This overall idea, is a take on 'Alice in Wonderland' and the entire image is dominated by the colour pink. These are obvious contributions to the artist's personal preferences as she takes interest in the concept of 'Alice in Wonderland' and her magnificent adventures but manipulates the idea to fit in with her love for the colour pink; hence the subtle tribute within her album title: 'Pink Friday'!
Her facial expression conveys a weariness or a curious interest in something distance that we cannot see, just as the character of Alice would. Moreover, her baby pink, doll dress, silver bow and flawless face suggests that she is attempting to seem as innocent and perfect as fairytale characters are. However her fingerless gloves, her tattoo on her arm and the 'parental advisory' label suggests that as opposed to her visual representation, her music it not very innocent and fairytale-like as these assets convey a sense of rebellion and contradiction when placed in the same region as the fairytale-like scene. Nicki Minaj's tattoo can reflect where she is from or her upbringing which alongside her fingerless gloves, could suggest that she is in fact a real person in a fantasy land; Wonderland.
Overall, I think this CD cover in particular conveys a combination of both her music and the way she wishes to be portrayed alongside the music. She is a talented yet somewhat explicit rap artist, who has a pretty face and presents herself through a lady-like image, almost to contradict typical connotations of rap artists as trainer-wearing and tough-looking gangsters by appearing as this delicate and angelic young woman.
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