19 min

The Album Cover Say My Meme

    • Society & Culture

Everyone over the age of 20 probably remembers the feeling – of going to a record store, browsing the aisles, carefully picking up each CD or casette, one by one, and examining the album art. Today, album covers are little more than placeholder content for streaming services, but some enterprising artists have turned the old-school marketing collateral into new-school jokes. This week, we investigate the album cover meme.

Everyone over the age of 20 probably remembers the feeling – of going to a record store, browsing the aisles, carefully picking up each CD or casette, one by one, and examining the album art. Today, album covers are little more than placeholder content for streaming services, but some enterprising artists have turned the old-school marketing collateral into new-school jokes. This week, we investigate the album cover meme.

19 min

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