Björk album covers day 4: Vulnicura

Who else is mesmerized by these outlandish legs? I still cannot tell if they are real or the artist just stretched them—they are uncannily straight, and where are the knees? But it's Björk, the well-known shapeshifting queen, and everything is possible.

She appears before us in a naughty latex suit, yet she clearly not in a playful mood. Her face expresses deepest sorrow, and there's a gaping hole in her chest. Is it a vaginal symbol, or an open wound? Is she covered with dandelion fluff, or pierced by a myriad of arrows like St. Sebastian? Every detail in the picture holds multiple meanings—and Björk herself does too: she's a lover, she's a martyr.

I genuinely like this cover (especially that fresh palette of colors, ahh) but perhaps I like others slightly more. Maybe it's the darkness radiating from Björk here that alienates me?..

7/10, 7th place.