This poster for Miley Cyrus' new cover of 'Heart of Glass' (originally by blondie) contains historical context. The original song was released in the early 2000s, but the band became popular in the 70s with the new wave scene.
This poster for the 2020 cover has mise en scene which reflects that of the 70s & 80s - she has a mullet which was an extremely popular hairstyle from that time and bright red lipstick. She's also wearing a full mesh bodysuit which, while it is a more sexualised version that shows more skin, it reflects the mesh tops that were popularised in the 80s by both men and women.
The red serif font for 'Miley' is very similar to that of 'Blondie', as well as the singers blonde hair, another ode to the original band and the historical context of it. Miley's media team have used all of these things together to create nostalgia for older audiences who listened to Blondie on records and cassettes. This also brings in a new audience who grew up with Miley on their tv and have seen her 'rebellious stage' turn into this where she turns out to have a great voice and image for rock.
Blondie used more black and white binary opposition with the distinct parallel lines, this reflects the historical context of racism at the time that the band was popularised. This type of binary opposition was a fairly common art technique for albums at the time. Also, the lines directly link to the name of her album 'Parallel Lines'.
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ReplyDeleteIt is also interesting how Blondie made much more of black and white binary opposition - this also links to the historical context and you could consider why. Her album was called parallel Lines...