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Virgil album memes. Pop smoke s label unveiled the album cover for the late rapper s upcoming posthumous album designed by designer virgil abloh but fans of the artist hated the artwork so much the label is having to go back to the drawing board. Less than a month after catching flack for a paltry donation to bail funds for protesters the. Virgil abloh has once again found himself as the butt of the internet s jokes this time for his design prowess. In your memory i just finished it yesterday.
Some of the comments and memes hurled on twitter were clear indications of just how disgruntled fans were. It was designed by off white ceo virgil abloh and pop s fans hated it. He mentioned his story felt like the metaphor of a rose thorns growing from concrete of of his hood in canarsie brooklyn. After fans sounded off on their disapproval of the cover art for pop smoke s debut album designed by virgil abloh the late rapper s team is going back to the drawing board.
Label head steven victor tweeted they are. Pop smoke deserves better than that cover g. I gotta call foul when i see it. Designer virgil abloh has elicited outrage and provided social media with meme material yet again.
Many said that it looked like abloh put very little effort into the cover and just used the first image he found on google. This album cover was one of like 5 things we talked about. Graphic by drew litowitz. As evident of the whole idea the t shirt insinuates it s.
The album s tracklist was also revealed. And a plethora of memes dominated the timeline mocking abloh s work. Virgil abloh has yet to respond to the backlash but he s running on a tight deadline considering the album is supposed to drop this friday july 3. Virgil abloh s lackluster art concept for pop smoke s debut album.
Virgil abloh copying and pasting pop smoke s face on microsoft paint for his album cover wrote one person. In a since deleted instagram post abloh touched on the design cues and said he had. Famed designer virgil abloh best known for his use of quotation marks came under immense public ridicule when the artwork for pop smoke s debut posthumous release shoot for the stars aim for the moon was not at all appreciated by fans abloh who once tweeted that design is the freshest scam in 2012 finally got caught up in one.