Lil Nas X

1 album cover in our archive

Lil Nas X is featured in Behind the Covers' archive with 1 album cover from the 2020s. Released on Columbia Records, the artwork sits in the hip-hop, pop tradition. Each cover is documented in our archive with design notes covering controversial, portrait, digital, surreal, queer. Below you'll find the full story behind each Lil Nas X cover — designers, photographers, label history, and the visual choices that defined the release.

MONTERO (2021)

Lil Nas X floats nude in this heavenly digital dreamscape shot by Charlotte Rutherford and designed by Pilar Zeta. The psychedelic cover transforms John Stephens' Genesis II artwork into a queer-coded Garden of Eden, sparking the rapper's bold artistic transformation and becoming one of 2021's most talked-about album covers.

Label: Columbia Records
Designer: Pilar Zeta
Photographer: Charlotte Rutherford
Genre: Hip-Hop, Pop
Decade: 2020s

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