@amCap1712 found this post in SO: How to observe LiveData in RecyclerView adapter in MVVM architecture?
We think it’s relevant for our purpose of showing releases cover arts on a list, but I wanted to try something different and instead of referencing the ViewModel in the adapter, do everything on the ViewModel and passing the adapter the final list of releases with the URL already embeded (instead of fetching the URL on the adapter)