hollywood chic."

Others, however, were far less impressed with a fourth hitting out: "Why does it feel like her publicist told her to do this?"

"It’s giving Marilyn Monroe and her trauma shouldn’t be used like this," slammed a fifth.

"'She's not for male gaze' yeah sure," jabbed another.

And a final X user hissed: "Another male centred cover?"

Regardless of your stance, you can't deny that both album covers perfectly play into Sabrina's hyper-feminine, tongue-in-cheek pop star persona which she's been embracing for quite some time now.

While it's not entirely clear where irony ends and objectification begins, it's clear that her artistic choices have got fans talking!