WTF Happened To Album Covers?

WTF happened to album covers? Why do album covers these days feel so lazy? Let's see where everything went wrong.
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🔑 Key Points Covered:
- The importance of album covers in attracting listeners 🎨
- How artists like Michael Jackson and Kanye West revolutionised album art 🌟
- The impact of digitalisation and streaming on album cover quality 💿
- Nostalgic throwbacks to MP3 players and mixtapes 📀
- The resurgence of album covers in the streaming era 🌐
- Examples of iconic album covers and the stories behind them 📚
📌 Main Points:
- Impact of Digitalisation: How Napster, iTunes, and online ads changed the game.
- Consumer Behaviour Shift: From physical CDs to digital downloads and streaming.
- Rise of Streaming Platforms: Spotify, Apple Music, and the revival of album art.
Tags: #MusicMarketing #AlbumArt #VinylRecords #DigitalMusic #MusicIndustry #AlbumDesign #StreamingMusic #VisualBranding #MusicHistory #Nostalgia #MusicTrends #PatreonCommunity

[@TTCBiggestFan]

I think Tyler, the Creator has great album covers

[@povsujal]

I agree!! Flower Boy is one of my favourite album covers!!

[@Kanyewestbiggestfan123]

Except the alternate cherry bomb cover

[@jettswither]

@@Kanyewestbiggestfan123ok. what the hell. We have the same video taste. I see you in every channel/video I am subscribed to. I am subscribed to 40+ channels.

[@theillegalyardigans]

the artsy wolf album cover with the bike is my favorite tyler cover

[@TTCBiggestFan]

@@jettswither same istg i see him everywhere (exept raptv community posts)

[@sword9497]

The entire point of the Donda album cover is that its supposed to be nothing so as to no distract from the dedication of the album to his mom.

[@Kanyewestbiggestfan123]

The album cover also matches the soundscape of the album which is supposed to feel like an empty void

[@pizzawia]

@@Kanyewestbiggestfan123Hi

[@Mrpersonultra]

@@Kanyewestbiggestfan123Every where I go I see you my man 😭

[@Chandiwila999]

​@@Mrpersonultrahe's a aot

[@compelled2942]

MF DOOM had great album covers

[@povsujal]

I agree!!

[@Mrpersonultra]

Shoutout to mf doom. He has some of the best cover I’ve seen

[@Toivious]

24k magic cover is amazing. Fits the album perfectly.

[@M.C.unofficiallyOfficial]

I honestly like the 24k album cover from Bruno Mars. It doesnt do anything too crazy but its still iconic and stands out at the least

[@povsujal]

Varied taste I guess!! But I see the point you're making!! Thanks for watching!!

[@vi3366]

Low key one of my favorite album covers

[@maadkid]

to be fair Virgil was dying from cancer

[@povsujal]

tbh

[@jettswither]

Goddamn

[@jovancolovic3457]

I dont know what to think about this video Tittle brings u into thinking "hmm this guy is going to say something about bad covers in new time",but it was actually about history of album covers Of course in any decade u had good and bad album covers and yes,its different now,but thats just because music and marketing is evolving There wasnt a point like why album covers in new times are "bad",and there are some good album covers in recent times like melodic blue by baby keem,forever story by jid and etc

[@brock985]

subscribed great video my guy you have a great flow to your speech

[@povsujal]

Thankyou!!

[@meozones]

Great video!

[@povsujal]

Thanks!!

[@ZaTheLean]

Dude you are so underrated!! Such good editing but you only have like 539 subs😭😭😭 u need wayyy more subs:)

[@robianny]

I think there's a beautiful message behind the album cover of donda, but i agree with the whole thing about album covers just not hitting the same

[@indomigus6330]

You are very underrated, I loved the video and I always loved album covers, but some...

[@povsujal]

What are some of your favourite album covers?

[@indomigus6330]

@@povsujal mostly the Eminem Show and Encore, the theater theme they have always catches my eye. The colors are very eye-catching and they have contrast with eachother, with the red and blue. Sorry if the comment was a little long 😅!

[@povsujal]

@@indomigus6330 No, the enthusiasm is much appreciated!! Yes, those are good picks!! Cheers!!

[@indomigus6330]

@@povsujal Cheers!! Hope you have a good week!!

[@antonshavershian]

cool vid bro

[@povsujal]

Thanks!!

[@glowinggames1561]

One of my favorite covers is the EP "100 Miles and Runnin" by NWA. It goes insanely hard.

[@fynni1661]

great video! 🔥🔥

[@povsujal]

Thanks

[@thiagos1867]

Usually a interesting cover can be a good reason to me check it out and listen to an album. Of recent years i really like the cover of Titanic Rising, Melodrama and Currents

[@HololiveFanGirl]

Love it🔥🔥 I agree with how important album covers are I know with mine i put lots of effort into

[@povsujal]

Would love to look at some of your work!! Btw what's your favourite album cover of all time?

[@HololiveFanGirl]

@@povsujal It is a hard choice but I think I would have to go with Fanclub by Asian Kung Fu Generation

[@Reitu.de_17]

Great vid but, Tbh I feel like you missed the point when you used Donda as an example because Ye was in a moment of darkness and the album cover feels like the music on the album.

[@Hn1alum_P4saltha]

The Soja boy joke crack me tf up don't see that coming at all 😆😆

[@YAHMIKA]

I like it🎉

[@povsujal]

Thank you!!

[@punkrockjemojzivot]

The Weeknd got pretty good album covers, but his CDs kinda suck... i own both The Highlights album and Dawn FM, The Highlights only has tracklist on the front cover (which is a poster so i dont even have it in the CD case) and Dawn FM does not have a tracklist at all

[@compelled2942]

good video

[@povsujal]

Thanks!!

[@danygames49]

1:14 MMLP mentioned!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@producedbyonel]

heroes and villians (metro) cover 😍😍😍

[@povsujal]

Iconic.

[@boccibernardo4677]

Great video. Just two things: the topic of the video changed so drastically in the second half of the video, I mean you can't start by talking about album covers and finishing by discussing about capitalism (I understood the point, but it seemed like you wanted to talk about something else) The second point is that you made too few examples of bad covers. And you took covers from I believe gucci mane so eh. Still, great video

[@boccibernardo4677]

And the donda cover is actually very cool, that black always reminds me of what I'm about to listening

[@povsujal]

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[@boccibernardo4677]

@@povsujal don't worry man, as I told you it was a great video

[@cameronphlodge1293]

I don't know why people act like modern album covers are bad. For every Led Zeppelin 4 there was a million album covers that was just a picture of the artist/band with the title.

[@drrippyjuicelive]

good video.

[@tienwang113]

don't feel like you really showed any bad album covers so mostly had no idea what you were talking about

[@blockwearingman]

most from the 2010s where still good but nowdays i see so many wierd shit like on drakes album covers, that shit makes me not wanting to listen to the album

[@yaliskr7210]

kanye has my favourite covers

[@oknice8117]

The Big Day by Chance is a bad album cover, not sure what a clear CD with holes in it means and the wedding band inclusion aged terribly. Pet Sounds by the Beach Boys is a bad album cover packaged on a legendary tracklist, while IANAHB2 by Lil Wayne is a good album cover with a bad album

[@flaminghotcheerios3899]

i cannt find the million subs help

[@DavesChaoticBrain]

Nice try for your video man. Just try to have more accurate information. Loads of errors in here.

[@BernellJonesII]

👆🏿That part. I think as he makes more videos though he’ll learn and evolve for the better

[@jeansilovejeans795]

bladee album covers

[@Dbluntkkrule]

Honestly bro you really need to expand your music taste. It's clear you don't really know that much about modern music as there are so many stunning album covers which are out there. Just such a lazy video.

[@povsujal]

What albums do you think I should listen to?

[@iam2_k_1_9]

Young thug has the best album covers.

[@vincenzolena6766]

Maan u don't understand nothin bout music