The poster depicts the UK hip-hop artist Dirty Dike holding a large amount of beers, representing how youth use alcohol and drugs to escape pressures and enter a more favorable but destructive state of mind. The graffiti-style font and paint drops reference Dirty Dike's origins in the streets and his representation of street culture. The predominantly gray color scheme suggests feelings of disconnection and detachment within society that are reflected in much of this genre of music.

1. I chose to annotate anotherartists
tour poster,thatbeingdirtydike as
he is one of the artistsinthe song I
chose but alsobecause he isinHigh
focuswhichisthe label that
dominatesthistype of UKhip-hop.
The font forthe artist’sname inthis
posterisdifferentfromthe others
seeminglikegraffitiwithpaintdrops
scatteredaroundthe writingwitha
purple shadow.Thissupportsthe
ideathat the genre andthe artists
representandcome fromthe street
and the youthsof the street.With
the graffiti bothinfrontand behind
him, possiblysymbolisinghisorigin
and future frombeingsocieties
outcast to representingthem.
The artist isholdingalarge and
seeminglyoverproportionate
amountof beerswhichresembling
the needto be intoxicatedbyyouths
whojustwant to have fun.But the
conceptis apparentinmyvideo
usingalcohol anddrugsto escape
the pressuresof realityandentera
more favourable yetdestructive
state of mind.Thisisa relative
feature inmostmusicgenreswith
alcohol anddrugs oftentalkedoff
withLSD by ASAPRockyattracting
millionsof viewsonYouTube,thus
provinga significantpointof
interestandrelatabilitywithin
society.
The colour scheme inthisposterisblandwitha large
use of greybothon the backgroundcolourbut also
the artistsclothing,thisbeinganunemotionaland
detachedcolouraccordingto colourpsychology.This
isapparentas many artistsand audience members
see themselvesasdisconnectedandremovedfrom
the rest of those aroundthem. The lookin general is
a testamentinhiseyesof howboringthe worldisin
manyways.