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The explicit content label for your cover art — 17 styles, from the classic black-and-white label to grunge and Warning! Explicit Content. Each in black and white, PNG with a transparent background. Click a logo and download the file you need.

Styles in the set

Parental Advisory Explicit Content is the warning label for explicit lyrics on a music release cover. Every style has its own page with two files: black for light backgrounds and white for dark ones, transparent PNG, no sign-up or payment.

Classic, Grunge stamp, Grunge brush, Explicit Lyrics stamp, Oval, bold type, Oval, italic type, Oval, warped type, Hand sketch, Rounded pill, Chrome pill, Blurred pill, Thin line, Explicit Content, graffiti, Explicit Content, engraved, Explicit Content, bold, Warning! in an oval, Warning! extended.

Questions and answers

The Parental Advisory label: what it is and how to use it

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It warns of explicit language or mature themes in the lyrics. The label was introduced by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in 1985 and has been printed on album and single covers with explicit content ever since.

Streaming services flag a track as Explicit from the distributor’s metadata, not from the artwork, so the label on the cover is tradition and design rather than a requirement. But if the track has explicit lyrics, you do need to tick Explicit when uploading the release — otherwise the platform may take it down.

Transparent PNG, each style in black and white. Downloads are free with no sign-up: use the label on your cover art, snippets, stories and release promo.

For a classic-release look, take the classic label — black frame with a white fill. Use the white version on dark backgrounds and the black one on light backgrounds. Grunge, sketch and Warning! suit covers where the label becomes part of the design.

Traditionally in the bottom right or bottom left corner, inset from the edge, about one eighth of the cover width. That keeps it visible in the player and at 3000×3000 without covering the title.