the album cover art for "red pill blues" is inspired by filters featured on the mobile app snapchat. the cover depicts all seven members of maroon 5 pictured on polaroid photographs with a filter on their faces. "we all use snapchat, and the filters have become a huge part of the culture", frontman adam levine told "billboard" in an october 2017 interview. "we thought it would be funny to take some more straight-ahead band photos and sprinkle in a little fun." guitarist james valentine added by saying "it's like, a part of the zeitgeist now. adam [levine] and his wife, they just love trading photos when we're touring and stuff. they're always doing those filter faces to each other, so i think it rose out of that. adam always has fun with that."