Editing Homogenic (section)

== Title and artwork ==
[[File:Alexander McQueen by FashionWirePress.jpg|thumbnail|right|upright|The album cover for ''Homogenic'' was produced by close friend [[Alexander McQueen]] (''pictured''), who also directed one of the two music videos for "[[Alarm Call]]".]]
The album's production began with the working title of ''Homogeneous'', but Björk changed it to ''Homogenic'' shortly afterwards.<ref name="Pytlik119" /> Björk wanted to create an album with "a simple sound" and "only one flavour",<ref name="Pytlik119" /> hence the title. The title has also been speculated to be suggesting the concept of home, which Björk had said to be incorporating into ''Homogenic'' in an interview with [[Jam!]]:
{{blockquote|"I'm really seeking after something that's Icelandic. And I want it to be more me, this album. ''[[Debut (Björk album)|Debut]]'' and ''[[Post (Björk album)|Post]]'' are a bit like the [[The Adventures of Tintin|Tin Tin]] books. Sort of [[Tintin in the Congo|Tin Tin goes to Congo]]. [[Tintin in Tibet|Tin Tin goes to Tibet]]. So it's all these different flavors, me sort of trying all these different things on, which is very exciting, but now I think it's a bit more Björk goes home."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://classicalbumsundays.com/album-of-the-month-bjork-homogenic/|title=The Story of Björk 'Homogenic'|first=Colleen|last=Murphy|website=Classic Album Sundays|date=4 September 2017|access-date=1 October 2021}}</ref>}}

The themes of ''Homogenic'' are reflected in the album cover designed by [[Alexander McQueen]]. According to McQueen biographer Andrew Wilson, Björk approached McQueen after seeing the futuristic image of model [[Devon Aoki]] in the February 1997 edition of [[Visionaire]]. Dressed by McQueen and photographed by [[Nick Knight (photographer)|Nick Knight]], who shot the ''Homogenic'' cover as well, Aoki wears a pink funnel-necked dress with her skin cast in a blueish metallic hue, one eyeball blankly white, a large safety pin closing a slash through her forehead, and her hair pulled into tight buns as she challenges the camera with a direct gaze.<ref>{{harvnb|Wilson|2015|p=196}}</ref>

Björk explained her vision for the ''Homogenic'' cover, which carries a resemblance to "someone who is put into an impossible situation, so impossible that she has to become a warrior. A warrior who has to fight not with weapons, but with love. I had 10 kilos of hair on my head, and special contact lenses and a manicure that prevented me from eating with my fingers, and gaffer tape around my waist and high clogs so I couldn't walk easily."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1998-05-15-9805150404-story.html |title=Warrior Bjork |work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=15 May 1998 |access-date=15 May 2019 |last=Kot |first=Greg |author-link=Greg Kot}}</ref>