Sky Ferreira has defended the controversial artwork for her forthcoming debut album 'Night Time, My Time'.
The image, which features the singer naked in the shower, was shot by Gasper Noè, who has previously directed films such as Enter the Void and Irréversible and recently worked on the video for Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' 'We No Who U R'.
Now, in an interview with Stereogum,
Ferreira has defended the image and claimed it was not designed to help boost publicity and album sales. "I don’t really feel like my left nipple is all that important," she says. "I don’t really have an issue with nudity. It’s not the first time I’ve shot topless either. I don’t really find anything wrong with being topless. My mom and I used to go tanning at the beach topless. So I don’t really look at it as a sexual thing."
On the subject of the artwork being a publicity stunt, the singer adds:
"It’s like, are you kidding me? I’d sell way more if I just put a picture of my face. That’s the fact. I’d sell more copies of me just looking cute. That’s what sells more. That’s what sells at Wal-Mart. Not someone in a bathtub looking like they’re about to kill someone. Topless."
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