The advert for P!nk's album "Funhouse" features a simple mid shot portrait image of the artist. P!nk is wearing a plain red crop top and blue jeans which reveals her upper chest, arms and stomach. The red coloured top can be related to themes of love, romance, blood and fire which all wouldn't be too distant themes for a P!nk song.The artist's pose can be applied to Sigmund Freud's music theory of Exhibitionism where a star confidently shows off to the audience using particularly their body to do so. This can attract the "Male Gaze" and voyeurism adding to the male demographic of the product.
Her tattoo can be seen on her wrist and behind her ear which shows her to be a more rebellious character. This, in addition to her dark eye liner, ear and nose piercing allows us to assume she is influenced by the punk movement despite being a pop artist. Her short, stylised and dyed hair is reminiscent of the flappers look from the 1920's era in America. This further supports the idea that she is independent and powerful without having to rely on anyone, especially men.
There is a large emphasis on the heart patterned tie she is wearing. She is pulling the tie away from her as if she is being strangled by it. This metaphorically could describe the 'choke-hold' that emotions and love has on a person when they are in a relationship. It connotes all the negative emotions and pain felt in a visual and obvious manner for the audience to see.
In terms of calligraphy, the font is is same font and colour used on her album digipak/cover which links the two media texts together. Additional information includes the release date which is superimposed in white over the top of the main image as well as the album name! This re-emphasises that the date is just as important or more so inviting audience members to buy it on the release day.
