First Front Cover Draft

This is my first draft for my front cover. I got some feedback on my cover from my target auidence, some good aspects were brought up and some improvement were also brought up. It was helpful as it means I get lots of other peoples opinions rather than just my own.
The strengths of my cover were:
-it is very bright and colourful
-a variety of fonts have been used
-very clear masthead
-it is symmetrical, with coverlines like wrapped round the image
-the bottom half, with the star and box stands out alot
The weaknesses were:
-doesn't immediately connote the genre of pop
-the image is more drum and bass type music
-need a barcode and price
-could add a light coloured background possibly


So, in order to improve on my cover, I plan on going out and taking more images. I need to make the model on my front cover image fit the genre of pop better. I may have to change the clothing to make it more like what guys in boybands would wear. I could also consider altering my masthead slightly, to again make it fit my genre better and to make it more 'girly'. I want viewers to easily recognise my magazine as being a pop magazine, so hopefully after the changes it would work better and immediately connote the genre of pop without any confusion.