Rolling Stone Menu Grimes Auctioning Off 10 Pieces of NFT Digital Artwork
WarNymph Collection Vol. 1 bidding open for 48 hours
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Grimes is auctioning off 10 exclusive pieces of digital artwork in the form of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) for the next 48 hours, the singer’s first-ever collection of crypto art aimed at the burgeoning blockchain collectible market.
Some of the digital artwork in the
WarNymph Collection Vol. 1 for sale now via Nifty Gateway is accompanied by exclusive music created by Grimes; the piece “Earth” features the unreleased “Ærythe,” “Mars Theme” soundtracks “Mars,” and “Death of the Old” contains a demo of “Anhedonia.” (Within 30 minutes of the auction opening, the price on the latter digital work had jumped from $111 to, at press time, $123,456.)
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There is no current artist quite like
Grimes. From making a science fiction-inspired album (2010 s
Geidi Primes) in her Montreal bedroom to becoming an Visions (also made in said sleeping quarters) to becoming celeb gossip fodder because of her famous CEO boyfriend, she has always remained 100 percent herself. On each of her five albums, she s stayed true to her D.I.Y. and experimental ethos writing, singing, producing and engineering all the music herself and pushing creative boundaries every time, bringing us further into her enticing, otherworldly dimension. She also created each trippy album cover and directed every wild music video, collaborating with her brother