David Bowie has revealed the artwork for his new album, Blackstar.

The literal-minded art features a black star on a white background.

Blackstar marks Bowie's first studio release since 2013's The Next Day.

It is his 25th studio album and will be released via Columbia Records on his 69th birthday, January 8, 2016.

Bowie recently shared a two-minute teaser of the album's title track via a new short film directed by Johan Renck.

The Blackstar video features a young woman walking the ruins of an old city, a bejeweled skull, men convulsing/dancing to the beat of a drummer, people crucified on scarecrow posts and, finally, Bowie himself, holding a black star-adorned book and staring into the sky.