Does the artwork for singles not matter anymore?
Both iTunes and YouTube retroactively change an artist’s single cover to match the album cover it is set to appear on. (Not sure about other services - anyone else have this issue or see it as an issue?)
Two examples I have encountered recently are Madison Beer’s Home To Another One and Kylie’s Padam Padam. On iTunes and YouTube Music the artwork has been changed to match the album cover. And in the case of iTunes, I bought both these songs and now if I sync my phone the album artwork is going to change.
I’m sure 10’s of people work to create a single cover, even if they are just music video stills and now people can’t enjoy them. Aren’t they created for a reason, to create a vibe with the song? Why are they changing them?
Now Home To Another One is now a “brown-earthy†picture and not a “spacey-blue†one anymore. Although, to be honest Home To Another One has been changed to the single cover of Spinning, which I’m not even sure is going to be the album cover.
I can’t really complain about Padam because the Tension album cover is amazing to me. (Do people have such important colour connections to songs as I do?â€