The cover for ‘Pink
Friday’ by Nicki Minaj features the reoccurring motif we have become familiar
with of this artist. Audiences are able to relate certain, colours, symbols and
trends to a certain artist. For example, Nicki Minaj is dressed in a very
extravagant costume as she is renowned for her unusual and risqué attire. It
also reflects her eccentric personality.
Nicki Minaj’s body on
the image is perfection and almost doll-like. This is reflective of Laura
Mulvey’s theory of male gaze and that using a female’s attractiveness helps to
draw in a more demographic audience.
Also, the colour pink
is used predominantly throughout this digipak which links with the album’s
title ‘Pink Friday’. Pink is also a popular colour Minaj tends to wear in
videos and at appearances. Nicki Minaj is a hip-hop artist and almost all of
her songs include her both rapping and singing. This genre of music tends to be
dominated by males more than females and so I think the perhaps overuse of the
colour pink on the album cover is to emphasise the fact she is a female artist.
The word ‘Pink’ is in
pink to match the obvious connotations of the work and the actual font of the
word is more handwritten and girly to further reiterate that this is a hip-hop
album produced by a female artist.
The back of the album
cover uses the same colour scheme as the cover to be in keeping with the house
style of this digipak. The main image is of Minaj again wearing the same
clothing as on the front cover but just in a different pose.
The track listing is
in simple white font; this keeps the focus on Nicki Minaj.
Again, the
exaggerated use of the colour pink is very feminine and innocent emphasising
that this hip-hop album is produced by a female artist.
You have conducted extensive research into these texts and have uncovered a great deal of meaning from them. What you could do with now is to draw together some conclusions, conventions, expectations etc from your findings.
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