Single covers comparisons:

Years & Years' single cover for their song Desire is really interesting as it is a combination of colourful, morphed illustration. I think the alternate and fragmented illustrations show different emotional depictions such as screaming and sadness. Since this makes it look like a type of uneven jigsaw, I think this shows the painful separation of people who are in love and therefore the effects of gaining/losing 'desire.' Since it is also a multitude of different colours I think this also shows the different 'shades' of desire which links to the different emotions people can feel. The colour of the typography is also of significance too since it is red, this may connote a sense of danger that desire can lead to as well, which is emphasised by it being bold.

I really like Discloure and Lorde's single cover for their song "Magnets." I think it's interesting because it combines a simple three/four tone colour palette (black, white and two shades of blue) within and outside the boundaries of a symbolic and iconic illustration. This illustration is a drawing of the featured artist Lorde. What is iconic about the cover is the white drawing of the "Lorde's" face. In fact this is the same face used for Disclosure's single and album covers. It has become their trademark. What I find interesting about this, is it's symbolism. 

The colour blue symbolises sadness whilst the colours black and white are binary opposites. This therefore symbolises opposition which links to the song as it is about the separation of people in a relationship. The colours therefore connote a sense of sorrow as a result of separation which the song is about. It's also important to consider that the 'face' lacks character, it is anonymous and involute, it could reflect anyone and could BE anyone. This makes the cover and therefore the song so real, interesting and intriguing. I also like the different typography used, especially the swirled font used for the name of the song. This is something we could take into account in making our album cover, in order to make it look more interesting.

When creating our single and album covers I think it would be important if my group partner and I to consider both of these covers even if we didn't use one of these tracks for our music video. This is because both of these covers are really interesting and connote really thought provoking and intriguing meanings. I'd like it if we morphed different images and created some sort of collage a bit like Years & Years have done, but also think about the colour scheme and typography like Disclosure and Lorde did too. This research has definitely been useful and inspirational.