Album Cover Analysis 5 (Labrinth - Jealous)

"Jealous" is a song by English electronic musician Labrinth. Written with Josh Kear and Natalie Hemby, the song was released as the second singlefrom Labrinth's upcoming second album, Labrinth wrote "Jealous" in Nashville, Tennessee with Josh Kear and Natalie Hemby. It was produced by Labrinth and arranged by Gustave Rudman. The song, described as a "heart-breaking ballad" by MTV, is addressed to one of Labrinth's parents, who left the family when he was four years old. Speaking about the lyrical content of the song, Labrinth has offered the following explanation:

"A lot of people have been through that experience. It’s kind of written from the perspective of how my family felt at the time, but I wanted to write it so anyone could dig into the song and relate to it to their own situation". I like the cover art for this song by Labrinth because just by simply looking at it you can make up a picture in your mind of how deep this song actually goes, you can tell by Labrinth's facial expressions that he is deeply connected with his thoughts and he's reflecting on something very close and dear to him. When listening to the song the lyrics emotional affect the listener and it begins to strip down that person's emotional barrier and it makes you emotionally involved and connected towards the lyrics of the song as they are so meaningful and powerful. So many people view this song differently and choose to refer to it in different ways.  The colours on the art work aren't very bright and don't noticeably stand out too much. The writting "Jealous" in the top of the cover art is written in a sub dewed yellow, this could represent a low point in someone's life and their former light side being stripped down because of the emotional turmoil they may currently be involved in, hense why the yellow is much more dull than you'd expect, this yellow is also the border to the cover art.  From Labrinth's body language you can tell he is serious and he is very interested in his emotions, The lighting of his clothes however is light and he himself is the first thing that stands out when you see the album. This is a contrast towards the dark nature of the rest of the artwork, everything else is dull and lifeless except for labrinth who is light, this may metaphorically represent hope and for something bright to be coming.