Digipack Analyses

Digipak Analyses

Lady Gaga

The artwork used in Lady Gaga’s album – the fame monster is very dark and unusual, as is the image she attempts to portray herself in.  Her stage name plastered all over the case and discs in large text, showing she is thirsty for recognition and wants her name to be well known. The front cover is a large picture of Lady Gaga herself, making the CD less about the music and more about her and her image. The title of the album itself ‘the fame monster’ is evidence of her hunger for fame and fortune. And it appears that the music isn’t the main focus of her album, as oppose to an indie band that are unlikely to feature on the CD as they appear to be more about the music.

The digipak is entirely in black and white this could be an attempt to make it appear more glamorous, however this contrasts with her whacky art choice. Such as the inside cover artwork featuring a nude girl with a black bird, perhaps a hawk or crow either attached to her face or attempting to break of it. The artwork on the back of the digipak is almost a shot from a horror film, it could relate to Craig from slipknot’s mask. 

The alternative is that this album is Lady Gaga’s insight on what fame can do to people, does fame turn people into monsters