When Futureverse Studios was asked to design the cover art for Tisha Campbell’s 2015 single Steel Here, we were given something often unheard of in the industry: full creative freedom. No brief. No storyboard. Just trust. And with a song rooted in healing and reclamation, the art had to reflect who Tisha is now, not the shadows she’s walked through.

Her gaze became the anchor. Clear, steady, unguarded. Two portals pulling you into the truth of her present self. Not a retelling of trauma, but a woman choosing her own narrative in real time.

Another intentional choice: the name “Tisha,” standing alone. No last name. No industry spin. Just a first name reclaiming its own authority.

In the music video, directed by Viktorija Pashuta, Tisha used excerpts from a real apology letter painted across her skin to confront the residue of early childhood wounds. I didn’t replicate the text for the cover, but I channeled its energy. That moment when someone looks in the mirror and sees not hurt, but the will to rise.

Everything unnecessary fell away. No body. No props. No noise. Just her face, carrying both the forgiveness she’s spoken of publicly and the steel beneath it.

When the single dropped, listeners called the visuals "powerful", "honest", and "brave". The imagery ran alongside features on BET, The Steve Harvey Show, VIBE, Billboard, and more as Tisha united with B.Slade, producer of both the single and the larger album project.

With no boundaries, I approached the art like a fusion of portraiture and confession - minimalist, intimate, emotionally weighted. The goal wasn’t nostalgia. It was revelation.

Steel Here wasn’t just a single. It was a statement. And I’m honored Futureverse Studios was trusted to frame that Moment.

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