you may think it's very superficial but it plays a big part in appeal when catching someone's eye as they're scrolling through their streaming/music service. companies been getting real real lazy lately, it's always some geometric design/drawing/or the group logo on one background color with the title of the group and album at the top and bottom... it's b o r i n g.
if you're given the chance to show of the aesthetics + visuals of the members, you should go for it.. and it's a shame because the music is actually good. artwork rarely works but when it does, it's amazing. and you don't need a title on the cover to convey what it is lol, and even if you do, at least make it nice to look at!
i'm not gonna provide examples of those cause i don't want to cause *drama* but here are some album covers done right/that we should see more of in k-pop (and yes some of them actually are k-pop)
share ur thoughts below though! (if you think some of the generic k-pop covers are better than these-> ur a liar n i know it)