I even thought of that HBO series from a couple years ago, The Idol, which I may be cursed to be one of the only people who remembers: There’s a moment in one episode when a music-industry character suggests making lemonade of a public relations fiasco that the pop musician at the center of the show has become embroiled in due to a fairly explicit leaked picture of her.

Sabrina Carpenter is on the cover of Rolling Stone and defending some of her controversial choices, starting with the surprise announcement that her new album, “Man’s Best Friend,” is arriving just one year after the global smash success of “Short n’ Sweet.” The Grammy winner is still on her Short n’ Sweet Tour, which doesn’t …