Is <em>This</em> The Cover To The New Britney Spears Album? (Please Say No, Please Say No)
Sadly yes, it probably is, having been officially confirmed by People.
But how many fake Blackout covers are floating around on the Internet? About a billion at last count, and even with the People confirmation, you’d be forgiven for assuming that this is just another fake. Could this this orange and yellow and fuzzy pink grotesquery actually have been OK’d by Zomba? Let’s take a closer look:
NO WAY THIS IS IT:
1.) It apparently uses a photo that’s been lying around for months. (Dead giveaway?) 2.) Any art director who approved this many competing Photoshop filters would be busted down to mail clerk and not allowed near a pack of Crayolas.
YES WAY, THIS IS IT:
1.) The “proof” offered at Oh No They Didn’t: a series of screenshots taken from Sony/BMG’s press website, using this very cover to advertise the album’s new 10/30 release date. (Either that, or they’re insanely detailed fake screenshots by someone with way, way, way too much time on their hands. Which would be the only thing scarier than this cover.) 2.) It is hurlworthy and weirdly hypnotizing and yet really no uglier than any other Britney Spears album cover.
Frankly I’m still torn, but I wouldn’t be surprised to see this staring at me from the racks at Best Buy in three weeks.
