Category

Pop

The artwork behind hooks built to lodge in your head. Covers designed, like the songs, for the widest possible audience.

Stories

Charli XCX
Everyone Said No

Everyone Said No

Brat by Charli XCX - A disgusting shade of green. Blurry Arial font. Four letters. Nothing else. Her manager said no. Her creative director said no. Her friends said no.

Author
Craig
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4 min
Beyoncé
The Disco Ball Horse

The Disco Ball Horse

Renaissance by Beyoncé - A woman on a horse. A silver bodysuit. The whole thing glowing and otherworldly.

Author
Craig
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5 min
Prince
Prince naked on a flower Lovesexy album cover photo by Jean-Baptiste Mondino

The Birth of Prince

Lovesexy by Prince - Most call it audacious. I call it confidence. There's a difference.

Author
Craig
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5 min
Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson wearing borrowed white Hugo Boss suit with tiger cub on Thriller gatefold cover photo by Dick Zimmerman

That's Not His Suit

Thriller by Michael Jackson - The white suit on the cover of the best selling album in history wasn't Michael's. It belonged to the photographer. And the tiger kept wandering off.

Author
Craig
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4 min