Doja Cat has a brand new album underway referred to as Scarlet, and the paintings on the duvet appears to be like almost equivalent to the design on the duvet of German steel band Chaver’s upcoming album Of Gloom.
To be truthful, each covers function an illustration designed by artist Dusty Ray, in order that seemingly explains the similarities. The Scarlet cowl is white with a pink spider on it and a single drop of blood close to the highest, however no textual content. Of Gloom has a speckled cowl with a really, very comparable pink spider on it, in addition to a drop of blood, although the shapes of each the spider and the droplet are the slightest bit completely different than on Scarlet. Moreover, Chaver’s album has their emblem on the highest of the duvet and the title on the underside in a lot smaller font.
So that they’re virtually precisely alike… however not fairly. What makes the scenario even weirder is that each albums will probably be launched the identical day — Sept. 22.
Doja Cat shared the album artwork on her Instagram profile yesterday (Aug. 29), and credited Dusty Ray because the artist in her Instagram story. Upon looking Dusty Ray’s Instagram profile, you may see that there’s a lot of pink integrated all through the entire photographs on his feed that he illustrated. Lots of them are additionally horror themed, with loads of blood and gore, completely different sorts of bugs and different animals.
Spiders appear to be a recurring theme as effectively. The precise spider and droplet that seems on the entrance of the upcoming Chaver album was first designed in 2018, in keeping with one in all Dusty Ray’s 2022 posts. Chaver first unveiled the duvet of their album on their Instagram on July 29. Chaver’s followers appear to be making mild of the scenario, making references to Doja Cat’s album on one in all their current posts.
“Make a Doja shirt,” somebody wrote.
“Dusty obtained some ‘splainin’ to do,” one other particular person commented.
See photographs of each albums beneath.
It is unclear whether or not Doja Cat knew {that a} steel band was utilizing one in all Dusty Ray’s spider illustrations for his or her cowl, however she has actually expressed an curiosity in heavy music over the previous few years. Earlier this yr in an interview, the musician stated that she desires to make punk music in some unspecified time in the future.
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“I really feel like we have now sufficient pop-punk artists proper now. And if there must be extra, then let there be extra, however I do not suppose I am the one to do it,” she advised Selection. “I wish to discover extra of a uncooked, unfiltered, hardcore punk type of factor. It is simply one thing that I am doing for my very own private enjoyable — getting some drummers and guitarists collectively. And I do not even know if that is gonna make it on the market.”
Moreover, in late 2020, the pop artist carried out a steel remix of her hit tune “Say So” on the MTV Europe Music Awards, which took lots of her followers unexpectedly.
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