Wednesday, October 9, 2024

Pop Star The Weeknd Makes $2.29 Mil Over the Weekend Selling Videos and New Song as NFTs on Bitcoin Market

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No one knows what bitcoin is, but we’re learning fast, right?

Abel Tesfaye aka pop star The Weeknd made $2.29 million over the Weekend on the bitcoin market.

He sold some digital stuff– new pieces of art he collaborated on, plus a video with a clip of new music. The latter sold for around half a million dollars.

Tesfaye sold the pieces on a site called Nifty Gateway, an NFT marketplace that’s recently sold work by Calvin Harris, Steve Aoki, and Grimes, aka Elon Musk’s babymama. among others. The Weeknd worked with visual artist Strange Loop Studios, which developed the creative direction. I’m assuming they cut of the action.

This is a new world, kids. Whoever bought this stuff owns but it doesn’t really. We can all download it, too.

The Weeknd says: “I’ve always been looking for ways to innovate for fans and shift this archaic music biz and seeing NFTs allowing creators to be seen and heard more than ever before on their terms is profoundly exciting. I intend to contribute to this movement and can see that very soon it will be weaved into the music industry’s mechanics.”

I’ve looked on bitcoin exchanges and so far there’s not much out there from celebrities. But they’re going to figure this out, and for a few minutes, people will make money.

You can the video with new Weeknd music here

Roger Friedman
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Roger Friedman began his Showbiz411 column in April 2009 after 10 years with Fox News, where he created the Fox411 column. His movie reviews are carried by Rotten Tomatoes, and he is a member of both the movie and TV branches of the Critics Choice Awards. His articles have appeared in dozens of publications over the years including New York Magazine, where he wrote the Intelligencer column in the mid 90s and covered the OJ Simpson trial, and Fox News (when it wasn't so crazy) where he covered Michael Jackson. He is also the writer and co-producer of "Only the Strong Survive," a selection of the Cannes, Sundance, and Telluride Film festivals, directed by DA Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus.

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