David Bowie’s last gift to fans: the "Blackstar" album cover has hidden artwork

David Bowie's legacy is stronger than ever, especially after his untimely death. And there are, apparently, more treasures to be uncovered and shared with his faithful supporters. The latest is a parting gift the White Duke left his fans and has recently been discovered - by chance. Indeed there's an easter egg hidden within the artwork of his final album "Blackstar".

As "FACT" reports, when placed directly under sunlight, the album’s artwork transforms into a field of glowing stars. Once the light source is removed, the stars fade away. Beware: this happens only with the vinyl version and, unfortunately, the cd cover doesn't have this feature.

Recently the designer of the album's artwork, Jonathan Barnbrook, talked about the whole process in an interview with "Dezeen":

It’s subsided a bit now, but a lot of people said it was a bullshit cover when it came out, that it took five minutes to design. But I think there is a misunderstanding about the simplicity. This was a man who was facing his own mortality. The Blackstar symbol, rather than writing ‘Blackstar,’ has as a sort of finality, a darkness, a simplicity, which is a representation of the music. [...] The idea of mortality is in there, and of course the idea of a black hole sucking in everything, the Big Bang, the start of the universe, if there is an end of the universe. These are things that relate to mortality.