Animal Crossing Fans Are Recreating Album Covers With K.K. Slider

By now, it should come as no surprise that Animal Crossing: New Horizons players are an extremely [...]

By Rollin Bishop - April 22, 2020 11:52 am EDT

By now, it should come as no surprise that Animal Crossing: New Horizons players are an extremely active, industrious lot, and that extends to fan art. A new hot trend among folks playing or interested in the latest and greatest iteration of the Nintendo franchise is to recreate various album covers from all sorts of genres and bands as if K.K. Slider, Animal Crossing's music-playing dog, had put them out. And it's glorious.

Basically, K.K. Slider is Animal Crossing's resident rock star. The character plays a variety of songs, some of which clearly seem inspired by actual songs, and in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, folks can actually purchase individual singles to then play via in-game items like stereo systems. These singles have their own little album art associated with them, and that appears to be at least partially responsible for the fan art trend. It also just seems like a fun thing to do, given that K.K. Slider is an adorable character on his own.

These recreations, as mentioned above, range wildly in source material. Folks have crafted a K.K. Slider version of everything from Gorillaz's Demon Days to Evanescence's Fallen, and it doesn't seem like it's going to stop at any point soon. After all, there are a plethora of different albums out there, all with different fans, and more come out all the time. It seems like a given that we can likely to expect to see the next hot release get a K.K. Slider take in short order.

Have you been playing Animal Crossing: New Horizons? How do you feel about all the K.K. Slider fan art? Let us know in the comments, or hit me up directly on Twitter at @rollinbishop to talk all things gaming!

Keep scrolling to check out all of the incredible K.K. Slider album covers from fans! Animal Crossing: New Horizons is currently available for Nintendo Switch. The next big free update featuring new characters, upgrades, and more is set to release this tomorrow, April 23rd. You can check out all of our previous coverage of Animal Crossing: New Horizons right here.

K.K. Slider Album Covers #1

K.K. Slider parody album covers is exactly the kind of chaotic art trend I crave in these times. @animalcrossing @troyesivan #AnimalCrossingNewHorizons pic.twitter.com/gLjNWHcybm
— Costa (@CosmicGl0w) April 21, 2020

K.K. Slider Album Covers #2

Yours is so cute! Here's mine! pic.twitter.com/vOhARhfUpP
— NekoNico (@TasteofEnvy) April 22, 2020

K.K. Slider Album Covers #3

cosmic explorer is my fave kk album 🚀🐶☄️🌌#AnimalCrossing pic.twitter.com/AkipcwHhry
— michelle! 🐟 (@eelbeats) April 21, 2020

K.K. Slider Album Covers #4

My contribution to the K.K. meme pic.twitter.com/pihrOi7Lkn
— Henry Guerra (@Primeslimee) April 22, 2020

K.K. Slider Album Covers #5

my K.K. Slider collection pic.twitter.com/Wf6mGKMv90
— Matt Cummings (@EiffelArt) April 21, 2020

K.K. Slider Album Covers #6

K.K. Slider album redraw #AnimalCrossing pic.twitter.com/cpj4rsxb6j
— kin (@selgrais) April 21, 2020

K.K. Slider Album Covers #7

WHEW got that out of my system pic.twitter.com/PgWcjj3szM
— ellen 🌱 alsop (@space_ellien) April 20, 2020

K.K. Slider Album Covers #8

ANOTHER pic.twitter.com/tojaaOw4Ou
— ellen 🌱 alsop (@space_ellien) April 20, 2020

K.K. Slider Album Covers #9

okay one more pic.twitter.com/7CvKg7Z1h1
— ellen 🌱 alsop (@space_ellien) April 21, 2020

K.K. Slider Album Covers #10

joining the K.K. album covers pic.twitter.com/jBnSOpjXn8
— melissa coleman🍑 (@_mlktea) April 21, 2020

K.K. Slider Album Covers #11

ok goodnight lmao #kkslider pic.twitter.com/ByTph2y3CA
— DevilBombers @ NIER 👀 (@DevilBombers) April 21, 2020