Album cover analysis

This album cover is by the artist Tinie Tempah and is titled “Discovery”.

Tinie Tempah has become a huge success in recent years and this album cover relates to hisnew found sense of having the world (music industry) in his hands, due to the status and power hehas gained within the industry due to mass fan base.
He is the main focus of the cover, with what is clear to be the world in his arms, showing a real sense of control and ownership, connotating the previous ideas of his newly gained power over the music industry.
The colour scheme shows to be black and white wih only breif areas of colour, however the black background clearly signifys the night sky/space. Making Tinie seem “out of this world”, emphasised by the glow surrounding from which would be thought to be coming from a star, which once again connotes the idea that he has become as star and is currently 'shining' (making impact) on the music industry.
In the image Tinie is sitting with his hands locked together leaning slightly forward, showing his clear engagement with the audience and in a way showing a connection as if to say 'you are apart of this and my success',giving the audience a real sence of in interaction with the artist.

Finally we see how the use of clothing and in this case mainly the sunglasses, creates a mysterious feel towards tinie and connotes an idea that he is still not completly out in the open and still has is own potential locke away , which can create the idea that that he is not just a one hit wonder, it also displays from this his lack in vunerability and the way in which he still has his own controlled, strong characteristic which cannot be attacked by th likes of the media.