2 cover stories in our archive
Behind the Covers' archive includes 2 album covers documented under the "digital" design theme, spanning the 2000s, 2020s. These covers sit within the hip-hop, pop, electronic, indie tradition and feature work by Lil Nas X, Panda Bear. 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.
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.
Panda Bear's psychedelic masterpiece features a self-designed cover inspired by his move to Lisbon, with swirling patterns and vibrant colors that perfectly capture the album's hypnotic sound collages.