Monday, 11 December 2017

Album cover analysis of artists similar to ours

 Foxes- Glorious
-This album was released in 2014, and was the artists second album.
-Foxes is an organic artist and writes her own music about her own emotions, feelings and thoughts.
-Her music falls under the alternative pop genre.
-From the album cover, we can see she is an organic artist due to how simple yet effective it is with a plain pink background (which is aimed at her young female audience) and the simplicity and understated outfit.
-Although the background may be a pinky shade, this doesn't mean that she is solely aiming her music at girls, this is because of what she's wearing enhances and invites the male gaze with wearing a low cut crop top, meaning this album is also targeted at men.
-As well as this, the title is very subtle with just bold white writing on a millennial pink background, highlighting the artists innocence due to the paleness and purity of the colour scheme.
-Her outfit is different to the way synthetic artists dress as it is just regular clothing, nothing out going.

Lana Del Rey- Born To Die
-This album was released in 2012, and too was her second album.
-Lana Del Rey is an organic artist who is an alternative pop singer/songwriter.
-Her album is quite understated with a picture of her taken outside, with just her name and the album title.
-The colour scheme is very neutral, with it mainly being white and a pale blue sky. This shows how album isn't specifically aimed at anyone as she has a very broad and wide target audience due to her maturity and deep meaningful music.
-There is no male gaze in this album cover, due to her being modestly dressed in a simple shirt with all buttons done up, showing she can't and won't be a singer who is objectified in order to sell music.

Dua Lipa- DUA LIPA
-This is Dua's first break through album and was released early 2017.
-Dua is a singer in the pop genre, however some of her songs would be considered to be slightly more alternative.
-This album cover is quite basic yet effective, being that the title of this album is also her name.
-The writing is very understated with just white outlined writing, and the back ground is a gradient of a pale pink/violet shading into a blue/indigo. 
-Dua herself is clearly posing for this album cover similarly to foxes, but not like Lana Del Rey.
-Her style in this is very edgy and almost rock-like with her leather jacket and slicked back hair .
-She too is going for quite a natural look which is quite simplistic, which is very common with artists in this genre of music.
Loop- Call Me Loop
-Loop is a very new artist, who isn't as well known as the other artists i've mentioned.
-Her first album Call Me Loop was released late 2016 and mainly gigs in live music venues or is an opening act.
-Loop is an organic artist like Eleanor and many other artists in this genre.
-She, like our star Eleanor and all the other artists that i've mentioned is an artist in the alternative pop genre.
-Her album cover like most in this genre are very basic and simple.
-Loop's album cover simply has the album title written on a banner on the front, with a photo os her behind it.
-She like Dua is going for a slightly edgier look in this, as she wears a sprayed leather jacket, with perfectly groomed hair.
-This reinforces the alternative genre she's in due to the album being a photo of her, showing she's the one in charge of her image, music and career.

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