“artistic”

1 cover story in our archive

Behind the Covers' archive includes 1 album cover documented under the "artistic" design theme, all from the 2020s. The cover sits within the r&b tradition and features work by SZA. Each entry below includes the cover artwork, the designers and photographers behind it, and a short story about the visual choices that defined the release.

SOS by SZA (2022)

SZA's SOS cover transforms intimate vulnerability into stark visual poetry, featuring the singer diving backwards into murky water. The image captures the album's themes of emotional drowning and rebirth through a single, perfectly timed underwater moment.

Label: Top Dawg Entertainment
Genre: R&B
Decade: 2020s

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