Benny Blanco just revealed the album cover for his upcoming release, beautifuland divided fans on social media, with most not receiving it well.
The 37-year-old music producer will release beautiful on August 14, and the album cover is his own face distorted to look like a cartoon.
Many fans found it arrogant to call an album ‘beautiful’ (translated from Spanish) and have your own face as the cover, while others criticized the distortion of a human face.
Shortly after the album was revealed, it went viral on social media.
Reacting to the reveal, one X user wrote: “What mask? It’s there” and “So cute it’s ugly,” another added.
More found an uncanny resemblance to The Weeknd’s album art style, writing “Kinda Copy The Weeknd” and “He thinks he’s the Weeknd.”
While others added: “Beautiful. Truly beautiful. Never change your king (please change)” and “Just when you think things aren’t getting worse…”
So far Blanco has not responded to the criticism.
