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Old 2014.09.21, 08:25 AM   #51
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I hope that's the cover image, for all the reasons people say. The apple definitely looks nervous under the tsunami-like Hokusai wave.
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Old 2014.09.21, 12:47 PM   #52
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It's kind of a strange message reading into that single cover. An apple (Ringo's emblem) with bullet holes through it about to be engulfed by a tsunami as the cover for a nationalistic album. Is she happy in life?
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I wouldn't read too much into the single cover. The bullet holes are just drops of seawater if you compare it to the classic painting that it's referencing. It's not even a physical release of the single.

They probably just whipped something up in 5 minutes in Photoshop to put on iTunes. Which is probably 3 minutes more effort than was put into the digital cover for Jiyuu e Michizure.

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Originally Posted by deadgrandma View Post
^^ you mean the promo shot or the single cover? If you're talking about the single cover, yes that is the one they're going with...
I meant the album cover. That is most definitely the single cover.
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Originally Posted by hedgehog View Post
It's kind of a strange message reading into that single cover. An apple (Ringo's emblem) with bullet holes through it about to be engulfed by a tsunami as the cover for a nationalistic album. Is she happy in life?
Whoa. Calm down. It's just some art. Don't start delving into her psyche as a result.
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As an art history major, "it's just some art" seriously scares me...
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Originally Posted by FadedSun View Post
Whoa. Calm down. It's just some art. Don't start delving into her psyche as a result.
Good I was really worried
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Originally Posted by TurtleFu View Post
As an art history major, "it's just some art" seriously scares me...
Well, to be fair, what you're studying is much different than a random album cover. Art is always subjective, but album covers are a bit different for the most part. Most album covers would be labeled under photography or illustration, though sometimes they're legit paintings.
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Old 2014.09.22, 09:18 PM   #59
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Well, fat chance she'll tell us what it means in her next "revealing" 12-page photo-interview in SWITCH.
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Cause photography or illustration never hold deeper meaning, has to be a 'legit painting' to do that. It's just some art.
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