Musicians like Perfume Genius's Mike Hadreas and Zara Larsson have publicly struggled with outdated or unflattering photos on their Wikipedia pages, highlighting a common frustration in the music industry. Hadreas recently appealed on social media for help changing a nearly decade-old image, while Larsson is in an ongoing dispute with an editor over her page's picture.
For artists or fans wanting to make a change, Wikipedia requires that any new image be freely licensed. There are several primary methods to submit a new photo. You can post a suitable image on social media like Instagram or X with a specific Creative Commons licensing statement in the caption. Alternatively, you can email the photo to Wikipedia's submission address with a copyright release. For direct control, you can upload the image to Wikimedia Commons and edit the artist page yourself, replacing the old file name. If you lack editing permissions, you can formally request a change on the article's "Talk" page.