NEW ALBUM, DELUXE EDITION & SHOOTING THE ARTWORK : amelia lily - be a fighter (standard & deluxe edition)

Standard Edition:

Deluxe Edition:

And check out the behind the scenes video of Ms. Amelia shooting the artwork the album:

NEWS : rihanna recreates all her album artwork for 'complex' magazine

As well as revealing her new single artworks, this week saw Rihanna grace the cover of 'Complex' magazine. The shoot took her on a trip down memory lane as she shot 7 different covers, each one channeling one of her 7 album's artworks - whether through pose or styling. Tuck in below as we take a walk down memory lane:

'Music Of The Sun'

'A Girl Like Me'

'Good Girl Gone Bad'

'Rated R'

'LOUD'

'Talk That Talk'

Also have a look at the behind the scenes video below, which shows Rihanna getting into the character of each era and generally rolling around half naked taking selfies....

NEW ALBUM ARTWORK : kimberley walsh - centre stage

As Girls Aloud's 10th anniversary reunion heats up, Kimberley has decided to use this opportunity (and her exposure on UK's Strictly Come Dancing) to release her collection of show tunes, musical theatres numbers and a couple of original songs - titled 'Centre Stage'.

Also check out the behind the scenes of the artwork photoshoot, as Kimberley gets into the "vintage Hollywood glamour" character:

! updated ! NEW LIMITED EDITION ARTWORK : ke$ha - warrior (fan edition & fan pack)

Here is the updated artwork for Ke$ha's 'Warrior' fan versions. The 'Fan Edition' will come with the deluxe release of the album and the 'Deconstructed' Acoustic EP.

The 'Fan Pack' will also include a bonus t-shirt, as well as album and EP.

ALSO! Ke$h has been running a special event in the run up to the album's release, which has fans looking for symbols to unlock bonus content. The second symbol was found and the album's artwork photoshoot video was revealed - head over to keshasparty.com to watch it now!

SHOOTING THE ARTWORK : p!nk's 'the truth about love'

I've had a month to really get into P!nk's latest album 'The Truth About Love' - check it out, it's rurrrlll good! - and that includes it's artwork! So, I decided to post this behind-the-scenes look at the Andrew Macpherson photoshoot (who's been responsible for visuals for multiple P!nk album's, including the awesome 'Try This'), which shows the multiple vintage looks Ms. Moore tried out. Get into it below:

PROMO PIC : lady gaga second 'fame' fragrance poster

After stunning us all into silence with her nudity and tiny men in jockstraps-heavy first poster, Gargs is back with the second - this time flip reversing in and covering up(ish) in a leather catsuit. Meow. Dive in below:

p.s. Does this look remind anyone else of Mel B's video for Mel B's defining video for single 'Word Up'... anyone?

p.s. Check out this delicious image of the full range of the 'Fame' fragrance products :P YUM!

SHOOTING THE ARTWORK : trey songz - chapter v

Trey is gearing up for the release of 'Chapter V' and so, today, unleashed the behind the scenes of the album's artwork photoshoot. It features a lot of pouting, beautiful scenes around a sprawling mansion and a half-naked female. Oh, Mr. Songz - what are you like! The art director for the shoot, Nick Bilardello says: "We're going for high fashion... Trey coming into his own, growing into a man and his music maturing at the same time".

It is funny to note as well that the eventual album cover was shots taken of Trey out in the rain (obviously, which wasn't planned), in the video you see him going outside to "make the most" of the weather - after it begins to pour down over the glamorous set in Miami. Just goes to show that anything can happen when it comes to album artwork... not always the direction or plan that the art directors and designers have in mind!

SHOOTING THE ARTWORK : misha b shoots her album artwork!

Loving me some of 'Homerun' - such an awesome debut single and the video is a great visual - but I'm ready for what else is to come! Check out the video below which shows Mish' on her artwork photoshoot in a house and around the streets of Mancester. Yum!

SHOOTING THE ARTWORK : paloma faith takes us behind the scenes of her album art photoshoot!

I'm sure we can all agree that Paloma Faith's album art for new release 'Fall To Grace' is the best looking slice of heaven that we've been blessed with all year. To celebrate it's release, Ms. Faith has unveiled the behind the scenes video of her shooting the artwork and it is a real treat! Talking about the cover image, Paloma said: "it's supposed to look like I'm sort of falling towards paradise" with the help of tropical birds and a harness o' course... I think they did an amazing job with it, something that is striking, beautiful and original.



Next up is a look at how the cover for 'Picking Up The Pieces' came to be. Pal' explains: "we're trying to achieve the image of me approaching the red carpet, but it's almost like I've been caught before I get there and I'm showing my vulnerability" - inspired by the "tragic glamour" of Marilyn Monroe. (Check out the result here).

The video also gives a sneak peak at the artworks for next singles '30 Minute Love Affair' and 'Just Be'. For '30 Minute' they wanted to create "a dreamy sequence [of] the supposed passion that would have happened" if Paloma had ended up with a guy she fell in love with but never got the chance to tell him.

Paloma then goes on to say that the 'Just Be' cover will "encapsulate me being my most vulnerable" - inspired by the song's message of feeling happy within your own skin, leading to a look with little make up placed within a bare set.

The video then goes on to show other looks created for the album artwork and as ever Faithy be looking hella fabulous and divine and amazing! :) This really is a true testament to what a great artist (musically and visually) she is. How many others can you say that plans out their artwork way in advance, to truly reflect the song's meaning and message while executing it in a stunning and original way. Loving the artwork and I'm putting early bets on that the 'Fall To Grace' album cover will rank vurrry highly in my end of year list! Check out the whole video below:

DISCOVERED : zowie - love demolition & my calculator

so i absoLUTEly love it when an amazing artwork introduces me to a new artist - instead of seeing their video first or an interview or badly-written blog post. if the artwork is done reaaallly well, then not only do you get a feast for the eyes but also so much information about what they're about to give you musically. and that is what happened to me with my new pop crush: zowie - a new zealand singer songwriter who is about to make it big. the first image of her i came in contact with was the cover of single 'my calculator'. i saw wet-look leggings, i saw faboose shoes, i saw ladies legs spread a-kimbo, i saw a shade of purple that justin bieber hasn't shat all over...i felt love at first sight. check that out below:

i know right. UH-MAY-ZANG! simple, edgy, camp...you're hooked! so obviously i checked out what else she had to offer visually and discovered the video for 'my calculator':

i know right. also UH-MAY-ZANG! geometric shapes, just enough colour, everything dripping in glossy, matte black. yum! then i thought, i need an album cover. i need an album cover that is gunna seal this deal. and seal that deal it did. the album is 'love demolition' and here is that artwork:

AHHHHH!?@?!12?!? yes! getcho life, yes! i'm getting grace jones. i'm getting robyn. hell i'm even getting some kelly osbourne 'one word' and i like it! i'm hooked, i'm signed for, sealed and delivered. artwork heaven with awesome pop to match. done.

SHOOTING THE ARTWORK : rita ora takes VEVO behind the scenes...

rita has given VEVO an exclusive look behind the scenes of her debut album's artwork photoshoot. ms. ora describes the shoot as having "loads of looks, basically inspired by being bossy, by being independent." she then goes onto describe the direction she wanted the visuals (for the as yet untitled project) to take: "the album cover i want to be very unusual, i love how my music comes from different places...i wanted the artwork and my album to reflect that."

acclaimed photographers steven gomillion and dennis leupold were in charge of added: "the shoot is called 'seventies, gangster boss-bitch' and is inspired by old photographs of bianca jagger, just like old, black and white photos...and it's going to be laid out as a photo book". 

and now simonsez's two cents....i've loved lots of gomillion and leupold's work before and we all know rita can pull many a fierce pose...but i'm apprehensive about getting too excited for anything groundbreaking in the visual department for her album, as her previous covers have been so bland :/ fingers crossed she comes with something "unusual", as she boldly claims she will! anywho, check out the full shoot below:

COMPETITION : katy perry is getting her willy wonka on!

to celebrate the release of kitty purry's 3D concert movie, she has decided to hide a golden ticket in one of the 'teenage dream : the complete confection's (unfortunately only available in the US and canada...major sadface). the ticket will allow the lucky winner to attend the premiere of her concert movie and be wined & dined. look at the video below for more deets:

NEWS : pussycat dolls 2.0 shoot their new single's artwork!

a video of the rebooted line up of the pussycat dolls has surfaced, showing the girls shooting the artwork for their debut single 'ready 4 peace'! majahhhhly excited to see how it turns out :)

NEW LIMITED EDITION ARTWORK : florence + the machine - shake it out & no light no light (white vinyl edition)

flo flo has teamed up with karl lagerfeld (creative director of fashion giant "chanel") to create two limited edition printings of her singles 'shake it out' and 'no light no light'. the official statement reads: "each cover has been screen printed, silver foiled and hand numbered on pristine white card and features a unique series of photographic portraits personally taken by the fashion legend, which will remain exclusive to these releases.  each sleeve houses a heavyweight 180-gram 12" white vinyl contained in a black inner bag". both are limited to 500 copies each, excited?

and here is a video showcasing the manufacturing process of the vinyl....BEAUTIFUL!!!

VIDEO : updated preview of kylie's 'aphrodite (the goddess edition)'

UPDATE : SHE HAS ARRIVED! check out my full post on my copy of the limited edition (with HQ photos) here!

so it's been pushed back again...now to the end of december :(:(:(:( to tide us over (for that little bit longer), a second preview video has been released, showing an updated layout and also that the book will now come in a slipcase as well! i've only allowed myself to look at a few frames of this updated preview video... as i want to wait for the grand unveiling when i finally get mine in my hands! the piece is soon to be shipped out to the 1000 lucky fans, but if you want to wreck the surprise, take a look below...



also check out the behind the scenes website, chronicling the design and manufacture of the limited edition piece here.

VIDEO : rihanna talks that talk about album artwork

riri has released a video on the run up to her sixth studio release 'talk that talk' on november 21st. in it she discusses the standard and deluxe edition covers with friends, bringing up some pretty interesting points about how she wants the feel of the album to be reflected in the artwork.

check it out below (via WhoSay) ...

Rihanna on WhoSay

RANDOM : update on kylie minogue's 'aphrodite (the goddess edition)'...

UPDATE : SHE HAS ARRIVED! check out my full post on my copy of

the limited edition (with HQ photos) here!

so some of you may know about kylie's 'aphrodite (the goddess edition)' and how the original release was supposed to be end of july. and then it was pushed back. and now it's been pushed back again.

to november. :/

basically it is being put down to manufacturing problems, the spine isn't strong enough to hold the pop ups inside, so they are being re-printed (i think this is the fourth re-print...). obviously it's difficult to wait so patiently...but to think of the day when it arrives through my door :D:D.

click here for the full statement by warner music.

in happier news, they've released a video of the first look into the actual piece, showing the cover, some of the layout and the four pop ups (which are at the beginning of the book...i don't know why that surprised me!) it does help ease the pain of knowing there is another 2 1/2 months wait slightly, check it ouuuuuuut:

SHOOTING THE ARTWORK : kelly rowland - here i am

now you can see the behind the scenes of that bee-ayy-utiful artwork shoot :)