

A representative of the group stated in an email that "he is using and adapting our copyrights and trademarks without our permission and the infringement will be taken up with our attorneys. In response to the cover art, the two surviving members of the cult suggested that legal actions could be taken against Lil Uzi for using their logo. The cover art consists of the words "Eternal Atake" written inside a keyhole. On July 13, 2018, Lil Uzi shared the original cover art of Eternal Atake, which is a rework of Heaven's Gate's logo. The cult threatened Lil Uzi Vert with legal action. Logo of the Heaven's Gate cult, which inspired the album's aesthetics. He also confirms that the first half of the album represent Uzi Vert taking off in a spaceship while the second half represents him journeying through space. On March 7, 2020, a fan noticed on Twitter that the album was split into 3 parts which represent the different personas of Woods including: "Baby Pluto" (track 1–6), "Renji" (track 7–12) and "Lil Uzi Vert" (track 13–18) this was confirmed by Lil Uzi. On March 3, 2020, Lil Uzi revealed a new album cover on Twitter, after allowing fans to vote on the new cover.

On January 11, 2019, Lil Uzi announced via Instagram that he had "deleted everything" and was "done with music", although many believed this could merely have been a publicity stunt and/or a promotional roll-out for the album. On December 9, Lil Uzi confirmed that Eternal Atake had been finished and was set for release. On July 31, 2018, which was also Lil Uzi's 24th birthday, he removed all posts from his Instagram profile except for two-a snippet of " New Patek" and the old cover art of Eternal Atake. Atake means 2 overtake", that were described as cryptic. In July 2018, Lil Uzi Vert published two messages to Twitter, "Eternal Atake" and "Eternal means forever.
