Eternal Atake

With the surprise release of Lil Uzi Vert's highly anticipated 2nd studio album Eternal Atake, fans are quick to judge, analyzing every lyric as well as the cover art itself. On July 31st 2018 Lil Uzi Vert first teased the album posting to his instagram the unofficial cover art for Eternal Atake which people quickly realized was a reference to a famous cult called heavens gate.

The meaning to the words Eternal Atake are very straight forward and it simply means to take over forever. That his album will be so powerful that it takes over the world. Obviously it is far fetched to say an album could take over the world but Uzi means it in the sense that it will provoke a powerful response from its listeners and will be heard all over the world. Meaning is given to the album art by referencing heavens gate logo but instead of saying heavens gate it says Eternal Atake. Uzi also makes reference to the imagery of the keyhole using it on his cover art for the single New Patek. 

Heavens Gate was an American UFO religious millenarian cult based near San Diego. It was founded in 1974 and led by Marshall Applewhite and Bonnie Nettles who considered themselves direct descendent of Jesus. The cult believed that a passing asteroid Hale-Bopp and its "companion" which they believe to be a ship following the asteroid. This is where they though they would spend their afterlife in luxury. On march 26 1997 San Diego sheriffs department discovered the bodies of the 39 members of heavens gate after they performed a mass suicide to enter heavens gate.