pop digipack reseach

The album art for Rihanna's Unapologetic album has a voyeuristic nature to it, featuring images of the artist naked (front cover), and nearly naked (back cover). Again showing how important it is for their to be an image of the artist on the front of a pop album as they are the star, they have star image, and then fans want and expect to see the artist. Rihanna's star image is that of a slightly rebellious sex icon, therefore keeping up this image in her album art as it is what the fans expect. However the cover has a different meaning too as nakedness doesn't always reflect sexual objectification, and in this album it seems to more represent vulnerability showing the artists softer side; shes showing her entire body, all of her metaphorical flaws, you can see everything and as the title suggests ('Unapologetic') she is not ashamed. Therefore, yes, presenting the sexy star image of Rihanna that we all know and expect but also showing deeper meaning and context to perhaps what the songs on the album are like.