The digipack for Lady Gaga's album "The Fame Monster" features dark imagery to portray the darker side of her personality, in contrast to her normally brighter public persona. The front cover shows Gaga with black hair and running eyeliner. The insert photos further depict her in a depressed, contemplative state. Only the back cover shows the happier, famous version of Gaga that audiences are more familiar with through her blond hair and use of diamonds, reinforcing the album title.
3. Front cover of the Digipack
O The front cover is straight to the point, it tells the audience who
the artist is and what the name of the album is. Both titles are in
bold white writing which would attract people to this album if it
was on a shelf in a shop.
O Lady Gaga is well known for being ‘strange’, that is why she
wanted this digipack to be ‘dark and edgier’ than anything she
had ever done before.
O We can see this from the black hair (of which
she is normally blond) and the eyeliner running
down her face. Shows the darker depressing
side of her.
4. Insert of the Digipack
O As we can see the insert of the digipack is just as dark and
depressing. The two middle pictures on the insert show two
different angles of her sitting in the same position.
O This theme connotes the darker side of her showing her feelings,
as singer/songwriters are known to express their feelings and
emotions through their music.
5. Back cover of the Digipack
O The back of this digipack goes against the theme of the rest of
the digipack , as most of it is depressing or dark. While the back
cover connotes a happier and more well known Lady Gaga,
with her blond hair and black.
O On the edge of her glasses the name of the album is shown,
this is to reinstate the name of the album of the audience.
O The other side of her glasses are covered
in diamonds, this goes well with the idea
of fame, because if your famous, you are
rich meaning you could have money and
diamonds.