Updated: 4 November 2026

Album or single cover art

This prompt creates square cover art for a track in your genre, with a surreal, artistic image such as a glowing figure in a field of mirrors. Check that the title is spelled correctly, or add the text yourself afterwards.

image-album-cover-art — midjourney — 50 words

Square album cover art for a [GENRE] track called "[TITLE]". Surreal, artistic image of [SCENE, e.g. a glowing figure standing in a field of mirrors at dusk], grainy film texture, [COLOUR] palette, subtle vignette, small text "[ARTIST NAME]" in the corner. Looks great at 300x300 pixels. --ar 1:1 --style raw

Edit in the builder Copy & open Midjourney ↗Copy & open Gemini ↗Copy & open ChatGPT ↗

Stick to one strong image. Streaming apps show it very small.

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What you will get

A square, grainy, surreal cover with one clear scene in your colours and a small artist name in the corner, built to stay readable when it is shrunk to thumbnail size.

Common mistake

The artist name is spelled wrongly in the picture.

Fix: Keep only the artist name in the picture and leave the track title out. For bigger text, generate the artwork with empty space and add the words in Canva.

Also watch for

The scene is too busy to read at thumbnail size. Cut it to one subject and one background detail. Shrink the result to 300 pixels wide to test it, and simplify if you cannot tell what it shows.
The “--ar 1:1 --style raw” codes appear as stray text or are ignored. Those codes are for Midjourney. In Gemini or ChatGPT, delete them and write “square 1:1 picture, natural film look” instead.

Try a variation: podcast cover

Change “track called” to “podcast called”, make the scene one object tied to the topic, and swap the grain for a flat colour block so the title stays readable in small podcast apps.

Still not right? Add this and run it again

single central subject, bold shapes, high contrast, minimal background detail

FAQ

About this prompt

What size should album cover art be?

Many music distributors ask for a square image, often 3000 by 3000 pixels. Generate in the 1:1 shape, check the exact size your distributor asks for, and upscale or export at that size.