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Decoding Roisin Murphy's 'You Know Me Better' single sleeve

  • February 18, 2008
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Roisin's 'You Know Me Better' single is out in a few weeks and, as is now customary, she's accom­pa­ny­ing it with some stunning 'n' stylish sleeve artwork. But what does it all mean? 

1. This is a pint of Guinness. Roisin is Irish and is therefore con­trac­tu­ally obliged to bang on about Guinness at every bloody oppor­tun­ity morning noon and night. 

2. 'Keys on the table'. We're not sure if this means what we think it means. We hope it means something else.

3. A lampshade. Roisin will wear this on her head for the next single sleeve.

4. In a fatal twist, only moments after this pho­to­graph was taken Roisin's headgear, inflated using hydrogen, ignited and sent the singer tumbling to the floor where, in pop's own tragic answer to the Hindenburg disaster, her head exploded, killing hundreds.

5. Roisin's blind date for the evening. "Don't wear anything too fancy, love, we're only going to the pub." The date is not going well.

6. If you think Roisin's headgear is out­land­ish, this little number, sported by the lady with the blonde hair, is something else! It's designed to look like a two dimen­sional sticker and is attached using superglue. 

7. Just behind Roisin's hat you can see a special disc presented by EMI to acknow­ledge more than 100 copies sold of the current album. 

So that's Roisin's new single sleeve. In case you were interested.

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