Album Cover

Overspeed Youths: Empathy, Frauds and Imaginary
Amber Li, 2021
9.84 * 4.72 inches

Artist Statement:
This album, Overspeed Youths: Empathy, Frauds and Imaginary Troops, is created by a Chinese band,
Fancy Wall. The lyrics show a class of women who are driven by their desire to be beautiful. It also
dovetails with the core of Grunge Rock- a protest against the increasingly empty soul of rock and roll
behind its increasingly opulent exterior.

The skyline of Lujiazui is shown in lettering. The lower part is the reflection of the building on the water.
It looks very faint. People don’t have any idea what they are chasing for. They don’t think about what
they really need, and are content with the superficial and the transient pleasures.
I use the silhouette of a beautiful woman. Using a money icon in the woman’s brain to represent it.
These kinds of people only have empty souls inside.
As for the color, I choose to use orange and blue as the dominant tone. It creates a high contrast
between each other. I also add a textured piece combined with the blue background, to give a messy
feeling to this cover.
The label at the left corner of the front cover is Parental Advisory Label. It is placed on audio recordings
when profanity or inappropriate allusions are detected, with the goal of alerting parents to material that
may be inappropriate for children. It is because there are some “special words” in the lyrics, so I put this
label here.