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Taylor Swift created her album cover, however her face is not shown but actually cropped off. This could suggest that she doesn't need to reveal herself as her audience already know who she is. This makes her seem quite arrogant as she believes the audience will automatically know who she is.

Taylor Swift also signed her album cover but just signed her initials. This also suggests that she is adamant that her target audience know her even without her face in the polaroid.

She also included her birth year. Again this suggests her arrogance. However, this could also be an indication to make it personal as most of Taylor swift's songs are related to her age. For example, her song 22 is mainly based on her age while also relating to the audience through her lyrics, as if she is singing directly singing to them. Therefore, this is why she may of included her birth date on her album cover.

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Demi Lovato is covered in metallic paint and is naked. This could denote her new 'edgy' image as she may be trying to create the idea that she is no longer a Disney star. This is also done throughout the video towards the end where she does a rude hand gesture which wouldn't fit the typical Disney star.

Although Demi Lovato's face is presented on her album cover, her eyes are not directly looking at the camera. This could indicate that she is quite arrogant towards her audience as she believes that it is inevitable that her fans will know who she is without having to look directly at the camera. This also links in with her name as it is written spaced out and doesn't include her surname once again believing that her audience will know who is with without having to express too much.

Her hair, makeup and just her image in general is presented in a dark way. This could also represent her new 'adult' look and that she is no longer a teenage pop sensation who would usually be presented in bright colours relating to Disney.

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Rita Ora's hat could portray her 'teenaged' side as you usually wouldn't see an adult in a hat. As well as that, the teenager fashion are extremely popular with hats as it expresses their image.

Rita Ora is presented wearing red lipstick. This could also be associated with her image. Red is known to be a bold colour. This could be indicating that she is wanting to be noticed e.g. teenaged girls going to parties with red lipstick on. As well as this, the colour red is associated with love and this could be her way of seducing her audience mainly targeting her male fans.

The text of the name of her song is presented as if its been spray painted on a brick wall. This could be linking with the fact that some teenagers are known to have vandalised property due to spray painting. This could denote her way of reaching out to her specific teenaged target audience despite not being a teenager herself.

Rita Ora's hair could be another way of expressing her teenaged partying image. Having curled hair could be associated with teenaged girls going out to parties so they have to 'look approachable' by fixing their hair.

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The artist's name and the whistle are both red. This is to maybe emphasis the fact that his song is called 'Whistle'. This is a good way of connecting with the artist as they are both the same colour.

The text and the picture may be also in red because red represents lust and a seductive vibe. This element could represent his video due to the girls half dressed and partying.

The album cover has a blurred background. This could suggest the 'drunken' atmosphere that was presented in the video as they were all drinking and partying. It may have been emphasised on the album cover to symbolise the carelessness and the fun side to not remembering anything when you party and drink.

The artist's song Whistle is presented both as a picture and in written format on his album cover. Again this could be a way of emphasising lost thoughts when involved with alcohol so he is may be trying to 'remind' them of his song name.

The background is a light blue colour. This could represent the clear sky which is the main convention in the video. Having a clear sky background could suggest that his video is all about summer and nice weather which may be the reason as to why this is the album cover background.

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The artist's name and the whistle are both red. This is to maybe emphasis the fact that his song is called 'Whistle'. This is a good way of connecting with the artist as they are both the same colour.

The text and the picture may be also in red because red represents lust and a seductive vibe. This element could represent his video due to the girls half dressed and partying.

The album cover has a blurred background. This could suggest the 'drunken' atmosphere that was presented in the video as they were all drinking and partying. It may have been emphasised on the album cover to symbolise the carelessness and the fun side to not remembering anything when you party and drink.

The artist's song Whistle is presented both as a picture and in written format on his album cover. Again this could be a way of emphasising lost thoughts when involved with alcohol so he is may be trying to 'remind' them of his song name.

The background is a light blue colour. This could represent the clear sky which is the main convention in the video. Having a clear sky background could suggest that his video is all about summer and nice weather which may be the reason as to why this is the album cover background.