NME double page article analysis

In this double page article the artist featured is Tyler the creator this tells us that the target audience for this double page article are hip hop music fans and fans of Tyler the creator himself females and males alike. The language used in the magazine is mostly offensive and aggressive phrases such as “fucking boredom” and “Goblin is still the shit” tells us that this magazine article can be aimed at a younger audience who are most commonly are seen using such language and thus will understand what Tyler the creator is saying in this double page article more so than an adult would understand which also tells us that the style of this magazine is mostly about the cool music stars in the world and what they say, do and how they act.

Not much colour is used differently here besides the red coloured section on the second page of the double page article giving the audience a quick background check of Tyler the creator in case they don’t know who he is or where he came from. The style of text used in this double page article is mostly standard text and font varying from small letters to capital letters when there is a point to be made in the article and to create effect.

The double page article’s layout spreads text in columns below a few images that are put there and link to what is being talked about in the double page article itself this is done to give the audience a visual image about what is being talked about in the double page article. The double page article is also laid out with a coloured red section that mentions the artists full bio completely unrelated to the actual story in the article and is placed there just for future reference.

The majority of the pages of the double page article are taken up by text while the remaining majority is taken up by the images as seen simply by looking at the double page articles layout.

In the double page article the text doesn’t address the user directly or even indirectly because this double page article is centred on the artist’s current and past life so the audience only reads and gets information on the artists life and not much else.

In this double page article the artist is represented as a party person, king of hip hop and a very social person. We see him as a party person from the two images of him having fun and partying on stage and joining in with the crowd. We see him portrayed as a king of rap through the picture of him with a crown and jewellery on suggesting to the audience that he is the king of hip hop music as seen from the props he using in the image. Finally we see Tyler as a very social person through the remaining images of him with people who appear to be his friends in many of the images Tyler and these people are seen smiling which contributes to the fact that they may be friends which makes the audience believe that Tyler may be a very social person unlike your average black music star.

The style of the double page article matches the style of the front cover in a sense that Tyler the creator is the main subject of both the front cover and the double page article. Also the style of Tyler being a king or royalty on the front cover is incorporated onto the images on the double page article.

The article does not really demand any prior knowledge about the artist being mentioned in the double page article. This is because the creators of the double page article included a particular section unrelated to the article in the double page article. This section includes a full bio of the artist being mentioned in the article so that those who don’t know the artist being mentioned in the double page article gain some information about whom they are reading about.