Kings of Leon - Use NFT

2021-03-04 by https://jomageddon.wordpress.com/2025/06/28/sputnikmusic-staff-exodus/ | 29 Comments
Kings of Leon, a group someone’s dad once accused of secretly harbouring avant-garde sentiments, have taken it upon their good sexy selves to become the first band in all of history to release an album as an NFT.

In an anarchist dogwhistle, this was announced through RollingStone as follows:

“The band is actually dropping three types of tokens as part of a series called “NFT Yourself,” people involved in the project tells Rolling Stone. One type is a special album package, while a second type offers live show perks like front-row seats for life, and a third type is just for exclusive audiovisual art. All three types of tokens offer art designed by the band’s longtime creative partner Night After Night; the smart contracts and intelligence within the tokens were developed by YellowHeart, a company that wants to use blockchain technology to bring value back to music and better direct-to-fan relationships.”

Veteran music journalists, of the kind accredited with tens of AlbumOfTheYear followers, have likened the move to the Radiohead In Rainbow’s which was released as a digital download on the bands website to pay as you wish. Comparisons between the two bands just never stop.

New album When You See Yourself is out friday.

See more here: https://www.rollingstone.com/pro/news/kings-of-leon-when-you-see-yourself-album-nft-crypto-1135192/

Tagged: Kings of Leon

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Pheromone
March 4th 2021
21850 Comments


youuuuuu your sex is on non-fungible tokens, a new type of digital asset. Ownership of these assets are recorded on a blockchain — a digital ledger similar to the networks that underpin bitcoin and other cryptocurrencie

Dewinged
Emeritus
March 4th 2021
33035 Comments


I am so much regretting having dibbed this right now.

Pheromone
March 4th 2021
21850 Comments


lmao, it has piqued my interested which hasn't happened with a kings of leon album ever

so, i look forward to your thread bb

JohnnyoftheWell
March 4th 2021
64287 Comments


lmao, this is basically music 2

MeatSalad
March 4th 2021
18669 Comments


Revolutionary

insomniac15
Staff Reviewer
March 4th 2021
6431 Comments


Of all bands, these guys didn't seem the type to do something like this.

Josh D.
March 4th 2021
18203 Comments


still don't know what NFT is and idgaf to find out

Trifolium
March 4th 2021
41141 Comments


... I don't even know what NFT is but I WANT ONE!

gryndstone
March 4th 2021
2977 Comments


It's stupid is what it is

CaliggyJack
March 4th 2021
10961 Comments


It's fucking Once Upon a Time in Shaolin all over again

Fuck off with this stupid artsy bullshit

Pangea
March 4th 2021
10946 Comments


not sure what nft is but this is already more interesting as their entire career

Ayashi
March 4th 2021
319 Comments


All in Cardano and Bitcoin baby, ETH is ancient!

LewisShaw
March 4th 2021
354 Comments


Band everyone forgot existed finds the only way possible for them to make headlines in 2021

CaliggyJack
March 4th 2021
10961 Comments


And still barely anyone cares

SteakByrnes
March 4th 2021
31061 Comments


Bold of them to assume anybody would buy their music

Pheromone
March 4th 2021
21850 Comments


brb buying all 3 NFT's and investing a couple thousand into kingsofleoncoin

Pheromone
March 4th 2021
21850 Comments


never estimate anything i ever do again!!!

SteakByrnes
March 4th 2021
31061 Comments


Phero is their biggest fan he would never lie in such dire situations!

gryndstone
March 4th 2021
2977 Comments


i think every musician should have their own cryptocurrency on the blockchain

CaliggyJack
March 4th 2021
10961 Comments


"the smart contracts and intelligence within the tokens were developed by YellowHeart, a company that wants to use blockchain technology to bring value back to music and better direct-to-fan relationships.”

LMFAO what horse shit. 90% of the time when "music" and "value" are used in the same sentence it usually results in anti-consumer garbage. Music didn't stop being valuable, we just changed how we consume music.

gryndstone
March 4th 2021
2977 Comments


well i think your just a hater perhaps

CaliggyJack
March 4th 2021
10961 Comments


Less hater and more completely and utterly skeptical of this whole schtick.

gryndstone
March 4th 2021
2977 Comments


My secret real stance on NFT's are that they are being primarily used to launder money and it's going to be a regulatory nightmare in a mean minute. I don't give a shit about the environment (or more accurately I'm hoping proof of stake rolls out and catches on), and NFT's solve next to nothing regarding copyright

JustJoe.
March 4th 2021
10944 Comments


kings of leon are using npc’s now we’re all doomed

JustJoe.
March 4th 2021
10944 Comments


it’s called a “non-playable character” for a reason

henryChinaski
March 4th 2021
5193 Comments


best thing about this is the name philantropic fellatio.

ShadowOfTheCitadel
March 5th 2021
568 Comments


Can't wait for the altcoin version of "17"

"Ohhh she's only $0.17"

Grungil
March 5th 2021
668 Comments


Love their music, but dunno what is a NFT.

gryndstone
March 5th 2021
2977 Comments


Copyright 2



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