Front Cover
Nicki Minaj, Pink Friday: the text is written along the bottom of the cover in a light grey front in contrast with the word “pink” which is written in a different font and colour. Which defines the whole purpose and ideology of the album concept; the Barbie style and iconography gives a insight into her persona and colours that surround and represent her as a individual. Which connotes the concept of a girly look yet surreal atmosphere being deliver here. The font almost looks like it been written in pink lipstick again keeping the ideology of ‘Barbie’. The rest of the text ‘Nicki Minaj’ and ‘Friday’ is in a thin, grey, capital font on the white background looking very calm and relax, yet it still stands out and captures audience response. The colour pink takes prominence on ‘Nicki Minaj Pink Friday’ cover reinforcing her conventional ‘Barbie’ style, which has become an iconic image for Nicki and her fan base. Her bright pink hair on a baby pink organza material all on the background. The image is a long shot of the artist with a slight high angle; making her seem small to contradict her long legs she ‘supposedly’ has, she is sat down on the backdrop of a solid pink background linking to the album title and her ‘Barbie’ persona. The whole ideology of the Barbie dolls reinforced with her plastic, flawless appearance fits in with Laura Muvley concept of the Male Gaze. ( the idea of a women conforming to a male fantasy within the media industry)
Back cover
The background colour is a light shade of pink, which fades into white; giving the image a more sophisticated look, than just block colours. The tracks numbers are in a dark grey colour but still manage to keep within the neutral themes, while the track titles are in white- which evidently makes it clearer and concise for the reader. This is the deluxe edition; therefore there are two extra tracks, again written in a darker grey colour. Along the bottom on the cover is all the additional information, including producers and technical workers who helped create the album, company logos, parental advisory logo and the anti-piracy warning. Lastly, on the spines there are two strips of a darker pink colour, with the artist name and album title. Image: it’s a long shot of Nicki crouched down on the floor, in a flamboyant, organza pink dress with high heels platform bubblegum pink boots and her bright pink hair- which again embeds the ideology of this typical Barbie icon image with a twist of her own personality. Her posture is straight; she is pouting and has placed her hand in a graceful, yet royal way, to mimic upper class, elite people. This presents her to be very humorous person, which is conveyed through her facial expression and body language.
