The Love Symbol
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The Love Symbol is the unpronounceable glyph that famously served as Prince’s stage name during the 1990s, combining elements of the male and female gender symbols into a single emblem.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
logographic symbol
ⓘ
monogram ⓘ musical persona ⓘ stage name ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Love Symbol #2
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Prince symbol NERFINISHED ⓘ The Artist Formerly Known As Prince symbol NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Prince name change
ⓘ
Warner Bros. Records dispute ⓘ |
| basedOn |
female gender symbol
ⓘ
male gender symbol ⓘ |
| combines |
female gender symbol
ⓘ
male gender symbol ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Prince NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| creator |
Lizz Luce
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mitch Monson NERFINISHED ⓘ Prince NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalAssociation |
androgyny
ⓘ
artistic independence ⓘ contractual rebellion ⓘ gender fluidity ⓘ |
| designedFor | Prince NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designer |
Lizz Luce
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mitch Monson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuredOn |
Prince’s album covers
ⓘ
Prince’s custom guitars ⓘ Prince’s stage outfits ⓘ |
| fieldOfUse |
graphic design
ⓘ
popular music ⓘ |
| firstPublicUseContext | press release announcing Prince name change ⓘ |
| hasElement |
circle element
ⓘ
cross-like lower section ⓘ curved horn-like shape ⓘ |
| inspired | Unicode character U+F8FF in Private Use Area (Apple logo–like usage contextually, not official) ⓘ |
| introducedIn | 1993 ⓘ |
| notablePeriodOfUse | mid-1990s ⓘ |
| notableWork | Love Symbol–shaped guitar ⓘ |
| represents | Prince NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| unpronounceable | true ⓘ |
| usedAsStageNameBy | Prince NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedAsStageNameFrom | 1993 ⓘ |
| usedAsStageNameUntil | 2000 ⓘ |
| usedIn |
album artwork
ⓘ
guitar designs ⓘ merchandise ⓘ music videos ⓘ stage backdrops ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.