Artwork can't make or break an album, but when the visuals match the mood of the music, cover art can truly take the experience to the next level.
This new music Friday (May 29) we're looking at the latest releases and giving a salute to the standout cover art of the week, which happens to be a clear winner: Lady Gaga's Chromatica.
Following the modest profile photo and muted tones of Joanne, Her Ladysmith has returned to the outlandish imagery and biomechanical feels of her Mother Monster days with Chromatica.
It's a bird's eye photo of Gaga clamped down in the middle of a metal circle while decked out in Beyond Thunderdome-esque body armor, with the industrial grey monotone of the machinery brought into relief by the soft pink light
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