The Jonas Brothers are taking heat for their new album cover, which is sort of appropriate because it was shot in the California desert.

"Happiness Begins" features the trio lying next to a swimming pool that overlooks Palm Springs. It's at a home in the city's Little Tuscany neighborhood — often rented out for photo shoots.

The studio album is Kevin, Nick and Joe Jonas' first since 2009, after a six-year hiatus that ended with the release of their comeback single "Sucker" in March. Apparently creative minds think alike: Fashion designer Michael Kors used the home, which boasts stunning modern architecture, to promote his Living in Color Spring 2017 campaign.

The private residence is listed as the "Schnabel Family Retreat" in an online portfolio by Studio AR&D Architects, a firm with offices in Palm Springs and Los Angeles. Completed in 2015, the home boasts "360 degrees of captivating mountain, city and valley views" in addition to 4,700 square feet of sleek interiors with dramatic cantilever roofs.

"Disney chose our Schnabel house and property, to become the setting for their dramatic video, which launches their new Star Wars 'Sphero' droids," the website also notes. "Once they saw the landscape and architecture they knew it was the perfect environment to bridge the worlds of fantasy and today’s technology."

Photographs "never really do (the home) justice," Studio AR&D Architects President Sean Lockyer said by email. "It looks and feels like a structure grown from the site itself. It's a house that truly blurs the lines between the indoor and outdoor spaces, and yet embraces you and makes you feel sheltered and comforted at the same time."

But not everyone is thrilled about the Jonas Brothers' album cover.

Fans took to social media this weekend to express their disappointment with the photograph's look and feel.

"Why does the album art for the new Jonas Brothers album look like the cover of a photo album your phone makes for you about your trip to Coachella three years ago?????" Twitter user @ChrisKlemens wrote.

“Imagine being a JONAS BROTHER and spending -$8 on your ALBUM COVER,” another user said.

Some fans made their own modifications by zooming in and cropping out the boys' butts, inspiring a slew of memes.

"We love (the cover)," Lockyer said. "I wish we could tag our credit onto the billboards that we see it on when we drive down Sunset Boulevard, Melrose and elsewhere around L.A.

"My reaction to the photo they selected though was 'that shot???' There were so many other photos that they shot that I thought were a bit more interesting," Lockyer continued. "I suppose that they may have been struck by some nostalgia from being at the site, and this one really spoke to them."

Based on social media posts, longtime GQ creative director Jim Moore styled the shoot along with fashion director and costume designer Madeline Weeks. Peggy Sirota served as photographer.

"So honored and excited to have styled the new @jonasbrothers album #happinessbegins," a post from Moore reads.

"Thank you to everyone that helped make this TOTALLY AWESOME day in Palm Springs with the #JonasBrothers come to life ..." Sirota wrote in her own post of the album cover.

"@jonasbrothersalbum about to drop!" Weeks wrote. "Album cover styled by me @madelineweeks & @jimmooregq 📸 @peggysirota produced by @triciadarlene @bauie_productions In #palmsprings"

All three creatives tagged accounts associated with Los Angeles-based production company Bauie Productions, formerly known as Bauerfeind Productions, according to its Instagram. The city of Palm Springs issued a permit to the company for a photo shoot in February titled "Universal Music" at the Little Tuscany home.

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And it definitely cost more than $8. The permit, which included a "behind the scenes video," came out to $208.

As part of their week-long stint on the "Late Late Show," the brothers revealed to James Corden in March that they embarked on a long journey of self-discovery together while making the comeback album.

“We literally spent a year basically doing therapy, working through some things, and figuring out what this chapter would look like,” Nick said, sitting next to his brothers. “We’ve had to be really open and honest. There are things in the past that bothered us from time to time, even in our performances that we would do.”

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The brothers also shared that they hadn't originally set out to reunite the band, but while filming their upcoming Amazon documentary, they realized that they wanted to play music together again.

"During that time, we started to realize there was a magic that we felt like we were missing,” he continued. “So the process was basically just, ‘Why don’t we give this another shot?' "

Knoxville News Sentinel columnist Chuck Campbell said the album "feels more like a touch-base for their documentary 'Chasing Happiness' than a lasting reunion."

Kristin Scharkey is The Desert Sun's features editor. Reach her at kristin.scharkey@desertsun.com or on Twitter @kscharkey. Reporter Xochitl Pena and USA Today editor Maeve McDermott contributed to this story.